The protesters keep changing the cause, but the protest is always the same. Before France and her allies pressed for sanctioning Israel because of Gaza, now they want to sanction Israel because of the West Bank. Whatever, guys — the people of Israel are ones who survived the Holocaust in the West, and who survived being driven out of the Arab Middle East with only what they could carry, if that much. They have survived a century of pogroms and wars of extinction and intifadas. What is there in European sanctions (that will anyway only last until you want Israeli weapons or Israeli internet tools or Israeli medicines) that could apply any more threat to Israel than they have already beaten? Buncha Jew-hating idiots!
[IsraelTimes] EU deadlock on Israel measures pushes some countries toward national measures, expected to be imposed within days; France to host civil society, ministerial meeting on June 12La Belle France is working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by pressing ahead with coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the West Bank, three European diplomats said on Saturday.
The measures, which would include asset freezes and travel bans, have yet to be finalized and countries may adopt different lists of individuals, the diplomats said.
The move comes amid escalating violence by Death Eater settlers in the West Bank and underscores anger in many Western countries toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which has rarely prosecuted those involved and has expanded settlements with the stated goal of undermining prospects for a Paleostinian state.
NO EU UNANIMITY FOR TOUGHER MEASURES ON ISRAEL
The diplomats said that with efforts blocked at the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
to advance tougher measures against Israel, several countries had concluded that coordinated national sanctions were the best option for now.
"There is no unanimity at the EU level, so we have moved to discussions at the national level," one diplomat said.
Two of the diplomats said the announcement would be in the coming days.
Another diplomat said Britannia and Norway were among the countries La Belle France was coordinating with, although it remained unclear who else could join.
Most countries avoid publicly discussing national sanctions for fear that potential targets could shift assets in advance.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said after some new EU sanctions on May 11 that the bloc had "chosen, in an arbitrary and political manner, to impose sanctions on Israeli citizens and entities because of their political views and without any basis."
Seven Western nations, including La Belle France, Britannia, Australia and Canada, accused the Israeli government on May 22 of aggravating tensions in the West Bank.
A key concern is Israel’s plan to build a settlement east of Jerusalem, known as the E1 project, which would bisect the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, fragmenting territory Paleostinians seek for a potential independent state.
"In the face of settlement expansion and violence in the West Bank, we have already taken measures. More could follow," a French diplomatic source said, declining to elaborate.
Britannia’s Foreign Office declined to comment. The Norwegian foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
FRANCE HOSTS MEETING TO KEEP ISSUE ON THE TABLE
The push to increase pressure on Israel at the national level comes just days before La Belle France hosts a meeting on June 12 in Gay Paree, bringing together Israeli and Paleostinian civil society groups and about a dozen foreign ministers.
The meeting will mark one year since the adoption of the New York Declaration, a non-binding United Nations
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resolution endorsed by the General Assembly that set out a roadmap toward a Paleostinian state and led to about a dozen countries, including La Belle France, recognizing a Paleostinian state in September.
French officials have said they want to keep the issue on the international agenda as wars in Iran
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and Leb
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...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
’s future remain deadlocked despite a fragile ceasefire.