The Israeli government is reacting with shock and outrage today after the European Union issued new guidelines on Israeli organizations, banning support or cooperation for anyone involved in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Golan Heights.
The move was said to have caught Israel “off guard,” but is in keeping with both international law and recent EU policy of opposing the settlements. The guidelines apply to both public and private organizations, but not to human rights groups promoting peace in the occupied territories.
US officials familiar with the decision say it may just be the beginning, and that they have warned the US State Department that if efforts to restart peace talks fail, more anti-settlement resolutions could be expected.
Israeli officials insist that the resolution is in opposition to peace, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trying to somehow making it about Iran’s civilian nuclear program. Housing Minister Uri Ariel condemned the move as “racist” and likened it to the Holocaust.
Next steps for EU is implement and force a total boycott of Israeli goods, that goes for USA as well as rest of the world. This is the only language that Israel will understand, other languages are totally strange to Israel apartheid regime.
Something must be wrong America is in agreement with the EU policies on occupied Palestinian and Syrian land watch out for the veto backlash.
US Officials…right. First, if anyone expects the US Congress to do anything that might piss off the Israelis, think again. They are solidly bought and paid for. Second, Goodonyou, EU – about time someone acted on their professed intentions. Thirdly, it didn't take long for an Israeli government official to resort to the tried-and-true claim of "racism" and "Holocaustic" antisemitism. Perhaps the Israelis will understand that they can't continue to thumb their noses at world opinion and not pay a price. Do I think this will cause the Israelis to curtail their ethnic cleansing? Nope – not a chance.
To hell with the us senate.., the Israeli matters is the world problem and USA is no longer dictating the world events, if the world going to boycott israel apartheid regime, which it will sooner rather then later, then the US senate saying becomes irrelevant to what the world is up against, the US senate have lost its legitimacy and there is not thing that they can do or the world will listen to their saying. Look at the three stooges and their relations with the terrorists in Syria, world is no longer buying the USA falsified rhetoric about American democracy, there is no such thing as even the basics democracy nor the international gesturing by USA that its policies are based on creating democracy, such social matters doesn't exist in USA any more.
Not sure what you were reading but I never mentioned the US Senate. I referred to the Congress which is where legislation is supposed to get passed and where Israeli support would come from – or not. In the past, the Congress has been reluctant to castigate the Israelis for their transgressions. My point was that no one should expect that trend to change just because the EU grew some balls.
anything that fuels israels ire…i'm all for it ! ..LOL
Finally the Europeans are beginning to show some leadership when the US failed to do so.
Since Washington supports Israel's right to take back land it claims belong to it, surely it would also support the Native Americans taking back land that clearly belongs to them. This would be a no-brainer, right?
They were "caught off guard" ? Good. While they are at it, pull the rug out from under them, too. (insert Looney Tune cartoon theme here).