As a sign of growing European frustration with the lack of progress in the Mideast peace process, 26 top former leaders from European Union member states have signed a letter calling for sanctions against Israel to punish the nation for its settlement expansions.
Among the signatories were former Presidents of Germany and Ireland, a former Spanish Prime Minister, and the European Union’s former Foreign Minister Javier Solana. The letter underscored the illegality of the settlements under international law.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor expressed outraged at the letter, calling it “strange” that Europe was so interested in the settlements issue and warned that the letter risked totally sidelining the European Union from the peace process.
Which doesn’t mean much at this point, as the talks were in essence confirmed dead last week when the US announced it had stopped trying to get Israel to agree to a settlement freeze. In the wake of the announcement the US approved a major increase a military funding to Israel.
ah yes those brave and courageous "former leaders"
hey instead of the Olympics we should just have the annual world peace process games where all nations compete on coming up with the most reasonable proposals and then handing out medals according to which are rejected first.
The current leaders of the EU are the ones who should be calling for sanctions on Israel. Or at least enforcing the UN resolutions that already exist.
Maybe they should talk to god since israel is above the laws of man and only answers to god.
Yes! About time these idiots wake up from their collective stupor.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor expressed outraged at the letter, calling it “strange” that Europe was so interested in the settlements issue and warned that the letter risked totally sidelining the European Union from the peace process.
Wow! Things must be looking really bad. He didn't even use the "anti-semitic" card on them.
Finally.., the voices saying out loud calling for boycotts of Israel has reached a point forcing these people to write a letter.., yet I wouldn’t trust this man Javiar Solan or any other member of former social democrats party for a penny.., wasn’t he who cooperated with British and US – Bill Clinton and other EU countries attacking and dissolving Yugoslavia for EU to get bigger.
Where were those cowards when they were in power? Even at their time Israel was comitting war crimes and stealing land daily.
They could have pulled the plug on Israel and stop any contact , trade and cultural exchange with it until it gets back to 1967 boarders. Instead they were happy to look at the cheques they received under the table…..
It was very nice of Uncle Sucker to reward Israel's bad behavior with more military aid.