EU backs plan to ban trade with Israeli settlements | DW News

Most EU member countries have said they are in favor of banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The bloc had been under pressure to act as a whole, after several member states imposed their own restrictions following increasing settler violence.

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00:00 Kallas: Support for trade ban with Israeli settlements 00:36 Kaja Kallas, EU Foreign Policy Chief 01:39 Alberto Alemanno, Professor of European Union Law, HEC Paris 02:53 EU ministers mull sanctions on Israeli settlements 03:51 West Bank settlements widely considered illegal 05:16 What role is the upcoming election in Israel playing? 08:21 What does the EU's response time tell us? 10:52 Is international law losing its force?

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