PROPHECY UPDATE: EU, Israel Headed For Showdown

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EU, Israel Headed For Showdown

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This is just all so predictable: *EU, Israel Headed For Showdown Over Settlement Rules* * * * * * * * Despite heavy criticism from Israel, the European Union will not cancel, modify or delay the implementation of recently published guidelines that block EU funding from Israeli institutions located beyond the Green Line, a top EU official said this week. * *“The guidelines will take effect as they are. This is how they were published [in the EU’s Official Journal], as a legal act, and that’s how it will be,” Ambassador Andreas Reinicke, the EU’s special representative to the Middle ... more »

EU report slams Israeli settlements, calls for economic sanctions

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An internal report by the European Union has come down hard on Israel’s decision to continue settlement construction in occupied East Jerusalem, threatening to end economic projects that involve the Jewish settlements.

The harshly worded 15-page report provides recommendations to the 27 member-states for responding to Israel’s activities in the occupied territories – which the document described as “systematic, deliberate and provocative” – and endorses a strategy that aims at “making it impossible for Jerusalem to become the capital of two states.”

Seven of the report’s 10 recommendations propose slapping tough economic sanctions on organizations directly involved in construction projects in the Jewish settlements, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The report also called on the EU’s 27 member-states to “prevent, discourage and raise awareness” about doing business with companies that work in the disputed settlement zones.

It advised EU states to work to ensure that products exported from the settlements not receive an unfair advantage through “preferential tariffs,” and to give consumers an opportunity to make an “informed choice” through clear labeling of products’ origins.

The report advocated “closer supervision” of technological research and development programs between the EU and Israel. The measures would work to ensure that “no research grants, scholarships or other technological investments assist settlements, either directly or indirectly,” or be provided to agencies working in the settlements.

Read More: http://rt.com/news/eu-israel-palestinian-conflict-report-519/

Well they did, didn't they?

Jewish group says EU ‘legtimized terror’

 

JTA — A European Jewish group has accused the European Union of “legitimizing terrorism” by singling Israel out for criticism.

 

The accusation came in an open letter by the chairmen of the Brussels-based European Jewish Parliament sent on Wednesday to the presidents of the European Council and other EU institutions.

 

The letter was in response to the EU’s condemnation on Dec. 11 of Israeli policies vis-à-vis the Palestinian Authority.

 

“We regret the one-sided statement which does not serve peace initiatives, but only strengthens the ambitions of terrorist organizations,” the letter by Joel Rubinfeld and Vadim Rabinovitch read. The EU statement “provides legitimization for terrorist acts” by “condemning the actions of the only real democracy in the Middle East.”

 

The letter noted Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s recent calls for Israel’s destruction.

 

The EU’s condemnation urged Israel not to freeze the Palestinian Authority’s funds; to cancel planned construction in the West Bank, and called on the Palestinians to “use constructively” their newly gained non-member state observer status at the United Nations.

 

On Dec. 11, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman also harshly criticized some of his European counterparts, accusing them of intentionally ignoring calls for Israel’s destruction.

 

“In the eyes of some European foreign ministers, the destruction of Israel is a given,” he said. He then mentioned Europe’s failure to address the threat against Jews prior to the Holocaust.

 

“The Europeans decided to pressure our side alone and ignore the terror organizations on the Palestinian side,” he added.

 

http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-group-says-eu-legtimized-terror/