Von der Leyen vows to punish Israel’s ‘extremist ministers’ and pause payments (www.politico.eu)
from Vittelius@feddit.org to world@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 09:44
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“What is happening in Gaza is unacceptable,” von der Leyen told the Parliament in Strasbourg. “We will propose sanctions on the extremist ministers and on violent settlers.”

The EU is Israel’s largest trading partner, accounting for 32 percent of its total trade in 2024, so any possible suspension will have a major effect on the Israeli economy. […] [T]otal exports [have been] amounting to €26.7 billion in 2024.

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shish_mish@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 10:05 next collapse

It i something, at last but it is also to little to late. They watched a genocide happen and spent months arguing about the exact definition of genocide.A sad and pathetically weak response.

mrdown@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 12:10 next collapse

It never worked will never work. Israel need cuba style sanctions

Grumpyleb@lemmus.org on 10 Sep 15:08 collapse

That might do, as a start. I’m personally all for collective punishment, strip them of money to rebuild the destruction and right to return for the refugees who are stateless in Lebanon / Syria / Jordan. All illegal settlements to be transferred to the rightful owners of the land, no more alliya for Americans and Europeans until these issues are settled. Obviously this is not going to happen, but a man can wish for some justice in this world.

mrdown@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 16:09 collapse

At this point they may only do the rest when there is no more palestinians left in palestine. At this point i start the believe that Hitler may exterminated jews if he didn’t declare the war in the allies

Mrkawfee@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 13:56 next collapse

Performative, controlled opposition. They’ve had two years. They’re all in on the genocide. This is just to keep people quiet.

simon574@feddit.org on 10 Sep 16:42 collapse

I don’t get it, what does “pause payments” mean, who stops paying whom and how much money are we talking about?