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Former EU leaders: Sanction Israel over settlements
Former EU leaders: Sanction Israel over settlements
Published today (updated) 10/12/2010 10:55
TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- A group of 26 senior former European leaders are calling for sanctions against Israel in response to its refusal to end construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Friday.
The report says the leaders criticized Israeli policies in a letter sent Thursday to the leadership of the European Union and the governments of the EU's 27 member states.
According to the same report, the signatories of the letter includde the former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, former German President Richard von Weizsacker, former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales, former president of the EU Commission and former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, and former Irish President Mary Robinson.
The group drew up a series of recommendations to the current EU leadership during a meeting in London in mid-November, the newspaper said.
The move comes after days after US officials dropped their demand for Israel to halt all construction in West Bank settlements, leaving peace talks in limbo.
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