CEPR calls for prohibiting entry of zionist settlers into Europe

The Council for European-Palestinian Relations (CEPR) hailed on Saturday the European Union’s “advanced” attitudes regarding the Palestinian issue.

It said that the latest such attitude was the EU foreign ministers’ support of the decision to label the products imported from the Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank to be distinguished by traders and consumers in the European markets.

The Council said in a statement that “this positive decision, which serves justice … represents the first real step to reject Israel’s settlement practices.”

It also demanded preventing extremist settlers from entering the EU countries, as well as freezing the EU-Israel Association Agreement, due to Israel’s lack of commitment to its terms concerning respect for the international law and human rights.

13 member states, including Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands, have decided to label the products made in the West Bank settlements, so these products will no longer benefit from lower tariffs offered by the EU and will be easily distinguished by traders and consumers in the European markets.

The Council also welcomed the letter sent by senior European officials to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton demanding her to “make a radical change in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to support the rights of the Palestinians people.”