EU to impose restrictions on settlement products

The European Union has threatened to impose economic sanctions on the Israeli government, including restrictions on products of the Jewish settlements illegaly built on occupied Palestinian land, in response to the continuing construction projects and settlement expansion in the occupied territories.

Ma’ariv Hebrew newspaper stated on Thursday that there are European efforts to enact a law to restrict settlements’ products through labeling them to distinguish them from other products in the European markets, protesting against the Israeli government’s decision to build three thousand new housing units in the West Bank and the occupied city of Jerusalem.

The newspaper pointed out that the European Union will present a draft law to the Council of EU foreign ministers to approve the law.