Israel’s ‘de facto annexation’ of West Bank earns only mild EU rebuke

submitted by schizoidman to europe 23 points | 11 comments https://euobserver.com/202289/israels-de-facto-annexation-of-west-bank-earns-only-mild-eu-rebuke/ > Israeli arms firms, such as Rafael, and the Israeli defence ministry remain eligible for the EU’s ‘Horizon’ science-programme grant > Von der Leyen’s proposed trade sanctions could be adopted by a qualified majority of EU countries, but Germany and Italy were among those who blocked them, even at the height of the Gaza war.