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On 28 December 2020, Al-Haq sent letters to the High Representative of the European Commission, the Executive Vice President, and European Union (EU) Commissioner for Trade, and the EU Member States with diplomatic representatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), welcoming and calling on them to support the principled initiative of the 46 MEPs, representing most of the European Parliament’s political groups, to ban trade with, and support for, illegal settlements established in occupied territories.
The letters stressed the role that the EU played in opposing rampant human rights violations committed in defiance of international law. Such affirmation of human rights is evident in the EU’s repeated condemnation of Israeli human rights violations, consistent calls on Israel to abide by its legal obligations as an Occupying Power, including its calls to end all settlement activities, and the Court of Justice of the EU’s ruling in regards to the labeli
29/December/2020 10:43 AM
Rights group calls on EU to support proposal for a wide ban of trade with and support for illegal settlements
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, December 29, 2020 (WAFA) – The Ramallah-based human rights organization, Al-Haq, yesterday sent letters to the High Representative of the European Commission, the Executive Vice President and European Union /EU/ Commissioner for Trade, and EU Member States with diplomatic representatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory /OPT/, welcoming and calling on them to support the principled initiative of the 46 members of the European Parliament /MEPs/, representing most of the parliament’s political groups, to ban trade with, and support for, illegal settlements established in occupied territories.
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Top Official on Middle East Peace Process Spotlights Continued Violence, Settlement Activities in Briefing to Security Council
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Speakers Also Discuss Diplomatic Thaw, Resumed Israeli-Palestinian Coordination
The United Nations official on Middle East peace updated the Security Council today on developments in the region, highlighting continued violence, including against civilians and children, as well as Israel’s ongoing settlement-related activity in the occupied West Bank.
Briefing via videoconference, Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, emphasized that the global community “must persevere in its efforts to prevent violent escalation in the region and encourage leaders on both sides to takes steps towards enabling a return to negotiations, not a retrenchment of conflict”.