Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s “painful” inability to respond to the war...
<p>Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’</p><p>The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s “painful” inability to respond to the war on Gaza and ensuring humanitarian disaster.</p><p>In her most extended condemnation yet of the Israeli government, von der Leyen criticised plans for illegal settlements that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/israel-appears-set-to-approve-controversial-settlement-of-3400-homes-in-west-bank">would split the occupied West Bank in half</a>, as well as incitement of violence by extremist Israeli ministers, as a “clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/ursula-von-der-leyen-suspension-eu-trade-israel">Continue reading...</a>
Read the full article at:
The Guardian World →