The Guardian urges trade ban on Israeli settlements
The British newspaper "The Guardian" calls for a comprehensive commercial boycott of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, considering that stopping the import of goods produced in those settlements is not enough to halt settlement activity. Instead, it argues that a ban should include the financing of companies, construction, insurance, and advertising in the occupied territories. This call comes amid escalating tensions, with over 1,400 attacks by settlers on Palestinians recorded since the beginning of the year, and Israel issuing a tender to build 1,234 housing units in the E1 project east of Jerusalem, an initiative aimed at erasing the idea of establishing a Palestinian state. The newspaper notes that European countries like Spain and Norway have already begun to impose measures against the settlements, and nine European Union member states are calling for similar steps, amid Israeli threats of harsh reactions to potential sanctions. Settlement expansion continues in the West Bank and Jerusalem, where approximately 750,000 settlers live in 141 settlements and 224 outposts. Palestinians warn that this process is paving the way for Israel’s official annexation of the West Bank, thereby threatening the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
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