The European Union’s decision to label products from Israeli settlements ‘’was a mistake,” Italian Member of the European Parliament Fulvio Martusciello said during a visit in Israel.
Addressing Monday an Israeli think tank, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said his country does not support last week’s EU decision to label products from Israeli settlements.
EU Foreign Ministers will discuss again the issue of labeling of Israeli settlement products at a meeting in December, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday.
Hours after Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom appeared to link the Paris attacks to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the chairman of the Socialist Party (SP) in Holland said the perpetrators of the attacks acted in part out of frustration over the conflict.
Israel condemned as “shockingly hostile” comments by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom which seemed to link the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the ISIS-backed terror attacks in Paris.
A group of US Senators have sent a letter to the European Union expressing concern over its plan to label products manufactured in West Bank settlements.