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Ahava - Israeli settler firm got EU taxpayers' money (Photo: Steve Rhodes)

EU (finally) applies own law on Israeli settlements

It’s a “big mistake,” Israel’s deputy foreign minister told Army Radio.

It’s “an economic terror attack against peace,” the economy minister said.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed: “I will not allow anyone to harm the hundreds of thousands of Israelis living in [the West Bank] the Golan Heights, or in Jerusalem.”

It also “sabotages” US efforts to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, the finance minister said, days before the US secretary of state announced...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Ahava - Israeli settler firm got EU taxpayers' money (Photo: Steve Rhodes)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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