July 11, 2014 | http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/211928-europeans-warn-israel-how-will-congress-respond?utm_source=Media&utm_campaign=94c33f619d-Policy_Brief_Announcement+7_19_2011_PA&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_95709baeed-94c33f619d-285454914#ixzz37BFq3AYW
Europeans warn Israel: How will Congress respond?
By Nadia Hijab, contributor
The
U.S. Congress, known primarily in the Middle East for its knee-jerk
support of Israel, seems unaware of the slow but steady moves by
European countries to apply international law to the Israeli-occupied
territories. The news from Europe is overshadowed by the escalating
bloodshed in the West Bank and Gaza. But Congress should take note of
what its closest allies across the Atlantic are doing because it may one
day find itself obliged to follow suit.
Last week, 12 European countries
warned their citizens
against engaging in financial activity or investments in the Israeli
settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights, which
they described, in no uncertain terms, as "illegal under international
law." This brings the total number of European countries that have
issued such warnings to 17 and more are expected to follow in the coming
days.
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