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Friday, July 11, 2014

Europeans warn Israel: How will Congress respond?

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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