France warns citizens: Don't invest in Israeli settlements, Golan Heights
France's Foreign Ministry says West Bank settlements, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights
are built on occupied land, which is illegal according to international law.
The French government
issued a warning to its citizens not to engage in financial activity or
investments in the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem
or the Golan Heights. The French Foreign Ministry
wrote in its warning that the settlements are illegal according to
international law, and so doing business with them involves legal risks.
A French diplomat said
that the warning is part of a joint act by the five largest countries in
the European Union — Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and
Spain. The United Kingdom and Germany issued such
warnings several months ago, and now, in light of the failure of the
talks between Israel and the Palestinians and the European protests over
the recent wave of construction in the settlements, three more
countries joined them. Italy and Spain are expected
to publish similar warnings over the next several days.
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