EU Commission proposes sanctioning Israel and suspending free-trade agreement over Gaza war
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EU Commission proposes sanctioning Israel and suspending free-trade agreement over Gaza war
"The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to suspend free-trade arrangements on Israeli goods due to the war in Gaza, even though the measure does not currently have sufficient support among the European Union's member countries to pass."
"EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas also proposed a package of sanctions on two Israeli ministers, as well as violent settlers and Hamas members."
"The minister are Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich - two vocal hawks within Netanyahu's security cabinet."
The European Commission proposed suspending free-trade arrangements on Israeli goods because of the war in Gaza. The proposed suspension currently lacks sufficient support among European Union member countries to pass. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas proposed a package of sanctions targeting two Israeli ministers, violent settlers, and Hamas members. The two ministers named are Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, described as vocal hawks within Prime Minister Netanyahu's security cabinet. Further details and developments were indicated as forthcoming.
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