The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, defended that the EU should implement a community-wide trade ban with Israeli settlements considered illegal, in a position that reinforces pressure on Israel.
Kallas compared the situation of the territories occupied by Israel in the West Bank with the Russian annexation of Crimea, suggesting that the EU should apply a similar approach of trade sanctions to illegal settlements.
The European foreign policy chief argued that the EU must align its trade policies with the position it maintains regarding Crimea, where it condemns the Russian annexation and imposes economic restrictions.
This position comes in the context of growing tensions between the EU and Israel, with Kallas defending that sanctions on settlements would be a logical extension of European policy against territorial occupations considered illegal under international law.
