The European Commission has rejected public pressure to ban Israeli settlement imports, while at the same time hosting a donor conference for a cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.
The commission on Tuesday (30 April) said it has no legal power to prohibit settlement products, following a demand by an European citizenship initiative (ECI).
"We do not have the legal power to make such a proposal and as such we are not able to accept the ECI," a European commission spokeswoman told ...
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