Posted on 07/19/2013 1:01:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Union has published new guidelines explicitly banning any EU funding of Israeli institutions operating in territories occupied since the 1967 Mideast war, despite vigorous Israeli objections.
The EU holds that Jewish settlements in territories such as the West Bank and east Jerusalem are illegal. The Palestinians want some of those territories for their hoped-for state.
After EU officials announced plans this week for the new guidelines, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with several European leaders to express his opposition.
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Next the EU will demand all Israelis entering Europe wear a star of david.
Do you think that anyone in the EU has given a single thought to the possibly thousands of Arabs who may well lose their jobs and livlihoods if Israeli companies are forced to shut down? Do you think anyone in the EU gives a damn?
I don’t.
I sincerely hope we've "saved" Europe from its own barbarity for the last and final time.
There isn’t much chance of that; they really fail to learn from history. Also look at which country is basically leading the continent.
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