UPDATE: Foreign Minister Sa’ar announces closure of British Consulate in Jerusalem and other countermeasures against UK sanctions.
Peloni: So while recognizing the devastating consequence of having created a defacto Second Palestinian state in Gaza, Europeans are determined to move forward with their support for creating an actual Second Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria. Notably, European hypocrisy knows no bound as they are applying sanctions on even those who support the creation of illegal settlements in Judea and Samaria when in fact the European nations launching this economic war on Israel are in fact guilty of having supported the creation of thousands of illegal settlements all across Judea and Samaria.
The fact that the European sanctioning is even stated to affect a Second Palestinian state while simultaneously ‘condemning’ the result of the last attempt at creating a Second Palestinian state in Gaza provides all the clarity needed to demonstrate that Europe is pursuing yet one more attempt at pursuing political arrangements which will oversee the slaughter and destruction of the Jewish people as they first pursued in the notorious Evian Conference of 1938 when Europe agreed to seal the fate of European Jewry in the hands of the Nazis. Well, this is not 1938, and Israel is not the plaything of Europe’s to decide the fate of her people.
In addition to the expulsion of the diplomats for the countries now making economic war on the people of Israel, Israel should pursue a policy such that for every Israeli sanctioned by the European powers, Israel should oversee the destruction of one illegal Arab settlement which receives or has received funding from Europe.
Britain, France and Canada say they will introduce national measures targeting settlement goods as 12 governments coordinate new economic pressure on Israel.
By: Ron East | TheJ.ca | September 8, 2026
Britain, Canada, France and nine other countries announced plans Tuesday to impose or pursue restrictions on trade with Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, marking a significant escalation in international economic pressure over Israel’s settlement policies.
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