It is business as usual in EU-Israeli relations, while Italy's call for a proposal to ban settler imports sounds like more hot air than a real change of heart.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/65995376

Germany and the Czech Republic are blocking all sanctions on Israel, while Italy sits on the fence, even though EU leaders will repeatedly “condemn” Israeli aggression at next week’s summit.

This meant there would be no visa ban on Israeli security minister Itmar Ben-Gvir, which needed EU27 consensus, despite his personal brutality toward EU nationals on an aid flotilla to Gaza in May.