EU Foreign Ministers Discuss Trade Restrictions on Israeli Settlements in West Bank

European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss potential new measures to curb trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Discussions are based on a confidential European Commission paper outlining options such as an import licensing system, prohibitive tariffs, or a full ban. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stated that the situation in the West Bank is 'intolerable' and making a two-state solution increasingly impossible.