Israel's annexation? - the EU's options

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will execute his election promise at the earliest on 1 July. The EU then faces a crucial choice: use some of the legal tools it has to sanction Israel - or admit its complicity when annexation happens (Photo: Northern Lights 119)
Israel's annexation? - the EU's options
EU & the World
Opinion
by Margrete Auken, Brussels, 
We might be in the middle of one of the most detrimental periods in the history of Israel and Palestine. 
Yet the decade long lack of action of the EU risks to definitively place Europe on the wrong side of history. 
It is time the EU stands up for its own laws and values and in practice shows what sanctions Israel can expect when the annexation of Palestine happens. 
Because, regrettably, it is no longer a matter of if, but when Israel will begin to annex big parts of Pales...
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DisclaimerThe views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserverAuthor BioMargrete Auken is a Danish MEP for for the Greens and vice-chair of the delegation for relations with Palestine.
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will execute his election promise at the earliest on 1 July. The EU then faces a crucial choice: use some of the legal tools it has to sanction Israel - or admit its complicity when annexation happens (Photo: Northern Lights 119)