Israel slams EU boycott directive as ‘disproportionate attack on Jewish state’

EJP - JERUSALEM (EJP)---Israeli officials on Tuesday slammed an EU directive forbidding all 28 EU member states from dealing with Jewish communities located beyond the 1949 Armistice lines, including eastern Jerusalem.

The binding directive, due to be published on Friday by the European Commission and take effect from 2014, forbids any funding, cooperation, awarding of scholarships, research funds or prizes to institutions or people residing in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. It requires ‘’a clear distinction to be made in all future signed agreements, between Israel and the entities in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights." 

 

A high-ranking official, who requested anonymity, described the European Union's move as a disproportionate "attack" on Israel, while a senior source in the Foreign Ministry said called the new EU decision as ‘’dramatic and a  true earthquake.”

"When it comes to disputed territories, the Europeans prefer to attack a small country like Israel instead of taking on more powerful states, because they're afraid of retaliation," the official said.    

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