The National Council called, today, on the Inter-Parliamentary Union, regional and international associations and parliaments to take action similar to that of members of the European Parliament to ban trade and stop supporting illegal settlements in lands considered occupied under international law.

The National Council welcomed the letter signed by 46 members of the European Parliament / Renew Europ, addressed to the Executive Vice President and Commissioner of the European Union for Trade Valdes Dombrovskis, regarding the necessity of preventing trade and economic support for illegal settlements in the occupied territories,.

The National Council also calls on the application of European law to prevent the Israeli products from entering the markets of the Union, to work as a unit and to benefit from the influence of the European Union as a global trading bloc.

Meanwhile, it emphasized that the position of the European parliamentarians is a strong message to everyone who violates international law and legalizes settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and deals with the Israeli products.

The Council denounced the Israeli authorities' approval of a plan to establish 8,300 new settlement units aimed at bringing about a total change in the borders and demographic composition of Jerusalem.