EU accused of dragging its feet over ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements

The European Union is facing criticism for moving too slowly on a possible ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, The Guardian reports. EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday are set to discuss the potential ban on settlement imports, though a decision is not expected for months. The debate comes against the backdrop of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where a UN inquiry found Israel to be committing genocide, and surging state-backed violence in the occupied West Bank that the paper says has killed at least two hundred thirty-five children.

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