Catherine Ashton, the new foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU), in her first speech condemned Israel's "occupation" of captured land, demanded that Israel lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, and blasted Israel's security fence.
Ashton said, "East Jerusalem is occupied territory together with the West Bank," the EUObserver website reports today. She added, "The EU is opposed to the destruction of homes, the eviction of Arab residents, and the construction of the separation barrier."
Following her address, some left-wing and liberal members of the EU called for taking measures against Israel, including a suspension of the EU's Association Agreement to trade penalties against products made in West Bank settlements.
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