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EU Bars Cooperation with Jewish Settlements in West Bank
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - The EU has published a binding directive to all 28 member states forbidding any funding, cooperation, awarding of scholarships, research funds or prizes to anyone residing in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The regulation, which goes into effect on Friday, requires that any agreement or contract signed by an EU country with Israel include a clause stating that the settlements are not part of the State of Israel. A senior Israeli official responded, "We are not ready to sign on this clause in our agreements with the European Union."