🇩🇪 Germany — "special relationship" with Israel.
🇮🇹 Italy — called it a "political choice" requiring unanimity.
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇦🇹 Austria
Opposing the bans:
🇺🇸 US — Ambassador Huckabee called it "irrational" and "discrimination against the Jewish people," warned of retaliation.
🇮🇱 Israel — Finance Minister Smotrich called for the British ambassador to be expelled; President Herzog accused the UK of election interference.
Countries that blocked an EU-wide ban on trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements:
44
16
15
5
2
1
1
1
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