Belgium slams EU response to Israeli settlement imports

Belgium criticised the EU’s response to imports from illegal Israeli settlements as insufficient with Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot describing the bloc’s latest proposals as a “token gesture” rather than a genuine effort to act. Prevot said Belgium has been calling for months for concrete measures over the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The European Commission has finally proposed a few options in a two-page document. So it gives more the impression of being a token gesture than a genuine willingness to move forward,” Prevot told reporters.