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Israeli Regime Forces Raze West Bank Homes As EU Weighs Ban on Settlement Goods

  • September, 01, 2026 - 16:15
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Israeli Regime Forces Raze West Bank Homes As EU Weighs Ban on Settlement Goods

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli regime forces demolished Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and settlers attacked Palestinian residents in Burqa, as Ireland pushed for European Union action against goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements.

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The attacks on Monday came amid escalating settler violence ahead of Israeli elections in October.

In Birzeit, north of Ramallah, Israeli regime soldiers demolished two residential buildings, claiming they lacked the required building permits, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Meanwhile, in Nablus, Israeli regime forces used a bulldozer to raze a two-storey house and a three-storey building under construction.

In another escalation, video verified by Al Jazeera showed a large group of settlers raiding the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, and attacking Palestinians.

One clip showed settlers and Palestinians throwing stones at each other.

Witnesses said the settlers entered the village from several directions on Monday night before assaulting residents, attempting to set cars alight and stealing livestock.

The United Nations human rights office said last month that settler violence was at an “all-time high”, with new settlements being approved and settlers and the Israeli regime army often acting together against Palestinian communities.

Against this backdrop, settler violence and settlement expansion are on the agenda of a two-day meeting of EU foreign ministers in Ireland beginning on Tuesday.

Ireland, which holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU and has moved to ban settlement goods itself, wants member states to act together.

The talks are expected to build on discussions in Brussels in July, based on a confidential European Commission paper outlining three options, including an import licensing system, prohibitive tariffs or an outright ban, according to Reuters news agency.

EU rules require goods from illegal West Bank settlements to be labelled as originating in the occupied territory rather than Israel.

However, the bloc has not banned trade with the settlements, leaving that decision to individual states.

Decisions on the policy have long been difficult for the 27 member countries, which remain deeply divided over the Israeli regime and Palestine.

Neale Richmond, an Irish minister of state, said Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory and its failure to stop settler violence breached international law.

“We see certain EU politicians or European politicians supportive not just of the actions of settlers and settler violence, but of this Israeli government who are supporting them,” he said.

“And we cannot be complicit in the actions of this Israeli government, which more broadly is genocidal.”

 
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