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Survey reveals majority of Danes want ban on weapon parts sale to Israel
An opinion poll on the war on Gaza shows that 54.3 percent of Danes are in favour of banning the export of Danish weapon parts to Israel. International rights groups, including Amnesty International, have repeatedly called for an arms embargo on Israel, citing numerous human rights violations.
The survey, conducted by Analyse Danmark for the Danish news outlet Puls48 between October 31 and November 5, also found:
- Almost 70 percent of respondents believe Denmark should intensify its pressure on Israel to guarantee humanitarian aid access to Gaza.
- Nearly 45 percent of people favour Denmark supporting South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ concerning allegations of genocide in Gaza.
- Close to 59 percent of respondents favour Denmark officially recognising Palestine as an independent state.
- Nearly 55 percent support a national ban on products made in Israeli settlements.
France considers new sanctions on Israeli settlement enablers in occupied West Bank
France is mulling new sanctions on those enabling the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on a visit to the territory.
“France has been a driving force to establish the first sanction regime at the European level targeting individuals or entities, either actors or accomplices of settlement activities,” Barrot said after talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.
“This regime has been activated two times already and we’re working on a third batch of sanctions targeting these activities that again are illegal with respect to international law.”
Barrot renewed France’s commitment to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and warned settlement activities “threaten the political perspective that can ensure durable peace for Israel and Palestine”.
Fallout after armed Israeli police detain 2 French gendarmes in Jerusalem
