Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, and Indonesia issued a joint statement Wednesday evening welcoming sanctions imposed by Britain and European countries against Israel and its communities in Judea and Samaria, according to The Zioneer Intelligence Desk. The statement follows a similar joint statement by the same countries earlier this week welcoming a UK ban on imports from those communities.
Eight countries — Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, and Indonesia — issued a new joint statement Wednesday evening welcoming sanctions imposed by Britain and European countries against Israel and its communities in Judea and Samaria, according to The Zioneer Intelligence Desk. The statement broadens the scope of the group's earlier diplomatic action: earlier Wednesday, at 18:42 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the same eight countries welcomed Britain's decision to ban imports from Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. The new statement explicitly targets the State of Israel alongside the communities, and expands the welcome to encompass sanctions by multiple European nations.
The coordinated diplomatic effort follows the UK-led sanctions announced on Tuesday. On September 8 at 13:57 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Britain and 11 other countries — including France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden — announced trade restrictions against Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announcing an import ban. The eight countries' earlier statement welcomed the UK ban; tonight's statement broadens that welcome to include European sanctions.
The eight countries have coordinated diplomatic initiatives regarding Israeli policy in Judea and Samaria in recent months. As The Zioneer reported on August 6, the same coalition issued a joint statement condemning Israeli activity in Judea and Samaria and calling on the UN Security Council to act. The countries have not released a full text of Wednesday's statement; details on which European countries' sanctions are referenced remain unconfirmed.
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