Youth of the European People’s Party votes to end all boycotts in Judea & Samaria. YEPP calls on EU not to harm Israeli businesses.
Hungary conference is 1st in Europe to vote contrary to boycott movement.
The Youth of the European People’s Party — a center-right political youth organization representing 39 European countries — has cast the first-ever vote against boycotting products and factories in Judea and Samaria. The Samaria Regional Council in tandem with Likud and Yisrael Beytenu youth leaders successfully lobbied to pass the vote against the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, which took place at the YEPP conference in Hungary.
Youth of the European People’s Party votes to stop boycott in Judea and Samaria – Photo: YEPP website
“We are calling on all European Union institutions — especially in light of the renewed peace negotiations in the region — not to harm businesses that provide jobs and facilitate direct contact and cooperation between both sides in Judea and Samaria,” stated the decision.
The vote, which passed with a 90 percent majority, comes after strenuous behind-the-scenes efforts of the Samaria Regional Council’s Foreign Relations Office, headed by Regional Council Deputy Chairman Yossi Dagan. “This is a historic step toward shattering attempts to boycott Israel,” Dagan said.
“The hostility of the European Union has not sealed our fate,” added Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika after the landmark decision.
View original Israel Hayom publication at: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=15959
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