Israel has urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw a proposal that would curb trade ties in a bid to pressure Israel to end the fighting in Gaza, AFP reports.
“Pressure through sanctions will not work,” Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote in a letter to Von der Leyen.
“This unprecedented proposal, which has never been applied to any other country, is a clear attempt to harm Israel while we are still fighting a war imposed on us by the October 7 terror attack,” Saar wrote.
He added that Israel had not been notified or consulted and warned the measures would “empower Hamas” and “jeopardise efforts to end the war”.