Products from Israeli settlements: voted text

The Economic Affairs Committee of the National Assembly adopted, on Monday, November 9, a bill aimed at prohibiting the importation, purchase and marketing of products from Israeli colonies in France. Carried by Olivier Faure, the text also targets services contributing to the maintenance or development of these colonies.

Supported by the left and the MoDem, but opposed by the Macronists and the National Rally, the proposal must be examined in the hemicycle on November 19. This vote in committee constitutes a first step: the ban is not yet in effect.

It was time, and already quite late. Faced with the genocide in Gaza and the crimes committed in the West Bank, this initiative highlights the delay in translating diplomatic condemnations into concrete actions. While Israel’s policy arouses the indignation of a large part of world public opinion, ending trade with the colonies constitutes a minimum: economic relations cannot continue to fuel colonization that France officially condemns.