Show Fullscreen As the Gulf crisis eases into a fragile stalemate, it might be considered a mark of progress that the EU Commission is once again examining the issue of fresh produce from illegal settlements in the West Bank being mislabelled as ‘Product of Israel’ on European retail shelves. Businesses throughout the fresh produce supply…

Kaja Kallas has again been rebuffed by her colleagues at the European Commission after calling for new measures to prevent trade with illegal Israeli settlements. In a humiliation for Kallas, who is both the EU foreign affairs chief and a vice-president of the Commission, officials ruled out new restrictive trade measures, which have the support…

Tensions have continued in French-Israeli relations, with France recognising Palestinian statehood last year and two far-right Israeli ministers recently being banned from entering the country. The stands at the Eurosatory arms and security trade show were “closed due to non-compliance with participation conditions set by the French authorities,” the organiser, Coges Events, said in a statement to French…

The so-called ‘Turnberry deal’ was widely characterised as a humiliating capitulation by the EU in the face of furious tariff threats dished out by Donald Trump. But what was presented last July as a grand victory for the US leader was, in fact, only the start of a series of negotiations that pitched the European…

Melike Pala 16 June 2026•Update: 16 June 2026 Several members of the European Parliament (MEPs) called on the EU on Tuesday to halt trade with illegal Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian territory, as pressure grows on Brussels to take concrete action against settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. During a plenary debate with…

Follow our live coverage here. No region of the world produces more oil and gas than the countries straddling the Persian Gulf. Most of this energy can only be exported aboard tankers that cross the Strait of Hormuz – a waterway that’s effectively been closed for more than three months since the US and Israel…

Israel Ports Company Chairman Chazi Chalaweya addressed the importance of trade to the country’s national security, saying that if Israel cannot create alternatives for itself, “we will lose the war.” In an interview with the Ynet studio, he explained: “We talk a lot about Israel’s security, what worries us is the missiles – and I…

The rapid development of the Middle Corridor is increasingly drawing the attention of policymakers, investors and geopolitical analysts across Eurasia. What was once viewed primarily as an alternative transportation route connecting China and Europe has evolved into a broader strategic project encompassing logistics, trade, infrastructure, energy cooperation and regional political coordination. Against the backdrop of…

(Jun. 16, 2026 / JNS) “France is boycotting Israeli companies simply because Israeli companies are better. It’s afraid that people will choose them instead of French companies,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar wrote on social media on Monday. Sa’ar was referring to the controversy over the Eurosatory International Defense and Security trade show that kicked…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. The military escalation that began in June last year between the United States, Israel, and Iran gradually eased after 12 days of confrontation, as the parties chose diplomatic channels and the resumption of nuclear negotiations. However, the renewed tensions on February 28 of this year demonstrated that the conflict had entered…