Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002150/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE)
The State of Israel is pursuing a colonial policy of extraction and plundering, including in relation to water. Israel is turning water into a tool that it can use to prey on Palestinian agriculture, through permits to build or destroy infrastructure, refusal of permits, confiscation of water resources (including rainwater), discriminatory price setting and water distribution prioritising Israelis and settlers ahead of Palestinians – including Israeli Palestinians. Israel controls the borders and the permits for exporting and importing products and inputs, as well as the entry of Palestinian products in occupied territories. This hampers trade and makes it more costly, while also reducing the market for Palestinian agricultural products.
The defence of free competition, equal opportunities and non-discrimination for Palestinian farmers is contradicted by continued support for Israeli colonial agriculture under an apartheid regime, going against the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 19 July 2024.
- 1.Does the Commission intend to suspend agricultural imports from Israel and the occupied territories in light of these discriminatory practices towards Palestinian products?
- 2.What action will the Commission take in relation to Israeli agricultural products that arrive in the EU?
Submitted: 28.5.2025