SHOSHANIM
The Dutch parliament on Tuesday voted 82-68 to call on the government to object to a European Court of Justice decision that ordered the labeling of Israeli goods made in West Bank settlements unless similar standards are applied to all disputed territories around the world.
It deems the singling out of Israel in such regard as unfair and discriminatory.
Israel has noted that there are more than 200 territorial disputes in the world, but that the European court had never ruled on any of them.;
An EU joint statement condemning the U.S. decision to no longer consider Israeli settlements illegal is being blocked. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto instructed his diplomats to oppose any statement on the legality of settlements.
In the past, Hungary also blocked a joint EU statement condemning U.S. recognition of Israel's capital, Jerusalem.
A Finnish representative spoke at the UN Fourth Committee, disagreeing with Arab states' attempts to solely reference the Temple Mount by its Muslim name.
KOTZIM
Gisha, a radical left human rights group, urging "freedom of movement of Palestinians", was invited to speak before the US Security Council by Britain's ambassador, who is now the council's president.
