Ban trade in illegal settlements!

The European Union considers Israeli settlements built illegally on occupied Palestinian land to be an obstacle to achieving peace and stability in the conflict. Yet the EU allows trade with these illegal settlements, whose profits deepen poverty and violations of Palestinian rights. Oxfam is therefore calling on EU citizens to sign the petition for a historic law to end trade in illegal settlements. 

International humanitarian law is clear that an occupying power (in this case Israel) may not allow its own population into the land it occupies. The law also prohibits the confiscation of land to build or expand settlements. However, for decades Israel has completely ignored these laws, evicting Palestinians from occupied land to make way for illegal settlements.  

The EU and its Member States are complicit. Although the EU's position on illegal Israeli settlements is clear, it allows its citizens to buy products made in illegal settlements. This helps to legitimize Israel's maintenance and expansion of settlements and, as long as it continues, the number of illegal settlements will increase, causing more and more human rights violations against Palestinians, without legal consequences. 

Sign the petition and call on the EU to:
- Stop human rights abuses
- Respect international law
- Stop the trade in illegal settlements once and for all

The petition is a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), enabling EU citizens to shape Europe by asking the European Commission to propose legislation. If we collect one million signatures, the EU must by law take action.