Published on 21/04/2026 – 19:17 GMT+2 EU foreign ministers rejected calls to end preferential trade with Israel in connection with allegations of war crimes, highlighting persistent divisions within the bloc over the Middle East. However, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said further discussions would take place, including consideration of a proposal by France and Sweden to impose tariffs on goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. “We cannot lose sight of Gaza and the West Bank,” Kallas told journalists at a press conference. Ahead of the meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday, the governments of Spain,…