Israel pledged to "kill" the EU and UN-backed two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, as EU "condemned" new anti-Palestinian laws.

Israeli arms firms, such as Rafael, and the Israeli defence ministry remain eligible for the EU’s ‘Horizon’ science-programme grant

Von der Leyen’s proposed trade sanctions could be adopted by a qualified majority of EU countries, but Germany and Italy were among those who blocked them, even at the height of the Gaza war.