Finance Minister Yair Lapid responded to the EU's decision to ban settlement agreements with Israel, saying "this decision is another in a long line of decisions that isolate Israel."
He added that "every day that Israel does not engage in peace talks is a day in which our international status sustains more damage. Nevertheless, this is a miserable decision, which was made in very bad timing and sabotages the efforts that US Secretary of State is putting into bringing the sides to negotiation. (Moran Azulay)