Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)

My first question will be for Mr. Reynolds as he has not made an opening statement. I have read the opening statements, which mention the settlements are part of Israel's acquisition of Palestinian territory by force and that there have been recent reports of more settlements in the E1 area. This means, contrary to what we have heard recently about limited areas, that there are expanded areas. Will Mr Reynolds speak on the significance of what this expansion of settlements means? A point was made earlier by another colleague on what this does regarding the viability of a two-state solution.

We have heard a lot about various opinions on various case law on public policy. Is it not the case that the tacit admission now from High Representative Kallas and the Commission, whereby they have acknowledged one of the available actions is to use public policy grounds to ban goods, effectively settles the question of public policy being grounds in this matter? It is now being acknowledged by the Commission. If Mr. Reynolds has a chance, I ask him to comment briefly on this.