Tel Aviv, February 20 (RHC)-- The Tel Aviv regime cannot stop a growing international anti-Israel boycott campaign over the Israeli settlement activities on the occupied Palestinian territories, an official admits.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry official, whose name was not mentioned in the report, acknowledged that Europe will continue to ban Israel as long as it presses ahead with its settlement activities on Palestinian land. The Israeli official said that there is a “boycott fashion in Europe against Israel” and “as long as Israel continues to build, this phenomenon will persist and it will be difficult to prevent it without handling this political issue.”

The comments came after two of Europe’s biggest financial institutions boycotted transactions with Israeli companies involved in settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land. The European Union has also blocked all grants and funding to any Israeli entity based in the illegal settlements.

The American Studies Association has also announced a decision to boycott Israeli institutions and academics over the discriminatory treatment of Palestinians. Israelis are frustrated in the face of the boycott campaign and Cabinet ministers are trying to find a strategy to counter the boycotts.