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different story, and must be taken seriously. ¢ Right now it is being espoused by parliaments, not governments. But it could expand — to trade unions, to the academia, to consumer organizations and NGOs. And then, heaven forbid, eventually to governments — which will say "we are of the people ". We mustn't forget that Europe 1s Israel's No. | trading partner - not the US and not China. And Europe, with North America and a few countries 1n the East, 1s at the heart of the "reference group" of liberal democratic countries to which we want to belong, and rightfully so. ¢ This leads us to the US — and there, the diplomatic challenge is far greater. Israel is a sovereign state. On HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029374