EU's decision on Israel like 'a bucket of cold water on the head of a drunk'

The Guardian:
The European Union has at last lost patience with Israel's refusal to comply with international law over settlements
"Now it looks as if the EU has finally lost patience with Israel. As Akiva Eldar, veteran Israeli journalist and writer for Al-Monitor, says: "The Israeli government didn't take the Europeans too seriously and crossed over from just ignoring them to humiliating them. The EU looked at the current cabinet and thought, 'Hey, that isn't rain: they are spitting on us.'"