JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday (Sep 16) urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw a proposal that would curb trade ties in a bid to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza. "Pressure through sanctions will not work," Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote in a letter to Von der Leyen. The initiative, announced during her State of the Union speech last week, is due to be discussed on Wednesday by the European Commission's College of Commissioners, which she chairs. If