European Union will review trading and cooperation with Israel due to an attack in Gaza
AdvertisementThe European Union will review its vast agreement with Israel because the Gaza Strip has intensified the attack and has not fully raised the siege for two months of humanitarian aid.
The decision was taken on Tuesday, a comprehensive agreement to define the two parties, after the Dutch Foreign Minister Kaspar Weldgamp, in support of the UE-Israeli Association Agreement earlier this month, was a comprehensive agreement.
“It is clear that there is a strong majority in favor of the Review of Article 2 of the Association Agreement with Israel,” EU representative for foreign affairs Gaja Kallas, for journalists in Brussels.
“We will go to this review, but is still in Israel to release humanitarian aid.”
Article 2. It establishes that “relationships should be based on the respect of human rights and democratic policies that lead to their internal and international policy and are an important part of this agreement.”
The EU is Israel’s largest business partner, which is worth over 45 billion euros per year.
European Commission Chairman Ursula Van Ter Lain, the Chairman of the European Commission, presented the union contract to reopen the first union agreement in Ireland and Spain 15 months agoBut they have not been able to gain concrete support from any other EU country.
But in recent weeks, the effort has gained a new speed, and the Netherlands, who is considered to be Israel’s definitive ally, called Gaza “Humanitarian Augmentation” from Israel to Gaza, which has been the first time a certain amount of essential items entered for the first time, which is “a violation of international humanitarian law”, 2nd article.
The nine member states of Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden publicly supported the Netherlands’s plan before foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday.
Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia also supported the review on Tuesday, diplomatic sources said.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Lithuania were against the same time, while Latvia was “neutral”.
Another plan to increase the pressure on Israel, which introduces new sanctions against Israeli immigrants in charge of violence on the West Bank, was supported by 27 member states, but was carried out by Hungary.
Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stergart also suggested that it would “press the EU to impose sanctions on individual Israeli ministers.”
On Tuesday, the United Kingdom Suspension Business talks and the Israeli ambassador summoned the Israeli ambassador as he described the “unbearable” attack in Gaza.
The EU’s position on the war between Israel and Hamas has always been deeply divided in Gaza, which was installed by Hamas attacks to Israel on October 7, 2023.
The old European top representative, Joseph Borel, personally presented the opportunity to suspend relationships with Israel in November, which eventually led to a closed door between the Israeli Foreign Minister and his EU colleagues.
At this meeting, the Appeals for Review of Section 2, headed by Gaja Kallas, the successor of Borol Was completely silentSince the ceasefire was in effect in Gaza.
Eleven weeks to enter help seems to have triggered a change of thought between 27.
Israel’s decision is “welcome” to recognize the entry of a certain number of trucks, but this is a “drip drip in the sea”, said Gaja Kallas.
“Help should flow immediately and in large quantities,” Kallas said.
