The Union Will review its vast trade and cooperation agreement Israel Due to your extension Attack in Gaza Also your inability Help for nearly three months.
The decision was taken after Tuesday 27 in 17 The Foreign Ministers of the constituency They will support the sizeAt the beginning of the month, Dutch Foreign Minister Kaspar Weldgamp was presented.
This means that the EU manager will now start a review Israel has been raped Its duties on human rights under Article 2 of the EU-Israeli Association Agreement are a wide agreement that defines business and diplomatic relations between the two parties.
“Clearly states that there are strong majority in favor of today’s debate Review Article 2 of our Sangam Agreement with Israel“High EU representative for foreign affairs Gaja Kallas told the press in Brussels.” We will start this value, and in the meantime, the release of more humanitarian aid depends on Israel. “
Article 2 Relationships establishes that “the respect of human rights and democratic policies, leads to their internal and international policy, and becomes an important part of this agreement.” The European Union is Israel’s largest business partner and business relationship is estimated to be more than 45,000 million euros per year.
Ireland and Spain raised the opportunity to reopen the Sangam Agreement in a letter for the first time without addressing the European Commission’s President Ursula van der Lean 15 months ago, but they did not receive the firm support of any other EU country.
But this initiative has a new stimulant in recent weeks NetlandIsrael’s firm ally, which is considered to be Israel’s “humanitarian blockage” in Gaza, entered a certain amount of critical items for the first time on Monday. “Violation of International Humanitarian Law” So, of section 2.
Nine member states –Belgium, Slovenia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden– They publicly supported the Netherlands proposal before the foreign meeting on Tuesday.
Austria, Denmark, Slovakia, Estonia, Malta, Poland and Romania supported the review on Tuesday, diplomatic sources said. Bulgaria, Croatia, Sipre, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy and LithuaniaAccording to the same sources, Latvia has a “neutral”.
Another plan to increase pressure on Israel by introducing New sanctions for Israeli immigrants Of the 27 member states responsible for violence on the West Bank, 26 were supported, but banned by Hungary. Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Steargard has suggested that she should go further and that “he will increase the EU sanctions against Israeli ministers.”
Earlier, on Tuesday, the United Kingdom stopped business conversations He summoned the Israeli ambassador for describing him as an “unbearable” attack in Gaza. This happened after the leaders of the leaders If Israel does not stop their campaign And lifted aid controls.
The position of the European Union before War between Israel and Hamas in GazaHamas’s attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023 were always deeply divided. Joseph Borel, the former EU high representative, was grown personally in November Back up relationships with IsraelThis finally led to a call for a closed meeting between the Israeli Foreign Minister and his EU colleagues.
At that meeting, the heir of the warlle, Gaza kallasBy They have been silentComplete calls to review article 2There was a high fire practice in Gaza. Eleven weeks of locking at the entrance of the aid seems to have triggered the change of mood between 27.
According to high diplomatic Gaja Kallas, Israel’s decision is “welcome”, although it is “welcome” to enter a certain number of trucks into the entrance A “drop in the sea”. “Help should come in a large scale immediately,” Kallas said.
Additional written by George Liborro
