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Gaza: the EU will reconsider its association agreement with Israel

by AI | 20.May 2025 | Europe in brief AI

The European Union will launch a review of its association agreement with Israel in light of the recent events in Gaza.

The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, listens to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on March 24, 2025. (Photo: Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Brussels – The head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas announced on Tuesday that the Commission would begin a review of the association agreement between the EU and the State of Israel to verify whether this country respects human rights and democratic principles, in accordance with Article 2 of this document.

“There is a strong majority in favor of reviewing Article 2 (on respect for human rights) of our association agreement with Israel. We will therefore embark on this exercise,” she stated at the end of a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.

Seventeen countries, including France and the Netherlands, have expressed support for this review, announced French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, before the National Assembly in Paris.

“The relations between the parties, as well as all the provisions of the agreement itself, are based on respect for human rights,” states Article 2. (May 20, 2025)