EU xem xét lại Hiệp định Liên kết với Israel vì lo ngại về nhân quyền

• Deutsche Welle

• As an EU review finds "indications" that Israel breached its human rights obligations in Gaza, the EU-Israel Association Agreement is now under scrutiny. However, concrete action is not expected to be taken until foreign ministers meet in July.

• Nine European Union countries—Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden—have urged the European Commission to propose measures to end EU trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

• Human Rights Watch and over 110 organizations and trade unions have called on the European Union to suspend its trade agreement with Israel as long as Israel’s alleged human rights abuses persist.

• The EU's 27 foreign affairs ministers were expected to respond to a recent review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement which found "indications" that Israel breached its human rights obligations with actions in Gaza.

• European dissatisfaction with Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank is growing, prompting moves toward sanctions. EU foreign ministers have begun reviewing Israel's association agreement with the union, trade talks with the UK have stopped, and Norway's sovereign wealth fund has blacklisted an Israeli firm.