The chiefs of diplomacy in the EU countries are examining this Tuesday, July 15, a set of measures that will be taken against Israel to sanction the violation of human rights in Gaza, but with few possibilities of going to facts, according to diplomats in Brussels.
It is not certain that a measure is identified as a priority, explained one of them.
It is unlikely to lead to a sanction decision
A report by the European Commission, submitted at the end of June in the twenty -seven years, believes that Israel violated article 2 of the Association Agreement that unites it to the EU, in matters of respect for human rights.
Consequently, the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas has prepared a list of possible options: suspension of the entire agreement, prohibition of exports of occupied Palestinian territories, review of the visa policy or even the suspension of the commercial part of the association agreement.
But, according to several European diplomats, it is unlikely that ministers make a decision, and even discuss the details of these measures. And more since the announcement of last week by Kaja Kallas of an agreement with Israel that is supposed to deliver more humanitarian aid to Gaza.
For some countries, this supposed improvement in the field, which remains to be verified, eliminates any perspective of sanctions against Israel, at least immediately.
“I am sure that Member States will not adopt (measure),” the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, who came to participate in the invitation of Kaja Kallas in Brussels in Brussels in Brussels in Brussels in a meeting with regional officials, Egypt, Palestinians and Syrians.
“Significant progress”
This agreement on the extension of humanitarian aid represents “significant progress,” he signed a European diplomat and “is not the time” to discuss a possible suspension of the association agreement.
The 27 were particularly divided into the attitude of adopting in front of Israel since the beginning of their war in Gaza against Hamas, an response to the unprecedented attack carried out on October 7, 2023 in the Israeli soil for this Palestinian Islamist movement.
Several Member States, including Germany, insist on Israel’s right to defend themselves, in accordance with international law, while others, such as Spain, denounce a “genocide” against the Palestinians of Gaza.
However, 27 should find common land on Tuesday to reaffirm the need to fully apply the agreement negotiated by the European Union to increase humanitarian aid in Gaza, according to these diplomats.
This agreement establishes a “substantial increase in the number of trucks that transport daily foods and non -food products that enter Gaza”, as well as the opening of “new crossing points” north and south of the Gaza Strip, according to a press release made by Kaja Kallas.
“Encouraging signs”
The reopening of the Egyptian and Jordanian help routing routes and the “possibility of distributing food products through bakeries and public kitchens throughout the gaza strip” is also planned.
Fuel deliveries for the benefit of humanitarian organizations will also be included, “up to an operational level.”
“We see encouraging signs: more trucks transport more supplies to the population of Gaza. But, of course, we know that it is not enough,” said the head of European diplomacy on Monday night.
He requested his part in the implementation of the agreement, the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Badr Abdelatty, was much more negative. “The soil situation is horrible,” he said.
The Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Warsen Aghabekian Shahin, also had to participate in this meeting in Brussels, but without meeting with the Israeli minister.
Source: BFM TV
