Overview

• Spain has formally asked the EU to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, impose a weapons embargo on Israel and enact individual sanctions against those blocking a two-state solution.
• A June 20 report by the European External Action Service found indications that Israel’s actions in Gaza breach human rights obligations under Article 2 of the agreement.
• Seventeen of the EU’s 27 member states supported initiating the May review after Spain’s campaign with Ireland, Slovenia and Luxembourg.
• EU foreign ministers are set to analyse the review today and High Representative Kaja Kallas will brief EU leaders on the findings at the June summit in Brussels.
• Madrid argues that concrete measures are needed to uphold international law, address Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and safeguard stability in the Mediterranean.