Overview

• Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares will request the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement at this week’s Foreign Affairs Council.
• Madrid is also pushing for an EU-wide arms embargo on Israel and individual sanctions against those undermining a two-state solution.
• The EEAS review published on June 20 identified “signs” that Israel violated its human rights obligations in Gaza under the agreement.
• Seventeen of the EU’s 27 member states supported launching the association agreement review in May, reflecting mounting concern over the humanitarian crisis.
• High Representative Kaja Kallas is set to report on the review findings and member states’ positions during the bloc’s June leaders’ summit in Brussels.