EU to review cooperation deal with Israel over Gaza
Source: Agence France-Presse
EU to review cooperation deal with Israel over Gaza
Issued on: 20/05/2025 - 22:19
Modified: 20/05/2025 - 22:17
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – The EU on Tuesday ordered a review of its cooperation deal with Israel and Britain halted trade talks with it as European nations took a tougher line over the Gaza war.
France renewed its commitment to recognise a Palestinian state, a day after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily hit back at Britain, France and Canada for threatening action over his country's military offensive and blockade of Gaza.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said "a strong majority" of the 27 member states at a foreign ministers' meeting backed the move in a bid to pressure Israel.
"Countries see that the situation in Gaza is untenable, and what we want is to really help the people, and... to unblock the humanitarian aid so that it will reach the people," Kallas told journalists.
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