Not to rain on this parade, but the EU took forever to sanction even fucking russia, and even that never became a complete cut in trade.
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True but it did take a lot less civilian casualties. Israel has killed more than three times the amount of civilians as Russia so far, percentually far more children.
Unfortunately, there's a decent chance that Germany will prevent that.
Germany will prevent that
Depends on what specifically that is.
Not every EU decisions needs to be unanimous anymore.
Foreign policy decision need to though and sanctions are such decisions. However sanctions against the settlers on the West Bank are already in place and Germany voted for them.
I suppose, I should have worded that differently.
Yes, suspending the trade agreement mentioned in the article seems to require unanimity and would likely be blocked by Germany.
There might be other measures that the EU could implement where that is not the case.
Though I admit that I have no specific idea what that could be.
Good to know.
The EU along with the USA has always been complicit in the suffering of Palestinians, they're not going to stop now. That's why it just rings hollow every time they condemn Russian brutality in Ukraine.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The European Union should suspend its trade and institutional ties with Israel to deter war crimes that amount to genocide in the Gaza Strip, the UN's special rapporteur on Palestine has said.
In the end, this is not an option, it's an obligation because Article 2 of that association agreement foresees the suspension in case of violations of human rights," she added.
A recent initiative by the leaders of Ireland and Spain calling on the European Commission to suspend the EU-Israel agreement has been met with resistance by other member states eager to uphold the bloc's stance of solidarity with Israel.
She also said EU leaders need to take more concrete counter-measures against Israel, including revoking diplomatic recognition and targeted sanctions on government officials.
He said that drone manufacturers providing their technology to Israel's Armed Forces have received funds from the EU's Horizon Europe project, a claim recently corroborated in an analysis by two independent monitors, Statewatch and Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI).
"It's shameful that the European Union is still buying and selling arms to Israel that are being used in combat, that are falling on the heads of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip," MEP Pineda said.
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