Ephrem Kossaify



Suspension of EU-Israel trade deal is ‘minimum required’ under international law, UN experts say

  • Persistent alleged breaches by Israel should have already triggered halt to EU-Israel Association Agreement, they add
  • Call comes on eve of meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg at which the bloc is expected to consider whether to suspend the deal
  • European Citizens’ Initiative petition launched in January calling for full suspension of agreement has more than 1.1m signatures
By Ephrem Kossaify ·