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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.<\/p>\n
France renewed its commitment to recognise a Palestinian state, a day after Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily hit back at Britain, France and Canada for threatening action over his country\u2019s military offensive and blockade of Gaza.<\/p>\n
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said \u201ca strong majority\u201d of the 27 member states at a foreign ministers\u2019 meeting backed the move in a bid to pressure Israel.<\/p>\n
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\u201cCountries see that the situation in Gaza is untenable, and what we want is to really help the people, and\u2026 to unblock the humanitarian aid so that it will reach the people,\u201d Kallas told journalists.<\/p>\n
Momentum to re-examine the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which forms the basis for trade ties, has grown since Israel resumed a military offensive in Gaza after a ceasefire expired.<\/p>\n
Diplomats said 17 EU states pressed for the review under an article of the agreement that calls for a respect for human rights, with the Netherlands spearheading the latest push.<\/p>\n
The EU has long been divided between countries backing Israel and those considered more pro-Palestinian. In a sign of the splits, in a separate move, Hungary blocked imposing more sanctions on Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
Belgium\u2019s foreign minister Maxime Prevot said he had \u201cno doubt\u201d about the violation of rights in Gaza, and the review could lead to the suspension of the entire deal.<\/p>\n
Britain meanwhile suspended free-trade negotiations and summoned Israel\u2019s ambassador. Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused Netanyahu\u2019s government of \u201cegregious actions and rhetoric\u201d over its expansion of military operations in the Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n
Lammy told the British parliament that the government was imposing new sanctions on individuals and organisations involved in West Bank settlements.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe world is judging, history will judge them. Blocking aid, expanding the war, dismissing the concerns of your friends and partners. This is indefensible and it must stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said Britain would be \u201creviewing cooperation\u201d with Israel under a so-called 2030 roadmap for UK-Israel relations. The \u201cNetanyahu government\u2019s actions have made this necessary,\u201d Lammy said.<\/p>\n
Israel responded by saying \u201cexternal pressure\u201d would not stop the country \u201cdefending its existence and security against enemies who seek its destruction\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf, due to anti-Israel obsession and domestic political considerations, the British government is willing to harm the British economy \u2014 that is its own prerogative,\u201d Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein said in a statement.<\/p>\n
France also renewed its diplomatic criticism of Israel, with Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot reaffirming a commitment to recognise a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot leave the children of Gaza a legacy of violence and hatred. So all this must stop, and that\u2019s why we are determined to recognise a Palestinian state,\u201d Barrot told France Inter radio.<\/p>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron joined British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a rare joint statement on Gaza on Monday that angered Israel.<\/p>\n
The three threatened \u201cconcrete actions\u201d if Israel continued to block aid. Netanyahu said the statement was a \u201chuge prize\u201d for Hamas, which set off the Gaza war with its October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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