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UN special rapporteur: EU is obliged to cut trade with 'Israel'

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  • Source: Euronews
  • 10 Apr 2024 20:48
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Francesca Albanese says the EU is obliged to halt its association agreement with "Israel" due to its human rights violations.

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  • UN special rapporteur: EU is obliged to cut trade with 'Israel'
    United Nations Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, speaks at a press conference during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 27, 2024 (AFP)

The European Union is obligated to suspend its association agreement with "Israel", due to the latter's human rights violations, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese told Euronews. 

Albanese pointed to the "disconnect" between the European Union's political class and the public regarding "Israel's" aggression on the Gaza Strip. Earlier, the official had extensively detailed the crimes and human rights violations committed by "Israel" in a report she had submitted to the concerned international authorities, saying that if it were not for a word limit, her team would have written an "encyclopedia" about such genocidal crimes. 

"Israel has the political, financial, and economic means to continue operating business as usual," she stressed. 

"Europe is the main trading partner—which accounts I think for 30% of Israel's trade — so it has a huge power and it should use that power. 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," Albanese explained.

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