Dublin [Ireland], June 22: An EU review "paints a grim picture" of Israel's failure to adhere to international obligations, Ireland's premier Micheal Martin has said.
The premier said the report highlights the restriction of food and medicines into Gaza, which he said "amounts to the use of starvation as a method of war".
The EU-Israel Association Agreement is being reviewed after a dozen EU member states backed it last month.
The unpublished report has found that there are "indications" Israel could be in breach of its human rights obligations under the trade agreement, according to several media outlets.
Reacting on Saturday, Martin welcomed the "substantive and important" report on Israel's compliance with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel deal. He said Ireland had "long argued" that clauses on human rights in the EU's international agreement "have to be respected" and should prompt "serious consequences" when they are not.(PA Media/dpa)
Source: Qatar Tribune
