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Published 14 Oct, 2024 02:58pm

Spain’s Sanchez urges EU members to suspend free trade agreement with Israel

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged other members of the European Union to respond to Madrid and Ireland’s request to suspend the bloc’s free trade agreement with Israel over its actions in Gaza and Lebanon, reports Reuters.

For months, both Spain and Ireland have been in talks with other EU countries who want a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement on the basis that Israel may be breaching the agreement’s human rights clause.

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