Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he believes the EU-Israeli Association Agreement should be suspended pending a review.
Yesterday, the EU agreed to review its cooperation deal with Israel, after a clear majority of member states supported a Dutch proposal to do so.
Seventeen EU states pressed for the review at yesterday’s Brussels meeting under Article two of the agreement that calls for a respect for human rights. Nine member states opposed the initiative: Germany, Hungary, Italy, Czechia, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Greece and Bulgaria.
Mr Martin said he “expects” that the review of the cooperation agreement takes place “expeditiously” and includes…