EU mulls diplomatic action against Israel over human rights: report

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The European Union’s foreign policy arm has presented 10 options for diplomatic action against Israel after it found “indications” last month that Israel breached human rights obligations in a pact governing its ties with the bloc, Al Jazeera reports.

In a document prepared for EU member countries and seen by the Reuters news agency, the options shared include major steps such as suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement and more minor actions such as suspending EU-Israel technical projects.

Most of the measures would require the approval of all or most EU member countries. Diplomats say it is not clear whether there is a willingness among a sufficient number of member states to pursue any of them.

In a separate public statement, the EU announced that Israel had agreed to take “significant steps” to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including an increase in daily deliveries, the reopening of closed aid routes, the distribution of food via facilities throughout the Gaza strip, the resumption of fuel delivery, the protection of aid workers and “vital infrastructure” repair.

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