7/15/2025–|Last update: 11:01 (Mecca time)
Media Bart said that the Executive Committee has not yet decided to vote today in Brussels in favor of suspending the agreement between the European Union and Israel, but voices began to urge France to move alone to punish the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is required with the International Criminal Court.
The site said – in a report by Elias Ramadan – that the European Union, 21 months after the start of Israel, the genocide war on the Gaza Strip, must decide today, Tuesday, July 15: Will it strengthen its repeated condemnation of Israel with sanctions against its government before its foreign ministers go on the summer vacation?
The matter appears to be simple in terms of legal aspect – according to the writer – because the document that entered into force in 2000 stipulates in Article Two of it that the two parties commit to “respecting human rights and democratic principles”, and a report submitted to the European Union Foreign Affairs Department has been documented unless anyone doubts that Israel has been violated and is still, about 30 commitment of obligations imposed under Article Two.
However, the difficulty is now political, as the suspension of the agreement, which is among the options proposed by the European administration, is subject to the consensus of the member states, in a form of imagination, given the large number of countries that oppose such a decision, such as Italy, Austria, Romania, Hungary, and others.
In Germany, the government, led by the Christian democratic right, ignored the shy demands of the Social Democratic Party, its partner in the coalition, and Alexander Hoffman, one of the prominent figures in the majority camp, summarized the situation in early June, saying: “We can criticize our friends, but we cannot punish them.”
A very volatile situation
As for France’s position, it is difficult to determine, as a government source confirmed the weekend that “the matter has not yet been decided permanently,” said Sabrina Subaihi, the deputy head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of the Green Party: “We really do not understand what France requires.
The writer pointed out that the French government is torn between the necessities that are difficult to reconcile, as the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, wants to fulfill his recent promises, “not to stand idly by the government of Netanyahu, which continues these shameful acts,” threatening to take “concrete measures.”
But imposing sanctions on Israel as a sure way to raise the anger of the administration of US President Donald Trump on French diplomacy, and this is sufficient to make Macron hesitate to appear again on the losing side in European negotiations, in the face of Germany, whose opinions impose on every major issue.
What increases the hesitation of the French authority to divide within the country, as this issue, away from the relative consensus on the support of Ukraine, raises a sharp division between the political parties, as supporting the challenge of the partnership agreement before the unified front that was represented by the presidential camp, the right and the extreme right that called for “the failure of Israel, the strategic partner, failed to is isolation.”
“This (the suspension of the agreement) will be useless. We believe that it is important to keep all channels of discussion and dialogue open. This agreement is also a framework for the transmission of messages. The severing of relations will be a unilateral isolation of Israel, and it will prevent Europe from continuing to exercise its influence in the region.”
The “Horizons” group, represented by its president, Paul Christophe, expressed a different position, and the former minister stated, “The issue of comment is serious, but it seems to us prematurely today” and urged Israel to “provide immediate guarantees by respecting its obligations.”
The left calls for sanctions
As for the group of freedoms, independents, and left -wing territories, it found itself completely alone, although it was united in defending the situation that Spain, the Netherlands and Ireland will take today, Tuesday, in Brussels, and Gabriel Catalah, a deputy of the “Freedoms, Independents and Overseas Territories”, confirmed that it “to stop genocide, we need clear decisions.”
Countries must adhere to doing everything in their power to end the Israeli government’s impunity
In a letter addressed to Macron, several societies and non -governmental organizations, including the Human Rights Association, the Solidarity Organization with France and Palestine, and the Simad Organization, wrote that “countries must adhere to doing everything in their power to end the impunity of the Israeli government.” From this standpoint, France must provide strong and public support to suspend the partnership agreement between the European Union and Israel.
The writer stated that the suspension of the agreement is a far -reaching horizon due to the European bases and the necessity of consensus, but other options – as he says – as targeted penalties against Israeli civil or military officials, trade sanctions, or the suspension of other forms of cooperation.
Sabrina Sobaihi regretted, “Today, France has moved away from the values of independence that has long been directed to its diplomacy. We let Trump lead the ceasefire negotiations, and we remain neutral. If the matter does not succeed (today) Tuesday, France will have to decide to move on its own. This is what Ireland has already announced.”