{"id":459040,"date":"2026-07-07T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/07\/i-socialisti-europei-a-gaza-genocidio-di-netanyahu-stop-allaccordo-di-associazione-con-israele\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:47:37","slug":"european-socialists-netanyahu-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-suspend-the-association-agreement-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/07\/european-socialists-netanyahu-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-suspend-the-association-agreement-with-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"European Socialists: \u201cNetanyahu is committing genocide in Gaza; suspend the Association Agreement with Israel”"},"content":{"rendered":"

from our correspondent in Strasbourg<\/em> \u2013 \u201cAs the S&D Group, we are calling for the full suspension of the EU-Israel agreement in response to Netanyahu\u2019s genocide in Gaza.<\/strong>\u201d The chair of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, Iratxe Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, openly criticises the Israeli government\u2019s actions in the Palestinian territories and calls on the European Union to make a genuine, credible change of course. She calls for the EU to show determination and firmness, and above all, the ability to act. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Socialist Group has secured a topical debate in the Chamber on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the State of Israel\u2019s response to the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2024. The subject of the debate is “The EU\u2019s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law.” An event that is scheduled for tomorrow (8 July)<\/a>, immediately following the voting session. Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez<\/span>, however, breaks the deadlock and offers a glimpse of the Socialists\u2019 position, which is critical of both the European Union and the Israeli government.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/06\/26\/interview-genocide-in-gaza-chris-sidoti-un-children-are-being-dehumanised\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

“The EU\u2019s failure to act is what allows Netanyahu to continue crossing every red line,<\/strong>” the chair of the S&D Group denounced at the traditional press conference organised to set out the group\u2019s priorities ahead of the plenary session. The reference is to the EU Council\u2019s inability to reach the necessary unanimity, with Italy\u2019s complicity<\/a>, to block the Association Agreement<\/a> with the Tel Aviv government. The most the European Union has been able to achieve is sanctions against violent settlers \u2013 far too little for the Socialists. Because, in their view, this procrastination allows Israel to act above international and humanitarian law \u2013 a situation that is no longer tolerable, at least for some members of the European Parliament. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We called for this debate on Gaza because the newspapers do not report on it on a daily basis, but the disaster continues<\/strong>,” says Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez, who is fed up with the condemnations, of which there has been no shortage<\/a>, but for which nothing truly effective has followed. Hence, the hope for a change of course: \u201cWe trust that the Irish Presidency will help on this front.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S&D Group Chair Iratxe Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez: \u201cThe disaster continues because of the EU\u2019s inaction.\u201d A debate on the issue is expected in the Chamber<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":458997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[25890,27224,31310,28368,25804,33394],"class_list":["post-459040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-benjamin-netanyahu-en","tag-gauze","tag-iratxe-garcia-perez-en","tag-sanctionsin","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459041,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459040\/revisions\/459041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}