Trade, history and internal rifts: Inside the European deadlock over suspending the lucrative association agreement with Israel.

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Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have mounted a renewed push to suspend the European Union’s trade and cooperation pact with Israel at a meeting of EU foreign ministers before being shot down by Germany and Italy, which vetoed the move.

Despite growing calls to hold the Israeli government accountable for its actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, Europe is deeply divided over its approach to Israel.