EU’s top diplomat says union will review cooperation deal with Israel over Gaza ‘abuses’

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas (L) speaks with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul during a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on May 20, 2024. (JOHN THYS / AFP)
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas (L) speaks with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul during a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on May 20, 2024. (JOHN THYS / AFP)

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union agrees to review its cooperation deal with Israel over alleged human rights abuses in Gaza, the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas says.

Kallas says Brussels was acting after “a strong majority” of its 27 member states backed the move, in a meeting of EU foreign ministers, in a bid to pressure Israel.

“What it tells is that the countries see that the situation in Gaza is untenable, and what we want is to really help the people, and what we want is to unblock the humanitarian aid so that it will reach the people,” Kallas tells journalists.

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