The EU and the Ethics of Trading with Israel: What Has Changed?

By Martin Cohen

The reason why it has taken so long to get the review conducted comes down to one word: Germany. Evidently, behind the scenes, Germany has shifted.

It has taken many years, but May 20 was a red-letter day for human rights in Palestine. This was the day when the European Commission, which should have acted decades ago, finally agreed to review the EU-Israel cooperation agreement.

This arrangement,…