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Europe’s Israel policy faces a democratic test

Europe’s Israel policy faces a democratic test

Al Jazeera
Monday, February 16, 2026 04:18:08 PM UTC

Nearly half a million citizens have invoked the EU’s own human rights clause to demand suspension of its partnership with Israel.

More than 457,000 European citizens have signed a petition calling for the full suspension of the European Union’s partnership agreement with Israel within the initiative’s first month.

Launched on January 13 as a formally registered European citizens’ initiative, the petition must reach 1 million signatures from at least seven EU member states by January 13 next year to trigger formal consideration by the European Commission. It is not a symbolic appeal. It is a mechanism embedded within the EU’s democratic framework, designed to translate public will into institutional review.

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