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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU risks breaking international law over Israel gas deal, say campaigners

Destroyed buildings on the coast of the Gaza Strip.
Destroyed buildings on the coast of the Gaza Strip. Global Witness claims the EMG pipeline runs through Palestinian waters. Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP

The EU is “trampling over Palestinian rights” and risks breaching international law, over an energy deal signed with Israel to bring more gas to Europe, a campaign group has said.

A report by Global Witness shared exclusively with the Guardian concludes that the EU could be “complicit in breaches of international law” over a 2022 energy deal linked to gas imports from a pipeline said to traverse Palestinian waters. The NGO has called on the EU to cancel all gas imports linked to the East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) pipeline and terminate the 2022 deal, which was also signed with Egypt.

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