A Dutch proposal to review the EU’s trade and cooperation with Israel over the situation in Gaza is steadily gaining support among a group of member states before it is set to be formally discussed by foreign ministers in Brussels next week.
Belgium, Finland, France, Portugal and Sweden have all publicly backed the initiative put forward by Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp – whose government is considered a firm ally of Israel – in a letter to the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas last week.
