00:00Welcome back. Spain is pushing for a proposal at the European Union to break off its association agreement with Israel
00:09over violations in military operations, particularly in Gaza and Lebanon.
00:15Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says any government that violates international law cannot remain a partner of the EU.
00:24Madrid is expected to formally table the proposal at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday.
00:31Sánchez has emerged as one of Israel's most vocal critics in the bloc, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of genocide
00:39in Gaza and condemning U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.
00:43Over the weekend, Spain, alongside Ireland and Slovenia, accused Israel of breaching the agreement in a letter to the EU's
00:50top diplomat Kaya Kalas.
00:52The association agreement, enforced since 2000, forms the legal basis of the EU's trade relations with Israel.
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