00:01The European Union's failure to sanction Israel over its military action in Gaza and Lebanon
00:07weakens the collective credibility and legitimacy to defend Ukraine against Russia's full-scale invasion,
00:14Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said on Friday.
00:17Ayer, I defended that position. Because something that is dislegitimating us not only from the outside but also from the
00:26inside of our societies
00:28is this double standard that Europe is using in Ukraine and the Middle East.
00:38His warning comes a few days after Spain's renewed push to terminate the EU-Israel Association Agreement
00:44in response to the deadly strikes against Lebanon was met with broad opposition from other EU member states.
00:51Germany and Italy, which are key to achieving the necessary qualified majority vote in favour of a partial suspension, remain
00:59on the fence.
01:01Sanchez made the case to his fellow EU leaders during an informal summit in Cyprus
01:05pointing to an internal review by Brussels that found Israel in breach of Article 2 of the Association Agreement
01:13which imposes binding obligations to respect human rights.
01:17Israel has long contested the Spanish criticism, arguing its military offences in Gaza and Lebanon were designed
01:25to eliminate the threats posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, respectively, both of which are backed by Iran.
01:31The
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