EU Parliament member calls on EU to suspend trade deal with Israel

A British Member of the European Parliament, Jean Lambert, has called on the EU to immediately suspend its trade deal with Israel under the EU-Israel Association Agreement until there is an effective ceasefire in Gaza. "The EU must use all the lawful and peaceful means at its disposal to to try to stop the killing and guarantee the human rights of all living in Palestine and Israel," Lambert said in a statement posted on her website. "It must immediately suspend Israel's preferential trade deal with the EU and explore other means of using trade negotiations to try to prevent future violence and bringing both Israel and a viable Palestinian state into the international community," said the MEP for the Greens party. "Further, we must declare an immediate arms embargo to stop the flow of weapons into both Israel and Gaza," she added. Meanwhile, the EU Parliament is to debate the situation in Gaza this evening.