“Finally, finally, finally.” This is how the Tánaiste, Simon Harris, greeted the findings of a briefing from the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (SRHR) which highlights “indications” that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement.  The clause is, as the EU underlined in February at a meeting with an Israeli delegation, “an essential element” of the agreement which created a free trade area for industrial goods and an overall preferential economic, commercial and research status between the two markets. The Tánaiste’s comments echoed those of Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who, over the weekend, welcomed…

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