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EU Observer (2 April 2026)

Elena SANCHEZ NICHOLAS

With the approval of the discriminatory death penalty bill by the Israeli parliament on 31 March — described by the EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas on behalf of the 27 as “a violation of the right to life” — calls for Europe to “do something” continue to echo in Brussels. 

But there is little reason to believe the statements of concern will go further than that.

As its largest trading partner, the EU has plentiful leverage and tools it could use to punish or pressure Israel. 

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