Leo Varadkar made waves in Brussels on February 14 when a joint letter he penned with the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez landed on the desk of Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. The letter called for an “urgent review” of the EU-Israel Association Agreement that came into force in 2000 because of deep concerns expressed by the two leaders over possible human rights violations in Gaza. Article two of the agreement defines respect for human rights as an “essential element” of the agreement that created a free trade area for industrial goods and an overall…

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