ECCP - European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine

17/06/2026

The European Commission is expected to present options on how to restrict imports of goods coming from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories ahead of a gathering of EU Foreign Ministers in July

The European Commission is expected to propose a range of options to restrict EU trade with Israeli settlements after member states piled on the pressure at a minister-level meeting on Monday.

15/06/2026

During closed-door and confidential meetings with Mexican government representatives, Kallas compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank to the racist apartheid policies of South Africa, which ended in the early 1990s.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/exclusive-kallas-israel-apartheid-remarks-deepen-eu-foreign-policy-crisis/

15/06/2026

A historical opinion by the European Commission’s then top lawyer, obtained by EUobserver, said the bloc was legally entitled to suspend cooperation with Israel, such as its ‘Horizon Europe’ science grants and ‘Erasmus’ student-exchange scheme, already in 2017 due to Israel’s violations of international law in the West Bank. It showed the EU was fully aware of Israeli abuses, that they were getting worse, that dialogue with Israel was ineffective, and that Palestinians had no legal redress.

A "strictly confidential", but leaked, EU legal memo from 2017 said Europe was entitled to freeze Israel science grants and free-trade perks over its West Bank aggression. "What was then a legitimate option, today is a legal obligation," an Italian expert said.

01/06/2026

Despite ICJ genocide warnings, 51 nations kept arming Israel, even after pledging to halt support.

21/05/2026

Stage for Justice and a Loud Voice Against Israel’s Participation in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, The event “Song Protest” on May 15, 2026, at Maria-Theresien Platz in the center of Vienna was a resounding success, with thousands of people expressing their solidarity with Palestine. The event brought Palestinian music as well as groups from European countries and cultural performances in solidarity with Palestine. Highlight of the many talks was Michael Barenboim.

A large number of press representatives were present, including numerous members of the foreign press. Major European television stations as well as print media covered the event. Austria’s major mainstream broadcasters were also present.

The event proceeded peacefully and brought together people of diverse backgrounds.

By the time the main acts began around 8:00 p.m., the number of guests had grown to around 2,500, and the atmosphere of the festival was carried and swept away by an electrifying and inspiring wave.

On May 16 – the day of the Eurovision Song Contest - a big demonstration (also organized by Palestine Solidarity Austria) led from the Westbahnhof to the vicinity of Viennese Stadthalle (the location of the ESC). It was a great success with over 5000 marchers (on a cold, rainy day), excellent talks including about the ongoing Nakba, lots of flags, and paraded through a large residential area of Vienna.

Photo credits: ©www.bergwolf.photography/ Frauen in Schwarz Wien - Women in Black Vienna

15/05/2026

Nakba 2026 - Not just a memory. The Nakba is a continuous crime against humanity that, for more than 78 years, has resulted in the protracted and ongoing forced displacement of the Palestinian people, apartheid and genocide.
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On 15 May, we will be commemorating the 78th anniversary of the Nakba: the brutal, premeditated and organised process by which the militias of the Zionist movement, and later the army of the new State of Israel, expelled 800,000 Palestinians — over half of the total Palestinian population —   f...

15/05/2026

44 European organisations and around 150 medical doctors, academics and healthcare professionals issued an urgent call to the EU officials and European leaders for an immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the former director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza, who is facing death as a result of extremely brutal torture.

44 European organisations and around 150 medical doctors, academics and healthcare professionals issued an urgent call to the EU officials and European leaders for an immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the former director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza, who facing death as a r...

08/05/2026

29 European trade unions, including biggest European federations and confederations demand from European leaders immediate sanctions on Israel! Military embargo NOW!

29 European trade union organisations, including biggest European trade union federations and confederations demand urgent action form the European leaders to hold Israel accountable for its crimes!
CCOO Comisiones Obreras CGIL Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro Irish Congress of Trade Unions SIPTU Fórsa trade union Centrale Générale - FGTB FGTB

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07/05/2026

Spain has asked ​the European Commission ‌to activate its blocking statute ​to prevent ​compliance with U.S. sanctions ⁠on the ​International Criminal Court ​over its investigation into Israel's actions in ​Gaza. The EU's blocking statute is ​a ​legal ⁠mechanism designed to protect ​Europeans from ​the ⁠extraterritorial effects of sanctions imposed ⁠by ​third countries.

Spain has asked ​the European Commission ‌to activate its blocking statute ​to prevent ​compliance with U.S. sanctions ⁠on the ​International Criminal Court ​over its investigation into Israel's actions in ​Gaza, Prime ​Minister Pedro Sanchez said ‌on ⁠X on Wednesday.

05/05/2026

When a state’s ruling coalition is increasingly composed of hardline annexationists and supremacists, in other words, politicians who openly embrace methods and goals that violate international human rights and humanitarian norms, the international community cannot treat business as usual as if nothing is at stake.

The EU and its member states have clear levers at their disposal which are in full compliance with international and European law and politically feasible: suspend the Association Agreement with Israel, halt arms transfers, impose severe sanctions on extremist politicians, settlers and security actors credibly implicated in war crimes, and ban trade with and investments in Israel’s illegal settlements.

These measures would have been calibrated attempts to restore deterrence, exact significant political and economic costs on Israeli perpetrators and reassert normative boundaries.

Instead, Europe chose appeasement by neglect.

The humanitarian catastrophe is a consequence of a prolonged European abdication: the refusal to hold a belligerent Israeli government and an erratic American administration to account when doing so mattered. That failure is not just a shameful moral lapse. It is strategic self-harm that has left th...