The call came in a joint statement released Monday, ahead of a scheduled meeting of EU foreign ministers to evaluate whether Israel’s actions breach the terms of the agreement, which is legally bound to respect human rights and international law under Article 2.

   The organizations urged the EU to conduct an impartial review and conclude that Israel has “seriously violated” the conditions of the agreement, particularly in light of its genocide in Gaza and its record of impunity in the occupied West Bank.

   Claudio Francavilla, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s EU office, said in a press briefing that “all attempts at dialogue with Israel have largely failed,” adding that mass protests across Europe in support of Palestinians reflect public outrage over what he called “unrelenting horror, crimes, and brutality” documented on social media and in independent reports.

   Francavilla warned that any EU review of the partnership agreement would be “meaningless” if not followed by concrete action, including the suspension of the trade and cooperation aspects of the deal.

   He also highlighted findings by Israeli human rights groups showing that the Israeli legal system prosecutes fewer than 3% of crimes committed by settlers and occupation forces in the West Bank—evidence, he said, that accountability is virtually nonexistent.

   The EU-Israel Association Agreement, in effect since 2000, serves as the framework for political dialogue, economic cooperation, and trade. However, its human rights clause has become the subject of increasing scrutiny amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has left over 187,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, the majority of them children and women.

Calls for action are growing as European institutions face mounting pressure to align policy with their stated commitment to international law and human rights.