EU will examine Israel association agreement after massive public petition

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The European Commission will examine its association agreement with Israel after more than 1.1 million EU citizens signed a petition asking it to do so. "The Commission will meet the organisers [of the petition] to discuss the initiative in detail in the coming weeks. A public hearing will then be organised by the European Parliament," the EU executive said in a press release Thursday. While the examination is unlikely to lead to any substantial changes to the status quo, the number of signatures shows the prominence of the issue of EU-Israel relations among the EU public — and will force the Commission to give an official response.