Citizens have invoked the EU’s own human rights clause to demand suspension of its partnership with Israel.
![German police officers stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate as pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags of Palestine and unveiled a placard reading, “Never again genocide - Freedom for Palestine”, on top of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2025. [Annegret Hilse/File Photo/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-17T134207Z_748759512_RC2OVHARL2WJ_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GERMANY-1764150760.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Majed Al-Zeer is a journalist, writer, lecturer, author and activist specialising in Palestinian affairs with particular focus on the refugee issue an... d the right of return.
Citizens have invoked the EU’s own human rights clause to demand suspension of its partnership with Israel.
![German police officers stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate as pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags of Palestine and unveiled a placard reading, “Never again genocide - Freedom for Palestine”, on top of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2025. [Annegret Hilse/File Photo/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-17T134207Z_748759512_RC2OVHARL2WJ_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GERMANY-1764150760.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Pro-Palestine activists could not end Israel’s genocide, but managed to shift the public opinion on the conflict.
