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.
