Spanish prime minister urges EU to reevaluate its ties to Israel over humanitarian law violations

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said to Al Jazeera TV on Thursday that the European Union ought to consider whether its strategic partnership with Israel should persist if the EU determines that Israel has violated humanitarian law in its war in Gaza.

"In the case of the EU, the situation would be that there's an open door to have a debate within the European Council in order to see if we continue with this strategic relation or not. But this is something for which we first need to have the assessment of the European Commission," Sanchez told Al Jazeera.

Sanchez also repeated his appeal for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and for the global community to acknowledge Palestine as an independent state with complete membership in the United Nations.