Economic and political relations as between Europe and Israel have always been of a complex and charged nature.
In May 2016, Al-Marsad wrote to the EU Delegation to Israel and EU Member State embassies concerning Israel’s discriminatory and illegal policies towards the native Syrian population in the Occupied Syrian Golan
In September 2016, Al-Marsad wrote to the EU Delegation to Israel, EU Member State embassies and embassies of the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council, regarding the illegal demolition of a home in the Occupied Syrian Golan by the Israeli authorities.
In April 2019, Al-Marsad wrote to Frederica Mogherini to ask the EU to stop applying a double standard to Israel’s illegal settlement expansion policies and to condemn them uniformly for what they are, egregious violations of international law.
In December 2019, Al-Marsad wrote to the new EU HR/VP Josep Borrell Fontelles & EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to ask the EU to support human rights defenders in the occupied Golan.