Apartheid Gulag: EU strengthening economic ties with Israel - Remember Palestine

It was revealed last week that the European Union has approved a massive upgrade in Israel special trading status.
In 2008 there was a freeze on the preferential treatment that the EU gives Israel in the wake of Cast Lead. But now it's business as usual.
How is it possible for EU to overlook its own policies on human rights in order to assist an apartheid state?
In this edition of the show Lauren Booth talks to the British politician and member of the House of Lord; Baroness Jenny Tonge about this conflict of interest. Press TV