Sanctioned in Washington, Active in Brussels: How EUPAC Operates Freely in Belgium 

 

On May 6, 2026, a Brussels-based organization calling for the suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement released a policy study estimating that such a move could cost Israel billions of euros in trade losses.

The organization behind the study, the European Palestinian Council for Political Relations (EUPAC), is a Brussels-registered association sans but lucratif (ASBL), Belgium’s nonprofit association structure, that presents itself as a bridge between European policymakers and the Palestinian cause. Its top officers, however, are Majed Al-Zeer and Mohammad Hannoun, two men the U.S. Treasury sanctioned on October 7, 2024, for what it described as prominent roles in Hamas’s international fundraising network.