The European Union should suspend its trade and institutional ties with Israel to deter war crimes that amount to genocide in the Gaza Strip, the UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine has said.
“Europe is the main trading partner - which accounts I think for 30% of Israel’s trade - so it has a huge power and it should use that power. In the end, this is not an option, it’s an obligation because Article 2 of that association agreement foresees the suspension in case of violations of human rights,” she added.
Albanese said the EU’s reluctance to use the measures in its power to hold Israel to account perpetuates Israel’s impunity and reveals a “disconnect” between Europe’s political class and the large portion of European society that has persistently called for a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip.
She also said EU leaders need to take more concrete counter-measures against Israel, including revoking diplomatic recognition and targeted sanctions on government officials.
Hamas is still holding innocent Israelis hostage and sexually assaulting them.
If Morocco sent gangs over the Spanish border to rape and murder (even babies) and took hundreds of hostages, no-one would ask Spain to negotiate a ceasefire while the hostages are still suffering.
Hamas must be destroyed. It’s disgusting that the EU and UN have been funding them directly.
And kill mostly innocent civilians to do it? Hamas is bad, don’t get me wrong. But Israel’s reaction to the tragedy is abysmal.
That’s true, but you can’t destroy them with force. The only way to destroy Hamas is by destroying the reason they exist and by ending the suffering for the Palestinians. Violence produces more violence. Make Gaza a state, support it, so that the people living there can have a good live and Hams becomes less of a Problem.
This is completely false and vile propaganda.
Hamas is a terrorist organisation, that holds hundreds of hostages. That’s awful. Israel is a terrorist state that has killed tens of thousands, with a large portion being children. Objectively, israel is magnitudes worse, unless innocent Palestinian lives mean less?
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Ah, the good old full-on-racist equating of Palestinian with Hamas.
It’s been at least 5 minutes since last I read somebody justifying the mass murder of Palestinians by talking about Hamas, as if being Palestinian is the same as being a member of Hamas.
Only extreme racists believe that aged and overworn by use foundation of Israeli propaganda.
Oh no more “beheaded raped babies in ovens from pregnant bellies”.
It’s a sad state of affairs that people are still repeating this complete propaganda.