EU: Pressure must be put on “Israel” to stop war in Gaza

BRUSSELS, Nov. 21 (YPA) – The European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Coordinator Josep Borrell stressed on Monday the need for the Union to put pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its war on Gaza, ignoring calls to respect international law.

This came in press statements on the sidelines of a meeting held by the EU’s foreign ministers in Brussels to discuss a proposal submitted by Borrell to suspend political dialogue with the Israeli occupation because it does not respect international law in its war on the Gaza Strip for more than a year.

“We must acknowledge the failure of the approach we have followed and apply international laws without discrimination,” Borrell said.

He added, “I no longer have words to explain and describe what is happening in the Middle East; I no longer have words to express the magnitude of the tragedy in Gaza.”

Borrell explained that “more than 44,000 people were killed in Gaza, 70 percent of whom were women and children.”

He renewed the call of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the war on Gaza and Lebanon.

YPA