“Suspend the commercial agreement with Israel will not stop the massacre in Gaza”
The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, is preparing the land for those who have great expectations in the review of the commercial agreement with Israel that the EU has launched as a form of pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu by the massacre in Gaza. In a debate in the European Parliament, the high representative has made it clear that the measures he puts on the table of the Foreign Ministers of the 27 next Monday will not be as ambitious as the Socialists or the left claim. “Will the suspension of the agreement stop the slaughter? We know the answer. It will not stop the killing, but will close the communication channels with Israel,” said Kallas, which has referred to the need to keep them open for issues such as humanitarian aid, which currently Netanyahu blocks or takes advantage of their scarce arrival to attack the Palestinians who try to reach some food.
“I can propose measures that will not go ahead either at the Colegio de Commissioners or in the Council,” Kallas told the MEPs, especially the Socialists and the left, who have vehemently defended the suspension of the commercial agreement and also the seizure of Armament to Israel, as well as the imposition of sanctions. And who have criticized what Kallas is doing and the EU as a whole has told them that “expressing their anger” in that debate “is not enough.”
“Do you think it is not difficult for me to see the suffering of the people of Gaza?” He asked the hemicycle in his replica shift in which he has assured that “almost every day” speaks with Israeli Foreign Minister to ask him to cease violence and not “instrumentalize humanitarian aid.” I wonder all the time if we have done enough; And no, because he continues, “he acknowledged:” I have the same frustration. ”
During more than an hour of debate the absolute division in the European Parliament on the conflict in the Middle East has been evidenced. While the progressive forces in general terms criticized Israel and asked the EU for firmness, the European Popular Party maintained equidistance (except for some delegations such as the Irish) and the ultra -right justified Israel's attacks on the Palestinian population and came to accuse her of using children as “human shields.”
Kallas has taken advantage of that division to remember that it is the same that exists in the Council, where the countries are represented, and that it is the agency that has to make the decisions about what to do with respect to the commercial agreement (unanimously if it is the suspension or qualified majority if it is partial). “The decision to carry out the review of compliance with article 2 [que establece el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos por parte de Israel y la UE]send a message of commitment to human rights and international law and not just words, ”said Kallas, which will put a proposal on the table of the ministers next Monday.
On Israel's attack to Iran, the high representative has reiterated the need to redirect the situation by diplomatic route hours after offering the EU as a mediator in the face of stagnation of the US and Tehran conversations. “Middle East is in flames. Military aggression is relentless and anger seems unstable,” he said.
And he has launched a message to Netanyahu to the insured that “there is no certainty that Israel gets what you are looking for in this way.” “It is evident that the military media will not provide the consolation that the Israeli people are looking for,” he added before remembering that with the Gaza massacre “he has not achieved the release of hostages” in the hands of the Hamas group.
The Spanish PP: “If Israel fails, Europe fails”
That position a bit of what has been defended until now, which has bought Israel's frame. In a joint statement published on Tuesday, G7 leaders accuse Iran of being “the main source of instability and terrorism” in the Middle East. “We reiterated our support for the security of Israel,” said international leaders without condemning the Israeli attack on Iran.
The Spanish PP has defended that position without fissures and even one step further. “If Israel fails, Europe fails,” said MEP Antonio López -isturiz: “We will be the next objective of the Tehran theocratic regime.” “Between democracy and dictatorship, we choose democracy; between peace and war, we chose peace,” he said before admitting that he does not agree with everything that “the legitimately chosen government” of Benjamin Netanyahu and has referred to the “humanitarian situation” in Gaza. The Eurodiput has affirmed that the Israeli people “will have something to say” in the next elections: “I cannot say the same of the people of Gaza, nor that of Iran.”
