Published January 22,2024
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More deaths and extra destruction in Gaza is not going to carry extra safety to Israel, the EU international coverage chief mentioned Monday after a Foreign Ministers Council assembly.
Chairing the assembly in Brussels that gathered the bloc’s international ministers, in addition to visitors from the Middle Eastern international locations, Josep Borrell mentioned: “I think more deaths, more destruction, more hardship for the Gaza people, for the Palestinian people will not help to defeat Hamas, or its ideology. It will not bring more security to Israel.”
He referred to as for working towards a long-lasting and sturdy answer and added that every one the attendees agreed on supporting the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
Borrell additionally deplored the dire humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza and added that the EU continues to work on sanctions in opposition to violent extremist Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians within the West Bank.
“I do not think we should talk about the Middle East peace process anymore. I think we should start talking specifically about the two-state solution implementation process,” the EU consultant mentioned.
He recalled that the EU’s widespread place was humanitarian pauses, and famous: “There was no unanimity, no agreement at the European Council level to support a cease-fire.”
The EU ministers held separate casual exchanges with ministers and different representatives from varied international locations together with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki.
Israel has launched relentless air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border assault by Hamas which Tel Aviv says killed 1,200 folks.
At least 25,295 Palestinians have since been killed, principally ladies and youngsters, and 63,000 injured, in keeping with Palestinian well being authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has left 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants internally displaced amid acute shortages of meals, clear water, and medication, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure was broken or destroyed, in keeping with the UN.
WAR IN UKRAINE
Russia isn’t attaining any progress within the area, and the EU ministers “agreed that this is not the moment to weaken our support to Ukraine. It is the moment to do more and faster,” Borrell defined.
He introduced his plans to go to Ukraine in early February, and added: “The war in Ukraine is an existential threat to Europe, and therefore we need to be ready and prepared to help Ukraine.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr