Feb 12, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
EU foreign
policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday urged allies of Israel -- primarily the
United States -- to stop sending it weapons as “too many people” are being
killed in Gaza.
Pointing to US President Joe Biden’s comment last week that Israel’s military action was “over the top,” Borrell said:
“Well, if
you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide
less arms in order to prevent so many people have been killed.”
“Is (it)
not logical?” he asked, in a Brussels news conference alongside Philippe
Lazzarini, head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA whom Israel
is pressuring to resign.
“How many
times have you heard the most prominent leaders and foreign ministers around
the world saying too many people are being killed?” Borrell asked.
The chief
EU diplomat also slammed an order by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
that the more than one million Palestinians sheltering in the Gaza city of
Rafah need to be “evacuated” ahead of a planned Israeli military operation
there.
“They are
going to evacuate -- where? To the moon? Where are they going to evacuate these
people?” Borrell asked.
The Gaza
war was sparked by Palestinian group Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 attack on
Israel, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,160 people, mostly civilians,
according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Vowing to
eliminate Hamas, Israel launched a massive military offensive in Gaza that the
territory’s health ministry says has killed at least 28,064 people, mostly
women and children.
AFP