«President Biden said that the civilian deaths in Gaza are too many. If there are too many then maybe you have to give Israel fewer weapons, it's quite logical."
Thus the EU high representative Joseph Borrell during the joint press conference with the commissioner of the UN agency UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini.
«Everyone goes to Tel Aviv and asks “please, there are too many victims, kill fewer civilians” but Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't listen to anyone. Maybe it's time to stop asking for pleasure and do something to », added Borrell.
Regarding the latest evacuation requests, Borrell then asked, in an ironic and polemical manner: "And where, on the moon?".
The conference was called after the case of the alleged participation of some representatives of the UN agency for aid to the Palestinians in the Hamas attacks against the Jewish state on 7 October, which triggered Tel Aviv's retaliation in the Gaza Strip. Gaza.
In this regard, Borrell stated: « Those against UNRWA are accusations, and I repeat accusations, and must be proven. The investigations have already been launched and we are talking about the actions of 13 employees out of 30 thousand : UNRWA will ensure individual responsibility is taken, not collective punishment. Stopping the work of UNRWA (as Israel requests, ed.) means a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and in the countries of the Middle East and this would have an impact on European security: 5.6 million people depend on the agency."
(Unioneonline/lf)
