The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell question on behalf of 27a”humanitarian pause”so that aid can enter the Gaza Strip. The head of European diplomacy recognizes that this is a “Less ambitious” appealin relation to that of the Secretary General of the UN.
António Guterres called for a definitive humanitarian ceasefire. However, the 27 consider that the European request is the one that can most quickly produce results for the population on the ground.
Speaking in Luxembourg at the end of the meeting, Borrell warned Israel that the right to defense has limits and that the water and electricity cut for the population It goes against international law.
“We consider that the right to defense, like any right, has limits,” said Borrell, recalling that this limit “is defined by international humanitarian law.”
“This means, in particular, that there can be no water and electricity cuts for the civilian population,” he stressed, repeating that “in accordance with the humanitarian lawa besieged population cannot be deprived of water and electricity”.
“I believe that no one knows better than the Jewish people the damage that one human being can do to another,” said Borrell, recalling that the Jewish people “have suffered so much persecution over the centuries, to know the damage that can be done “. in a malignant way, seeking to harm and make a human being suffer with the worst treatments.
“The long history of the Jewish people, particularly in Europe, makes us understand to what extent the Suffering can be so horrible like the one that this Hamas attack has generated,” he lamented.
The head of European diplomacy regretted the delay in humanitarian aid to Gaza, and called for a humanitarian pause, considering that it will be easier to achieve than the request launched by António Guterres.
“The Secretary General of the UN spoke of a Stop the firewhich certainly is much more than a rest. A pause, as the name suggests, is a pause. That’s a interruption of something that then continues. It is a less ambitious objective than a ceasefire, which means an agreement between the parties, Borrell said, admitting that “a pause can be agreed more quickly.”
Source: TSF
