The EU provides the ceasefire in Gaza, which no longer takes action against Israel | Gaza News

The leaders of the leaders of the European Union in Brussels condemned the “catastrophic humanitarian situation” in Gaza, but could not unite on the means of putting pressure on Israel to put an end to the war.

THURSDAY summit noted a report published last week by the diplomatic service of the Bloc, which noted that Israel probably flouted the obligations in matters of human rights under the EU-Israel Association agreement. However, the block has stopped acting on the evaluation or abandoning the 25 -year agreement.

“The European Council calls for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages, leading to a permanent end of hostilities,” the EU said in a statement.

In the midst of increasing accusations – supported by groups for defense of United Nations rights and experts – that Israel Shares of people in Gaza, the EU ordered an examination of its association agreement with Israel in May. The evaluation, sent to the Member States last week, was limited.

But several media cited by diplomats have said that the Results highlighted The blockade of Israel on Gaza, the murder of civilians, the attacks on hospitals and the mass movement of the Palestinians on the territory, as well as the expansion of the illegal colonies in occupied West Bank.

With an increasing chasm between critical countries of Israeli abuses, such as Ireland and Spain, and Israeli Backers in Germany and Hungary, the summit conclusions presented an attenuated declaration on Thursday which deplored “the unacceptable number of civilian victims and the levels of famine” in Gaza.

He reported “discussions on follow -up” from the report until next month.

“They only succeeded in proposing this sweetened version of the final statement because of these enormous differences between some of the main players here on how to wait for Israel,” said Hachem Ahelbarra d’Al Jazeera, reported by Brussels.

Germany was, he said, “unequivocal” in terms of desire to continue to provide Israel with political and military assistance.

The timid statement came despite a push from Spain and Ireland to suspend the EU-Israel agreement, which was signed in 2000 and underlie trade relations between the two entities.

“War must stop,” Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said before the rally. “The inhabitants of Europe find incomprehensible that Europe does not seem to be able to put pressure on Israel … to arrest this war in Gaza, to arrest the continuous children’s massacre and innocent civilians. »»

Only Thursday, the Israeli attacks killed 62 peopleIncluding certain assistance sites led by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by the United States, a private organization, contracted by aid for the cover of Israeli troops and security entrepreneurs.

The Gaza government media office said Thursday that at least 549 Palestinians had been killed near the GHF sites since the start of operations a month ago. The war killed 56,156 people in total, according to the Enclave Ministry of Health.

EU leaders called Israel to raise its blockade on Gaza “allowing immediate and unhindered access and sustained distribution of humanitarian assistance” in Gaza.

They also condemned climbing in the West Bank, noting “increased the violence of the colonists” and “the expansion of the illegal colonies”.

The EU remains the largest trading partner in Israel.

‘Sidelined’ on Iran

Conclusions on the recent 12 -day war between Israel and Iran Previous calls repeated to de-escalation and have declared that Iran “had to comply with its legally binding nuclear safeguarding obligations under the non-proliferation treaty”.

Iran denies in search of a nuclear weapon, while Israel is widely considered as a nuclear arsenal.

Iranian legislators have already voted to suspend cooperation with the AieaThe United Nations Watchdog nuclear, a decision that was light by the country’s guardians council on Thursday.

Ahelbarra of Al Jazeera said that the Iranian declaration wording showed that the EU was “completely dismissed” during the war, which saw the United States travel with its bombing of nuclear sites before announcing a ceasefire Monday.

“Eroded” defense base

In addition to the Middle East, EU leaders also discussed Thursday’s meeting in the 18th cycle of sanctions against Russia, now in its fourth year of war in Ukraine.

Addressing the leaders via the video, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed to a “clear political message” that his country was firmly on the path of membership in the EU.

The EU rally followed on Wednesday Summit In The Hague, where managers agreed with military expenditure increases, aimed at contributing 5% of their annual gross domestic product (GDP) to the defense by 2035.

Teresa Fallon, director of the Center of Brussels for Russia, Europe and studies in Asia, told Al Jazeera that with the continuous offensive of Russia on Ukraine, “you expect them to invest even more in their defense base, which has been eroded for 30 years”.

President Donald Trump, she said, wanted to “move the burden to Europe so that the United States can focus more on China”.

“There is a NATO paradox that is happening here because Europeans are afraid that (if they) they spend too much, then the United States will say:” Great, you are alone now and we are going to focus on Asia “,” she said.