{"id":117051,"date":"2024-11-15T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=117051"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:37:24","slug":"15-05-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=117051","title":{"rendered":"Germany Opposes EU Foreign Policy Chief\u2019s Proposal to Suspend Dialogue With Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Germany Opposes EU Foreign Policy Chief\u2019s Proposal to Suspend Dialogue With Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS\/Lisi Niesner<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Josep Borrell Fontelles<\/strong> Hiszpanska <\/em><\/span>
\nSocialistyczna partia Robotnicza.
\nEuropean Union\u2019s foreign policy chief<\/em><\/span>
\nGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday publicly rejected a proposal by the European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief to suspend regular political dialogue with Israel in response to the Jewish state\u2019s ongoing military campaign against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are always in favor of keeping channels of dialogue open. Of course, this also applies to Israel,\u201d the German Foreign Office said of top EU official Josep\u00a0Borrell\u2019s plans, according to the German news agency dpa.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Foreign Office added that, while the political conversations under the EU-Israel Association Council provide a regular opportunity to strengthen relations and, in recent months, discuss the provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza, severing that mechanism would be counterproductive.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBreaking off dialogue, however, will not help anyone, neither the suffering people in Gaza, nor the hostages who are still being held by Hamas, nor all those in Israel who are committed to dialogue,\u201d the statement continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

Borrell on Wednesday proposed the suspension of dialogue in a letter to EU foreign ministers ahead of their meeting this coming Monday in Brussels, citing \u201cserious\u00a0concerns\u00a0about possible breaches of international humanitarian law in\u00a0Gaza.\u201d He also wrote, \u201cThus far, these concerns have not been sufficiently addressed by\u00a0Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The regular dialogues that Borrell is seeking to break off were enshrined in a broader agreement on relations between the EU and\u00a0Israel, including extensive trade ties, that was implemented in 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of the above considerations, I will be tabling a proposal that the EU should invoke the human rights clause to suspend the political\u00a0dialogue\u00a0with\u00a0Israel,\u201d\u00a0Borrell\u00a0wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

A suspension would need the approval of all 27 EU countries, an unlikely outcome. According to Reuters, multiple countries objected when a senior EU official briefed ambassadors in Brussels on the proposal on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

While some EU countries, such as Spain and Ireland, have been\u00a0fiercely critical of Israel<\/a>\u00a0since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, others such as the Czech Republic and Hungary have been more supportive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamas, which rules Gaza, launched the ongoing conflict with its invasion of southern Israel last Oct. 7. During the onslaught, Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists murdered 1,200 people, wounded thousands more, and kidnapped over 250 hostages while perpetrating mass sexual violence and other atrocities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel responded with a military campaign aimed at freeing the hostages and dismantling Hamas\u2019s military and governing capabilities in neighboring Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel says it has gone to unprecedented lengths to try and avoid civilian casualties, noting its efforts to evacuate areas before it targets them and to warn residents of impending military operations with leaflets, text messages, and other forms of communication. However, Hamas has in many cases prevented people from leaving, according to the Israeli military.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another challenge for Israel is Hamas\u2019s widely recognized military strategy of embedding its terrorists within Gaza\u2019s civilian population and\u00a0commandeering civilian facilities like hospitals<\/a>, schools, and mosques to run operations, direct attacks, and store weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said last month that Israel has delivered over 1 million tons of aid, including 700,000 tons of food, to Gaza since it launched its military operation a year ago. He also noted that Hamas terrorists often hijack and steal aid shipments while fellow Palestinians suffer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israeli government has ramped up the supply of humanitarian aid into Gaza in recent weeks under pressure from the United States, which has expressed concern about the plight of civilians in the war-torn enclave.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Borrell has been one of the EU\u2019s most outspoken critics of Israel over the past year. Just six weeks after Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attacks, he\u00a0drew a moral equivalence<\/a>\u00a0between Israel and Hamas while speaking to the European Parliament, accusing both of having carried out \u201cmassacres\u201d while insisting that it is possible to criticize Israeli actions \u201cwithout being accused of not liking the Jews.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Borrell\u2019s speech followed a visit to the Middle East the prior week. While in Israel, he delivered what the Spanish daily\u00a0El Pais<\/em>\u00a0described as the \u201cmost critical message heard so far from a representative of the European Union regarding Israel\u2019s response to the Hamas attack of Oct. 7.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNot far from here is Gaza. One horror does not justify another,\u201d Borrell said at a joint press conference alongside then-Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. \u201cI understand your rage. But let me ask you not to let yourself be consumed by rage. I think that is what the best friends of Israel can tell you, because what makes the difference between a civilized society and a terrorist group is the respect for human life. All human lives have the same value.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Months later, in March of this year, Borrell claimed that Israel was imposing a famine on Palestinian civilians in Gaza and using starvation as a weapon of war. His comments came a few months before the United Nations Famine Review Committee (FRC), a panel of experts in international food security and nutrition, rejected the assertion<\/a>\u00a0that northern Gaza was experiencing famine, citing a lack of evidence. Borrell\u2019s comments\u00a0prompted outrage from Israel<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August, Borrell pushed EU member states to\u00a0impose sanctions on some Israeli ministers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s meeting in Brussels will be the last that Borrell will chair before ending his five-year term as the EU\u2019s foreign policy chief.<\/span><\/p>\n

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