EU must pressure, sanction Israel to halt genocide in Gaza: Palestine envoy to European bloc
Palestine's envoy to the European Union has urged the bloc to put pressure and impose sanctions on Israel to stop its genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian ambassador to the EU, Adel Atieh, made the call on Wednesday, in an interview with Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency.
“Until today, the EU and its member states failed to adopt any complete measures, and this contributes to the situation where we can see that the two-state solution is increasingly problematic, and there is no serious prospect to ... to stop the war, genocide, in Gaza,” Atieh said.
He stressed that certain countries within the EU are openly and strongly backing the occupying regime and preventing the European bloc from reaching a unified stance on recognizing Palestine as a state.
Atieh added that these countries within the EU also prevent imposition of sanctions on Israel for its genocidal war in Gaza and its expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
“Too many member states are opposing the work of the International Criminal Court to release arrest warrant against [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and those responsible for the work of genocide in Palestine. Some of the countries are opposing the mandate of the International Court of Justice, which also released an advisory opinion regarding the illegality of the occupation,” the Palestinian envoy said.
Atieh also stressed that the current situation benefits Israel and enables it to persist with its “colonial policy”, which diminishes the chances of achieving a so-called two-state solution.
Since October 7, Israeli forces have killed more than 40,820 Palestinians, most of them women and children in the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza health officials.
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