EU Showing Some Spine?
In a rather surprising statement, an EU official lays the blame for the destruction in Gaza on Hamas rather than Israel. I really didn’t know they had it in them. The Europeans, I mean.
Humanitarian aid chief Louis Michel called the destruction left by Israel’s offensive “abominable”, but said Hamas bore “overwhelming responsibility”.
In a stronger and even more surprising follow-up:
He said there would be no dialogue with with the “terrorist” movement until it gave up violence and recognised Israel. […] “I intentionally say this here – Hamas is a terrorist movement and it has to be denounced as such.”
We can’t even get our own government to use such honest language. Kudos would be in order, but the EU still hasn’t seen the light entirely.
Mr Michel said people in the EU were sick of paying for the same infrastructure being destroyed over and over again in Israeli military action.
Yes, but you’re still sending 60 million euros in aid. The only way to keep the money from being completely wasted is, simply, not to send it. Until Hamas, and the Palestinians, stop their senseless terrorism against Israeli civilians Israel will have no choice but to keep going back in and wreaking havoc.
Still, this Belgian sees things a lot more clearly than anyone in our new government I’m afraid.