The European Union nations which talk of liberty and democracy and consider themselves as superior to others including the US in terms of protection of human rights have shown their true colour in the current Israel-Hamas war which is continuing for nearly four months.
More than 27,000 people have been killed by Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry reported , after South Africa accused Tel Aviv of ignoring the order of the International Court of Justice(ICJ) issued on January 26. Since then, Israel not only ridiculed the ICJ order but also ignored that with vengeance by continuing the killings of Palestinians in the Gaza strip. Since the order was issued, the Israeli killings accounted for more than 1100 it is learnt.
South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on Wednesday that her country would “look at proposing other measures to the global community” in a bid to stop Israel killing civilians. She said that the rulings of ICJ have been ignored since Israel believes that it has got license to do any action She mentioned that there was a danger that if the big nations did not take any preventive measure against Israel, the civilian casualties would mount to huge number like 1994 Rwandan genocide.
The court’s ruling is binding on Israel, which could theoretically face UN sanctions if it is found to be breaching the orders, although any punishment is almost certain to be vetoed by the United States..So far US president Joe Biden has given no indication that he would persuade Israel to stop killings. Other EU nations are following the US, Britain is already sending arms and France also continues to remain mum on Israeli killings.
South Africa is also eager to pursue a case it has lodged with the International Criminal Court accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of war crimes.ICC earlier termed Russian President Vladimir Putin as war criminal relating to removal of children from Ukraine during the continuing war. A warrant of arrest was issued and President Putin could not visit India for G-20 meeting due to that.
As regards Europe, Israel does not take care of the views of the EU leaders as long as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has the support of Washington and EU knows that..EU has good economic relations with the Arab countries but still on this Israel-Hamas war issue, the EU nations are effectively behaving as a lackey of the US government.
During a joint press conference in Brussels with Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, Borell said that “Israel cannot have the veto right to the self-determination of the Palestinian people.” But the comment had no impact on the action of the EU governments.
Soon after the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation, European leaders—starting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and French President Emmanuel Macron—flocked to Tel Aviv to, in the words of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, reiterate that “Israel has every right to defend itself.” Immediately, the EU governments extended military and intelligence support knowing fully that Israel is carrying the genocide of Palestinians in the name of exterminating the Hamas.
As of Nov. 2, the German government has approved the export of close to 303 million euros’ ($323 million) worth of defense equipment to Israel,” Reuters reported, comparing the large sum to the 32 million euros’ worth of defense exports that were approved by Berlin in all of 2022. This is just one example. The shipments are continuing and German arms manufacturers are competing with other suppliers from the EU nations.
According to the political observers, while the Americans did not shy away from assuming the role of partner in the Gaza war, the EU’ did not fully go by US position but this was dishonest and, at best, morally inconsistent. For example, an enthusiastic Macron wanted to establish an anti-ISIS-like military coalition to target Hamas, though leaders of Spain and Belgium jointly called for a permanent ceasefire during a press conference at the Egyptian Rafah border on November 24.
Some European nations are aggrieved at Israeli vengeance in Gaza, they talk in public sometimes, but that opposition to Israel can not be translated into immediate action. Europe is tied to American geo political strategy and that is the tragedy of Europe. (IPA Service)
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