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Israel's siege of Gaza is illegal, EU says (euobserver.com)

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[–] erranto 38 points 1 year ago (7 children)

So was the blockade. and they did nothing about it . bunch of spineless hypocrites

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What is the EU going to do without the US’s approval? UN is out due to permanent security member’s veto power. Going against the USA means loss of a lot of things. Some of them crucial. They literally cannot do a single thing without losing a major thing that directly impacts their citizens.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not everything is about the US, you know, EU-internal politics regarding Israel are quite complicated.

I don't think we managed to officially ban products out of settlements yet but I don't see them anywhere for the simple reason that they have to be labelled as settlement products, not "Made in Israel". Israel threw a pretty fit over that, usually EU action (besides stern letters) takes the form of annoying the Israeli right by helping Palestinians.

Going against the USA means loss of a lot of things.

...none of which the EU can't replace. We've been in plenty a trade war, you're welcome to look up how those ended.

[–] Ashsherman 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems to my like most Europe does not like Israel but they'd rather the jews there than back in Europe.