European Union Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell on Monday urged allies of Israel — primarily the United States — to stop sending the Jewish state weapons, as “too many people” are being killed in Gaza.
Pointing to US President Joe Biden’s comment last week that Israel’s military action was “over the top,” Borrell said: “Well, if you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms, in order to prevent so many people being killed.”
“Is (it) not logical?” he asked, in a Brussels news conference. “In 2006, in the war against Lebanon, the US already took this decision. They already took the decision to halt the supply of arms to Israel because Israel did not want to stop the war — exactly the same thing that happens today.”
Borrell was speaking alongside Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, whom Israel is pressuring to resign over the body’s alleged links to terror groups in the Strip — including the participation of staffers in the October 7 assault on Israel and the discovery of a major Hamas computer center directly under UNRWA’s Gaza City headquarters.
“How many times have you heard the most prominent leaders and foreign ministers around the world saying too many people are being killed?” Borrell asked.
“They are going to evacuate — where? To the moon? Where are they going to evacuate these people?” Borrell asked.
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