“Borel wants to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the expense of Israel’s security”

“As in recent weeks, once again Josep Borrell does not speak on behalf of the general position of the European Union (EU), but on behalf of a personal anti-Israel position that ultimately helps the terrorist group Hamas,” Israeli. Diplomatic sources delivered an unprecedented condemnation. charges against Head of European Diplomacy After asking the United States and other countries not to supply Israel with any more weapons due to the high number of deaths in military strikes in the Gaza Strip.

Officially confirming his country’s discomfort with the foreign minister’s words, he tells EL Mundo, “Borrell’s anti-Israel obsession goes beyond that of anyone governing Israel and, above all, his desire to exert influence in the region. “damages the EU’s potential.” israel katz, Citing statements of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy against arms supplies, he writes on the X Network: “Israel strictly adheres to the international laws of war, the safe movement of civilians in Gaza “Grants.” On the contrary, Hamas blocks their safe passage. Our commitment to the lives of Gaza citizens is greater than that of Hamas. Calls to limit Israel’s defense only strengthen Hamas. Rest assured, Israel remains committed to its mission to eliminate Hamas.

However, diplomatic sources consulted by this newspaper have increased the tone of criticism: “With their request for an arms embargo on Israel and an immediate ceasefire which means the continuation of Hamas in the Gaza Strip to be able to continue attacking us To control its population as best it can and regardless of its own needs, Borrell wants to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the expense of the security of the residents of Israel and Gaza. As he explains, these two calls “the EU’s consensus are not in line with Israel’s policy as expressed at its leaders’ meeting in October in which it recognized Israel’s right to defend itself and the decisions of the European Parliament.”

On Monday, Borrell also raised his tone in an intervention in which he attacked the devastating Israeli attack and noted criticism in the international community, including from President Joe Biden, who days earlier had defied his great ally’s military response. “Hyperbolic”, “If you think so many people have died, maybe you should supply less weapons to prevent so many people from dying. Isn’t that logical?” He clarified that “the EU does not give weapons to Israel, others do.” According to him, Washington suspended arms deliveries to Israel in 2006 in order to end the war with the pro-Iranian Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

According to the health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza, 28,473 Palestinians have been killed The Israeli operation was launched after the terrorist attack on October 7, which killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 240 people in Israel. Criticizing Israeli sources, “Borrell relies on figures provided by the terrorist organization without distinguishing between civilian and terrorist deaths and makes all kinds of allegations without evidence.”

“My question is beyond words,” Borrell asked himself in Brussels. “What more do you think needs to be done? If you think the number of deaths is too high, do you have any chance of reducing it?” Is?” In Jerusalem he responded that “Israel acts in accordance with international law to reduce the number of civilian deaths as much as possible, warning repeatedly not to harm them in an unprecedented context in wars in which a terrorist group destroys the majority of the population.” Uses two million inhabitants as a defensive shield”.

Khan Younis: After denouncing that Palestinians are being “bombed without being able to escape the Gaza Strip,” the European leader called for ground incursions into the area considered Hamas’s last stronghold after taking control of Rafah. Rejected Israel’s intention to do so. your concern about possible human impact An area that has become the last refuge for more than a million displaced people is shared by Biden, who on Sunday asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a “credible and achievable” plan to protect civilians. Said. He promised “safe passage” that would allow Palestinians to move away from fighting areas in Rafah.

The next day, Borrell said: “Where are they taking them? To the moon? If the international community believes this is a genocide and a lot of people are being killed, then maybe they should be supplied with weapons.” Should think about.”

“To completely eliminate Hamas, we cannot leave its four battalions intact in Rafah, but we will not do this without allowing the residents to leave,” he says in Israel, convinced that the Israeli-Argentine “This shows the necessity of the operation because a part of the kidnapped people are present there,” said Luis Her and Fernando Marmon of the rescue mission in Rafah.

“Israel wants to maintain and strengthen relations and cooperation with the EU, which on the other hand has improved in recent years and in many cases this was not because of Borrell but perhaps in spite of Borrell. Fortunately, in a few months He has done so We hope he will have to leave office and be replaced by someone with a more neutral position,” official sources in Jerusalem said.

“I listen to Borrell and I listen not to someone from the PSOE but to the radical left,” they conclude as a result of a hectic diplomatic battle. the toughest war Which is remembered between Israel and Hamas.