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Palestinian Foreign Minister in Brussels asks EU to impose sanctions on Netanyahu

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has asked Brussels to ask the EU to sanction Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his opposition to the war in Gaza and the creation of a Palestinian state. “I hope you will begin to consider sanctions against Netanyahu and others who will truly destroy the prospects for a two-state solution and peace in the Middle East,” al-Maliki said in a statement to the press upon his arrival at the meeting. are doing.” Which he will keep with the Foreign Ministers of the European Union.

According to the Palestinian minister, if the EU does not approve these sanctions, it could be accused of having “double standards”, a charge that various countries have made in recent months, denouncing that the Community The club does not condone the attack. like that. Russia’s bombing against Ukraine and Israel’s bombing in Gaza. Al-Maliki believes that the EU has a “collective responsibility” to show “leadership and courage to take the right position”, otherwise what we have said for a long time about double standards is clearly evident in this specific case. Will be displayed from. “I hope I’m wrong,” he said.

Earlier, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who is also in Brussels for a meeting of EU foreign ministers, did not mention the issue of possible talks or the creation of a Palestinian state when it came to their meeting. Seven. In brief statements to the press, Katz, who showed photographs of some of the youngest Israeli hostages held by Hamas, limited himself to indicating that the return of all hostages from their country, as well as “the security There will also be “recovery”. Israel has two topics on his agenda in the Belgian capital.

(FE/EL PACE)