Seven European countries said Friday they would “not stay silent” in response to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
“We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza. More than 50.000 men, women, and children have lost their lives,” Iceland, Luxembourg, Spain, Slovenia, Malta, Spain and Norway said in a statement.
Warning that many more people could starve to death in the coming days because of the Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid to Gaza, they added: “We call upon the government of Israel to immediately reverse its current policy, refrain from further military operations and fully lift the blockade, ensuring safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian aid to be distributed throughout the Gaza Strip by international humanitarian actors and according to humanitarian principles.”
The countries condemned the escalation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israel, including illegal settler violence, the expansion of illegal settlements and intensified Israeli military operations.
“Forced displacement or the expulsion of the Palestinian people, by any means, is unacceptable and would constitute a breach of international law. We reject any such plans or attempts at demographic change. We must assume the responsibility to stop this devastation,” they underlined.
ParticularFix2104 on
Why are there two Spains?
monokoi on
You’ll never hear a word out of Germany. Shameful.
opinionate_rooster on
Serbia was bombed for less.
Cryptikick on
The main issue is that being silent, or not, does not help Gazans.
Where are the real actions to stop this insanity NOW?
We ALL need PEACE!
warsongN17 on
Reports now about how Israel and US have a plan to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian population and send them to Libya, that would be a disaster for Europe and the Middle East.
When are European leaders going to see that Israel are an enemy ? if you are concerned about migration and refugees then supporting Israel is the last thing you should do. Israel is going to cause another refugee crisis unless stopped and these will be clear refugees that have been forced from their homes, not economic migrants. They will also hope to return, but Israel will not let them.
Israel and Palestine need to be forced into a two state solution as much as possible. Sanction and boycott Israel, classify IDF as terrorists and prosecute supporters of the IDF as any other terrorist supporters.
noticingmore on
I genuinely don’t understand why this conflict gets a thousand times more press than any other major conflict in the world.
What is happening in CAR is a hundred times more damaging. More deaths. More destruction. Poorer people. Multiple countries involved.
Neither Gaza nor CAR are in Europe, so why so much press coverage and propaganda for Gaza?
tkyjonathan on
Are they planning on sending troops to deal with Hamas and show the IDF how to do it properly?
Frunc on
I can tell for a fact Malta only calls out countries if they don’t have economic cooperation with them. The fact that whole groups asked Malta to condemn azerbaijans starving and expulsion of Armenians from nagorno kharabakh and they stayed silent should say how much Malta actually cares about foreign problems
HappyArkAn on
It’s like seeing someone get killed in the street and saying to the killer: I’m warning you, I’m not going to stay silent. It’s ridiculous, it’s useless. This half-heartedly means that we will not intervene…. BUT FORTUNATELY OUR MORALS ARE SAVED…/S
jatmous on
Meanwhile Germany as always is living in its own special reality zone. Nothing is true if they don’t want it to be true.
Normatyvas on
Why care so much about muslims but at the same time you dont care at all about our brothers in Ukraine?
PhilosophyCrazy4891 on
Good luck getting the U.K. to speak out. Liars, thieves and criminals.
PoetOne9267 on
I wish they wouldn’t keep quiet about the thousands of people dying in Yemen and Sudan because of the wars either.
Vorschrift on
I clearly sided Israel after the terror attacks but now my opinion has changed completely. Of course I condem every terrorist attack but what Israel is doing is way too much.
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Budget-Shopping6712 on
It’s really interesting and shocking that people don’t even know what an genocide is they just use random words they heard on Tick tock without an history knowledge lol no wonder Ireland and Spain are poor with the mindset must be the jealousy 🥰
Potential_Cover1206 on
18 months of warfare in an area with a population of 2.3mn people, at a density of 15,603 people per square mile.
With a reported 70,000 tonnes of bombs dropped.
The reported casualty rate is about 67,000 people, so roughly 1 ton of bombs per casualty.
At this rate, it will take the IDF about half a century and 2.3mn tons of bombs to completely wipe out all Gazans….
AssociateDry2412 on
Isn’t it a bit too late now?
Eland51298 on
it’s a shame that only 7
TheKilmerman on
Yeah yeah, they’ll strongly condemn everything.
The inflationary use of that response made it completely worthless.
sabonaaya on
It is most disgusting to see England stay silent. A country that has played a significant part in this catastrophe. They need to grow some balls and speak.
scarecrow2596 on
If you demand Israel stops fighting and not that Hamas surrenders, you’re not pro-Palestine, you’re pro-Hamas.
OnFoeNemFBGDurk on
Why won’t Hammas just surrender?
Honest question. Like, literally, they have no chance to win.
BlasphemousTheElder on
People always use kids as a shield for criticism. Its really interesting to see the manipulation from some human factions.
mijki95 on
Will they step up against HAMAS finally?
Blond_Treehorn_Thug on
“We will not stay silent. We will talk. We won’t *do* anything, but we will talk!”
livi01 on
I thought they were silent. It’s been happening for at least half a year .
Ok-Society-1948 on
As an Israeli who wants a ceasefire deal to get our hostages back, I don’t understand why the world, and specifically some European countries have already normalized that it’s ok for Palestinian terrorists to negotiate release of illegally abducted hostages, and the entire pressure now being put only on Israel. The ICJ has ruled that Gaza must release all hostages immediately, but Hamas still abuse international law for their own benefit while trying to force only Israel to abide it.
Had Hamas released all the hostages and disarmed themselves, the war would have ended immediately, that would be the easiest way to end the war and ensure a lasting ceasefire (that Gaza violated in first place), not a deal that would allow Hamas to stay in power, rebuild themselves before attacking Israel again as they promised, just to cause more and more casualties on all sides.
Nobody here would have put a pressure on Ukraine to surrender just to save lives of innocent Russian civilians.
gionatacar on
Hamas will eradicate Israel if possible. Hamas it’s a terrorists organisation
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Seven European countries said Friday they would “not stay silent” in response to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
“We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza. More than 50.000 men, women, and children have lost their lives,” Iceland, Luxembourg, Spain, Slovenia, Malta, Spain and Norway said in a statement.
Warning that many more people could starve to death in the coming days because of the Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid to Gaza, they added: “We call upon the government of Israel to immediately reverse its current policy, refrain from further military operations and fully lift the blockade, ensuring safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian aid to be distributed throughout the Gaza Strip by international humanitarian actors and according to humanitarian principles.”
The countries condemned the escalation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israel, including illegal settler violence, the expansion of illegal settlements and intensified Israeli military operations.
“Forced displacement or the expulsion of the Palestinian people, by any means, is unacceptable and would constitute a breach of international law. We reject any such plans or attempts at demographic change. We must assume the responsibility to stop this devastation,” they underlined.
Why are there two Spains?
You’ll never hear a word out of Germany. Shameful.
Serbia was bombed for less.
The main issue is that being silent, or not, does not help Gazans.
Where are the real actions to stop this insanity NOW?
We ALL need PEACE!
Reports now about how Israel and US have a plan to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian population and send them to Libya, that would be a disaster for Europe and the Middle East.
When are European leaders going to see that Israel are an enemy ? if you are concerned about migration and refugees then supporting Israel is the last thing you should do. Israel is going to cause another refugee crisis unless stopped and these will be clear refugees that have been forced from their homes, not economic migrants. They will also hope to return, but Israel will not let them.
Israel and Palestine need to be forced into a two state solution as much as possible. Sanction and boycott Israel, classify IDF as terrorists and prosecute supporters of the IDF as any other terrorist supporters.
I genuinely don’t understand why this conflict gets a thousand times more press than any other major conflict in the world.
What is happening in CAR is a hundred times more damaging. More deaths. More destruction. Poorer people. Multiple countries involved.
Neither Gaza nor CAR are in Europe, so why so much press coverage and propaganda for Gaza?
Are they planning on sending troops to deal with Hamas and show the IDF how to do it properly?
I can tell for a fact Malta only calls out countries if they don’t have economic cooperation with them. The fact that whole groups asked Malta to condemn azerbaijans starving and expulsion of Armenians from nagorno kharabakh and they stayed silent should say how much Malta actually cares about foreign problems
It’s like seeing someone get killed in the street and saying to the killer: I’m warning you, I’m not going to stay silent. It’s ridiculous, it’s useless. This half-heartedly means that we will not intervene…. BUT FORTUNATELY OUR MORALS ARE SAVED…/S
Meanwhile Germany as always is living in its own special reality zone. Nothing is true if they don’t want it to be true.
Why care so much about muslims but at the same time you dont care at all about our brothers in Ukraine?
Good luck getting the U.K. to speak out. Liars, thieves and criminals.
I wish they wouldn’t keep quiet about the thousands of people dying in Yemen and Sudan because of the wars either.
I clearly sided Israel after the terror attacks but now my opinion has changed completely. Of course I condem every terrorist attack but what Israel is doing is way too much.
Edited typos
It’s really interesting and shocking that people don’t even know what an genocide is they just use random words they heard on Tick tock without an history knowledge lol no wonder Ireland and Spain are poor with the mindset must be the jealousy 🥰
18 months of warfare in an area with a population of 2.3mn people, at a density of 15,603 people per square mile.
With a reported 70,000 tonnes of bombs dropped.
The reported casualty rate is about 67,000 people, so roughly 1 ton of bombs per casualty.
At this rate, it will take the IDF about half a century and 2.3mn tons of bombs to completely wipe out all Gazans….
Isn’t it a bit too late now?
it’s a shame that only 7
Yeah yeah, they’ll strongly condemn everything.
The inflationary use of that response made it completely worthless.
It is most disgusting to see England stay silent. A country that has played a significant part in this catastrophe. They need to grow some balls and speak.
If you demand Israel stops fighting and not that Hamas surrenders, you’re not pro-Palestine, you’re pro-Hamas.
Why won’t Hammas just surrender?
Honest question. Like, literally, they have no chance to win.
People always use kids as a shield for criticism. Its really interesting to see the manipulation from some human factions.
Will they step up against HAMAS finally?
“We will not stay silent. We will talk. We won’t *do* anything, but we will talk!”
I thought they were silent. It’s been happening for at least half a year .
As an Israeli who wants a ceasefire deal to get our hostages back, I don’t understand why the world, and specifically some European countries have already normalized that it’s ok for Palestinian terrorists to negotiate release of illegally abducted hostages, and the entire pressure now being put only on Israel. The ICJ has ruled that Gaza must release all hostages immediately, but Hamas still abuse international law for their own benefit while trying to force only Israel to abide it.
Had Hamas released all the hostages and disarmed themselves, the war would have ended immediately, that would be the easiest way to end the war and ensure a lasting ceasefire (that Gaza violated in first place), not a deal that would allow Hamas to stay in power, rebuild themselves before attacking Israel again as they promised, just to cause more and more casualties on all sides.
Nobody here would have put a pressure on Ukraine to surrender just to save lives of innocent Russian civilians.
Hamas will eradicate Israel if possible. Hamas it’s a terrorists organisation