Israel hindering humanitarian support to Gaza with border controls: EU’s Borrell
ANKARA (AA) – EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said that there is evidence that Israel is preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.
Borrell underlined that Israeli control of the border is the reason for the ongoing humanitarian aid crisis.
“If there is starvation. Why is there starvation? Because there is no humanitarian support entering to support those people? And why is it? Because Israel is controlling the border and not letting humanitarian support to come in,” he told PBS television in the US.
“Do you think there is starvation in Gaza? Yes, it is a starvation in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of people are starving literally, among them many children who have been dying,” he added when asked about his comments about Israel using starvation as a weapon.
“You’re preventing humanitarian aid from coming and people are starving, isn’t it a logical cause and effect there?” Borrell asked rhetorically.
Commenting on the change in opinions of the US and world public opinion regarding Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Borrell said, “More and more people are feeling concerned with what I can certainly call a massacre,” he said.
Borrell reiterated that the EU is in favor of a two-state solution to solve the problem between Israel and Palestine.
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