GENEVA (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief called for an independent investigation after dozens of Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza on Thursday. “Reports coming from Gaza time and again show that violence and suffering are still the only reality for hundreds of thousand...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday a UN court ruling telling Israel to stop its offensive in Gaza’s Rafah must be implemented, as European ministers met Arab counterparts in Brussels. Israel has continued to strike Rafah as its government has dismissed Friday’s ruling from the Interna...
Washington, United States – AFP Protecting and aiding civilians must be “job number one” for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “Where there is a will, there is a way,” Blinken told reporters after a virtual meeting with ministers on a new maritime corridor ...
Munich, Germany – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said the situation in the Israel-occupied West Bank posed a major obstacle to finding a long-term solution for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. “The West Bank is the real obstacle for the two-state solution,” Borrell said at the Munich Security Co...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU’s foreign policy chief has warned against de-funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), saying it would be “dangerous” and threaten regional stability. Josep Borrell wrote a blog post on the EU’s official website late Sunday, saying that “allegations against UNRWA staff are seriou...
LONDON (AA) – The EU’s foreign policy chief said Friday there are different positions among member states on Gaza and the bloc has to continue debating its position in this regard. “The war in Ukraine and the war in Gaza are being perceived in different manners around the world,” Josep Borrell told at a news […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Azerbaijan on Tuesday accused the EU’s top diplomat of “instigating militarization and an aggressive policy towards Azerbaijan.” In a statement on the ministry’s website, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada rejected remarks by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell – also known as the high repr...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israel killed a top commander of the Hezbollah group in a strike on south Lebanon, a security source told AFP Monday. Hezbollah later announced the killing of a “commander”, naming him as Wissam Hassan Tawil. It said he died “on the road to Jerusalem” — the phrase used for fighters kill...
Lisbon, Portugal – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday said the international community had to “impose” a solution to the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. “What we have learned over the last 30 years, and what we are learning now with the tragedy experienced in Gaza, is that the sol...
New York, United States – AFP The European Union’s top diplomat on Monday voiced solidarity with France’s ambassador to Niger, who has faced intense pressure after refusing expulsion orders from military leaders. After sacking the elected government in late July, the military said it was expelling Ambassador Sylvain Itte, but...
