BRUSSELS (AA) – There are no calls from the European Union for a cease-fire in Gaza, Peter Stano, a spokesperson of the bloc, said on Wednesday. “Hamas keeps holding more than 200 hostages, most of them civilians. This is against any international law,” said Peter Stano, European Commission’s lead spokesperson on foreign affa...
Strasbourg, France – – AFP EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has said that there is “no excuse for hitting a hospital full of civilians” in Gaza, but did not apportion blame for the blast. The European Commission president told EU lawmakers the “facts need to be established” on the the Gaza hospital strike. Isra...
Strasbourg, France – – AFP The European Union “cannot accept” Israel stopping water supplies to Gaza’s population, which “clearly” violates international law, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. “Suspending the water supply to a community under siege is contrary to inter...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the Palestinian group Hamas would be outlawed in the wake of deadly attacks in Israel. “The Federal Ministry of the Interior will ban Hamas from operating in Germany,” said the chancellor in a statement to parliament explaining his government’s stance on the latest situation ...
Brussels, Belgium — AFP The president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola has said she believes the Israeli killings on Saturday in the Hamas attack were motivated by anti-Semitism. “October 7 is a day that will go down in global infamy,” she said on Wednesday, referring to Hamas’s Operation Al Aqsa Flood that st...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The EU on Wednesday said it is engaged in efforts to establish a secure conduit for the expeditious delivery of aid to Gaza Strip, where Israel has launched airstrikes after a surprise attack by Hamas. “Member states of the European Union, in collaboration with undisclosed regional and international entit...
LONDON (AA) – The European Union’s assistance to Palestine will continue without suspension, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday. The announcement came in response to concerns that any suspension of payments would adversely affect the Palestinian population and potentially encourage terrorist activities in the region. ̶...
Brussels, Belgium — AFP EU foreign ministers will be holding urgent talks on the situation in Israel and Gaza on Tuesday after Palestinian resistance fighters launched a surprise assault Operation Al Aqsa Flood, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. “I am convening tomorrow an emergency meeting of EU F...
LONDON (AA) – The EU has strongly condemned the recent attacks by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Israel and called for an immediate cessation of violence. Expressing deep concern over the unfolding events in Israel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement: “We are deeply troubled by the developments in #Israe...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has rejected a financial aid offer from the European Union (EU) to support the country’s efforts to curb the flow of migration from its shores, saying it contradicts the bloc’s previous agreement with the country to secure the border. The Tunisian Presidency said in a statem...