EU Complicit in Israeli Crimes Through Inaction – Borrell

 

EU Complicit in Israeli Crimes Through Inaction – Borrell

The EU could be considered complicit in Israeli war crimes in Gaza since it fails to act “in the face of a clear case of massive human rights violations,” the bloc’s former top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has said. Brussels is reluctant to punish West Jerusalem for its transgressions, even though they surpass other crimes the bloc has condemned, he claimed.

Israel has been repeatedly accused of war crimes amid the conflict with Hamas in Gaza. West Jerusalem launched its military campaign in the enclave in response to the October 7, 2023, attack in which the Palestinian militants killed 1,200 people and took over 200 hostages.

Since then, more than 60,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Gaza, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. Israel has also been accused of obstructing humanitarian aid in the area.

According to Borrell, a third of Israeli bombs falling on Gaza “are made in Europe.” – RT

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Russia ‘No Longer Considers Itself Bound’ By Nuclear Treaty With US

Moscow believes that conditions for maintaining the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the US have “disappeared” and “no longer considers itself bound” by it, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The INF Treaty, which banned ground-launched missiles with ranges of 500–5,500km, collapsed in 2019 when Washington withdrew, citing Russian violations. Moscow has denied the claims, accusing the US itself of developing banned missiles. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the collapse of the INF will significantly erode the global security framework.

“The Russian Foreign Ministry notes the disappearance of conditions for maintaining the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of similar weapons and is authorized to state that Russia no longer considers itself bound by the corresponding self-imposed restrictions previously adopted,” the statement reads. – RT

Our Take: The Palestinian Question is a situation that was always destined to be resolved, because it ultimately comes down to an exercise in power projection.

Israel has been allowed to act with relative impunity because it has always enjoyed the backing of the West's last two major superpowers: The US and the UK.

But times are changing, and the West's geopolitical hegemony is over. While China and Russia may be unable to defeat the United States in a direct conflict, they each are formidable enough to tip the scales in a cost/benefit analysis of said situation, outside of an existential threat. (Not to mention, both Russia and China have emphatically expressed their mutual support for one another. Meaning you are not going to fight only one or the other.)

It was only a matter of time before other countries would notice the collapse of hegemonic power projection, and seize the moment. The Palestinian Question becomes the perfect narrative weapon, because the optics now heavily favor Palestine, and its backers have the moral high ground. A revulsion of the status quo was inevitable.

Consequently, now is also the perfect moment to address the "nuclear stalemate" narrative, which has been used to shut down the proliferation of clean, cheap nuclear energy across the world, which has stifled civilization and likely led to countless issues, above all keeping the third world hungry and poor.

The Golden Age won't come in a whimper. It's looking like it will be loud and brash. – GhostofBasedPatrickHenry