Member States believe that the President of the Commission should have reminded the country of the country’s obligation to respect international law.
Correspondent in Brussels
“As a representative of the official position of the European Union, I say that (Israel’s order to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip, editor’s note) is completely impossible to implement.” He set off from Beijing, where he ended his three-day visit on Saturday Josep Borrell, head of European diplomacy and vice-president of the Commission, to the front to reiterate the EU’s position in the war between Hamas and Israel. A position agreed on Tuesday at a meeting of foreign ministers that can be summarized as follows: Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas, but at the same time it is also obliged to respect international humanitarian law. For Josep Borrell, however, the blockade, the bombing of the Gaza Strip and the evacuation ordered by Israel on Friday contradict this. “The idea that we could displace a million people in 24 hours in a situation like the one in Gaza can only lead to a humanitarian crisis
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