Sweden and the Netherlands asked on Friday, 29, that the European Union adopts sanctions against Israel and Hamas, including the suspension of a trade agreement with the Israelis. In a letter sent to the bloc’s head of Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, chances of both countries asked for specific punishment to radical ministers and Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
Turkey has also increased the pressure on Israel in recent days by closing its airspace to Israeli aircraft – the government later clarified that the veto was worth only aircraft carrying government and weapon members.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision would be a reaction to the statements of Israeli Premier Binyamin Netanyahu. On Tuesday, the prime Minister was questioned in an interview at a podcast, why Israel did not recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide-committed by the Ottoman Turks, a sensitive theme for Turkey. “But we recognize. I think Parliament approved a resolution in this regard” – which never happened.
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Turkey reacted. “Netanyahu’s comments about the events of 1915 are an attempt to explore tragedies passed on political reasons,” Turkish Chancellery said in a statement.
Genocide
Yesterday, hundreds of employees of the UN’s main human rights agency signed a letter requesting heads of the area that declare the Israeli offensive in Gaza a “genocide” and ask countries suspending the sale of weapons to Israel.
The letter was signed by about 500 of the 2,000 employees of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNUDH), based in Geneva and New York. The message states that the offensive in Gaza already meets the legal requirement of genocide, which means that “the sale of weapons, transfer and logistical or financial support to the Israeli authorities” constitute a violation of international law.
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Israel denies that he is committing genocide in Gaza and did not comment on the letter. According to UNUDH employees, not to adopt a measure against Israel, the UN wears the international human rights regime, repeating tragedies such as Rwanda in 1994 (with international agencies)
The information is from the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo.
