Crossing statements between Teresa Ribera and the . The executive vice president of clean, fair and competitive transition from the European Commission He has lamented This Thursday that Europe is unable to “talk with one voice” about “genocide” in Gaza.
The answer from Israel has not been waiting, describing those statements as “totally unacceptable”. He spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Oren Marmorsteinhas expressed in a statement that “Instead of repeating as a parrot the blood libel of the ‘genocide’ spread by Hamas, Ribera should have asked for the release of all hostages and that we have to depose the weapons so that the war can end. “
That sense, Marmorstein has accused Ribera of becoming “a spokesman for Hamas’s propaganda” with “unfounded accusations” against Israel. “Words have meaning. Leaders have responsibility. Using those words is reckless and totally unacceptable,” he said.
Riberawho had already pointed out, about Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, which “if it is not, looks a lot like a genocide,” has been more blunt In his speech on Thursday in the Inauguration of the university course at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the School of International Affairs of Paris.
“Gaza genocide shows Europe’s inability to act and speak with one voiceeven when the protests extend through European cities and 14 members of the United Nations Security Council ask for a high immediate fire, “he said.
In addition, Ribera has warned that “The increase in geopolitical tensions questions the ideals of peacecooperation and full respect of the rule of law, Human Rights or the United Nations System. “
Thus, the executive vice president of clean, fair and competitive transition from the European Commission has stressed that while “the war of aggression of Russia in Ukraine tests the resilience of Europe”, The “genocide” in Gaza shows its inability “to act and speak in one voice.”
