Borrell described the comments of the Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir, as “incitement to war crimes.”
The head of Foreign Policy of the EU, Josep Borrell, has condemned the statements of several Israeli ministers about cutting humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Writing in X, Borrell said that sanctions must be on the EU agenda and urged the Israeli government to distance itself from the comments and “engage in good faith in facilitated negotiations by the United States, Qatar and Egypt for an immediate ceasefire.
Israel’s Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir, said in a post on X that sending humanitarian aid y fuel to the Strip must stop “until all our hostages return home.”
In the same message, Ben-Gvir also asked the permanent occupation of Gaza. His comments came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said an Israeli delegation will attend the talks. ceasefire with Hamas to negotiate the release of the hostages who are still held in Gaza.
“Es a mistake to sit with Hamaswho has raped, murdered and burned babies, and we are going to surrender to them?” he told Israeli radio station ‘Radio 103 FM’. “If we cut off their fuel, in a week they will be on their knees. And if we stop the (humanitarian aid) trucks, in two weeks they will be on their knees. So why would we make a deal, especially such irresponsible treatment?”, he added.
Ben-Gvir’s comments follow those of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who last week declared at a press conference that the deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians “could be justified and moral.”
“We cannot, in the current world realitymanage a war. No one will allow us two millions of civilians die of hungeralthough it may be justified and moral until our hostages are returned to us,” he said.
“Humanitarianism in exchange for humanitarianism is morally justifiedbut what can we do? We live today in a certain reality, we need international legitimacy for this war,” he added. Borrell described both statements as “incitement to war crimes.”
