23
Apr
2024
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EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)
Madam President, Israel is a democracy, Hamas is a terrorist organization. Israel is a democracy, Hamas is a terrorist organization. ‘To name things incorrectly is to add to the misfortune of the world’, wrote Albert Camus. Israel is a democracy, Hamas is a terrorist organization. The fighting in Gaza after the atrocities perpetrated against civilians in Israel on 7 October is not a war between Israelis and Palestinians, but a new chapter in the relentless struggle between freedom, democracy and the dark forces of obscurantism. In a few days we will celebrate the fall of Nazism. The total capitulation of this heinous regime was the only possible way for our continent – in the West immediately, at least – to return to freedom. Fortunately, the horrors of total war for the German people did not stop our American allies. Dealing with obscurantism, even if weakened, means ensuring its rapid rebirth. The capitulation of Hamas is a desirable goal, not only for Israel, but for the preservation of the ideal of freedom embodied in democracy. Israel is a democracy, Hamas is a terrorist organization.