9
Sep
2025
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Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (debate)
Madam President, as of now, at least 2 361 Palestinians have died of malnutrition, and more than 2 000 were murdered trying to reach food distribution. Everyone in the world with a smartphone can see images of starving people, starving children on their phones. It is heartbreaking and disgusting to watch, and it is impossible to talk about this famine without talking about the intent of Israel: it's genocide. It is disgusting to watch because the European Commission, European governments like the German one, and also many people here in the room are still choosing to be complicit instead of doing the obvious thing: impose sanctions, suspend the Association Agreement, and stop selling weapons to kill defenceless people who have lived in an open-air prison for decades. We are living and shaping a historic moment when international cooperation falls apart on so many levels, but everyone here has a choice, and the Commission has a choice: to fulfil your obligation to prevent genocide.