Borrell demands that Gaza not be forgotten in his debut as president of CIDOB

BarcelonaAfter five years leading European diplomacy, Josep Borrell has assumed the presidency of CIDOB, the Barcelona Center for International Affairs. He made his debut this Saturday at a meeting of experts on the Middle East, where he called for the people of Gaza not to be forgotten. "The war in Gaza is no longer on the front pages of newspapers, and everyone is waiting to see what Trump will do tomorrow in Washington, but in the Strip the situation remains horrific, and since then, Israel has broken the ceasefire have more deaths, especially women and children, who at first," warned the Catalan socialist leader.

As the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona process that led to the failed peace between Israelis and Palestinians approaches, Borrell recalls that Europe is divided and has fallen into irrelevance, but does not want to draw on the . why two peoples have fought for a hundred years for a land, but the worst thing we can do is forget or think that there is no solution and that the Palestinians can only choose between dying or being expelled. He also admitted that "people around the world see the contrast between our commitment to Ukraine and our failure to act in Gaza" place and the other. Borrell stressed that Trump and Netanyahu's commitment to "empty Gaza and turn it into a holiday resort is something that Europe should not accept, although most European states are willing to help Israel whatever it does and not to put limits on it."

One of the topics that have been put on the table in the debate between European diplomats and analysts of Israel, Palestine, Egypt in a political organization that renounces weapons. In this sense, Borrell has highlighted that "transformations happen" and has recalled that "there were very important political figures in Israel who had been members of terrorist organizations" While leading European diplomacy, Borrell starred an open clash with the President of the European Commission, the German Ursula Von der Leyen. Now, free of institutional responsibilities, she speaks more clearly. "Europe is dominated by the guilty conscience of the Holocaust, and there are countries that say we must support Israel unconditionally for what they did to the Jews: they are prisoners of that guilt for their historical responsibility, especially Germany, which will say it has the reason of state. But I don't believe in the attacks of my death, the terrorist attack." People? Completely destroying a society? She has also criticized Hungary, an EU member state, welcomed Netanyahu and withdrew from the International Criminal Court when it is waging a war that is "an absolute violation of international law."

Borrell was replaced after his term by Estonian politician Kaja Kallas, who aligned herself with the most pro-Israeli countries in the European club. Just after Israel broke the truce in Gaza, Kallas visited Jerusalem and gave a joint press conference with Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's foreign minister, whom he called "a very important partner." Kallas simply asked for "proportionality." Members of Borrell's team privately lament how the two-state solution or any reference to the aspirations of the Palestinian people have been virtually erased in the European Commission's rhetoric.

Napoleon already said it.

At the Pedralbes Palace, where the event took place, the words of former French ambassador to Israel, Gerard Araud, resonated: "Europe has forgotten that war is decided on the battlefield, where the strongest imposes peace on the vanquished. History has returned: Napoleon already said that whoever has the best artillery is the one who has the best artillery. Let him make concessions."