European Union High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell announced this Monday: He will travel to Israel, Palestine, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan this week to meet war in Gaza and humanitarian access to the Strip with countries in the region.
As Borrell confirmed in a message on social networks, he will discuss with “regional leaders” humanitarian access and aid, as well as political issues related to the conflict in the Strip. “Need A political horizon looking at the two-state solution. This can only be achieved through dialogue,” said the head of European diplomacy.
The EU wants to play a role in resolving the conflict and has begun discussions to do so European plan for the future of Gaza Although it is difficult for the bloc to move forward on its own, it hopes it will receive support from Arab countries and the United States.
European sources explain that his natural interlocutor in Israel is Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, while his meetings with other leaders such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or President Isaac Herzog “pending confirmation.”
This tour is the High Representative’s first trip to the field since unprecedented attacks by Hamas on October 7, which triggered Israel’s response with an attack on Gaza that killed more than 11,000 people.
This contrasts with the agenda of controversial European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who became the first leader to take to the field alongside European Parliament President Roberta Metsola following the Hamas terrorist attack. It was late in adhering to the common European position of placing international law as a limit to its own response..