European Union received on monday Israel The same medicine that the community bloc continues to prescribe for the devastating conflict in Gaza: a serious lack of seriousness. The foreign ministers had invited their Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, as well as several Arab foreign ministers, to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Strip and present a 12-point post-war plan. Something similar to a statement of principles governing the observance of a celebration peace conference The foundations will be laid for the resolution of the dispute with Establishment of the Palestinian state and security guarantees Israel. But when it’s your turn Israel Katz The Chancellor of the Jewish State did not speak on this or that issue. Katz pulled out of the hat two recycled videos According to diplomatic sources quoted by Euronews, this situation left the ministers “confused”. One of them is to build a building Railway line between the Middle East and India; the other is to remove artificial island It is five kilometers from the Gaza coast. Secondly, a project supposedly designed to revitalize the Strip’s economy is being systematically carried out deleted from the map as punishment for his attack Hamas On October 7.
“The minister showed us several videos that had little or nothing to do with the issues we were discussing,” he later said. Josep Borrell, The head of European diplomacy said without hiding his disappointment and rejected both projects “irrelevant“Actually, none of this is new, nor is it a preliminary rejection by the Board of Directors. Benjamin Netanyahu Once the massacre in Gaza was over, the prescription advocated by Brussels and Washington to try to resolve the conflict was the establishment of a Palestinian state. The emergence of the artificial island dates back to 2017, when Katz was Minister of Transportation. According to the promotional video, there is a commercial port and another commodity logistics facilities and storage, sea water treatment plant or a power plant. International investors or donors will pay for the project, which will connect the islet to the Strip via a highway. It is an initiative that “aims to offer a response to a reality that is bad for the Palestinians and not good for Israel,” according to the old voiceover of the video shown to European ministers.
No plans for the next day
In his statement, it is also said that Israel will control it. access to island, port inspections or his surrounding sea areaas it has done for decades territorial waters Loop, air or electromagnetic field. Reasons why it still remains occupied territory Although Israel withdrew its soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005, from the perspective of international law there is no sign that this initiative will lead anywhere. little more distraction maneuver He is against the EU plan, which still does not call for a definitive ceasefire in Gaza.
“This is the kind of ideas that Israelis should have. violate international obligationsA senior official of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) told this newspaper: Netanyahu has still not offered a statement. make plans for the next day The war that made Gaza “an uninhabitable place“, according to the UN. What little he has said is that his country will maintain control over security and will not allow the ANP to replace Hamas at the head of the Strip government.
‘Development’ in Gaza
Far from promoting a livable economy in the Strip, Israel has historically worked to turn Gaza into a city. captive market has its own economy and a permanent nursery cheap labor for the agricultural sector and construction companies. Two lines of action joined by “development policy“In the words of the Harvard economist, Sarah Roy. He not only rejected the autonomy of Gaza companies import and export freely, but it destroyed its productive fabric by taking advantage of many wars and attacks in the last half century. For example, in mid-2002 Second Intifadadestroyed Gaza international airportIt opened four years ago.
This policy continues now, albeit on a much greater scale of destruction, further accentuated by the total blockade of the borders. UNRWA warned the Strip, which has been brutally besieged 108 days after a Hamas terrorist attack, of the looming risk of famine once again this Tuesday. “570,000 people they are facing a face dire hunger situation“said the institution responsible for Palestinian refugees.