Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Bart Eide said that the impression that Western countries apply double standards when evaluating Israel’s attacks in the Gaza Strip and the events in Ukraine should be combated. He said this in an interview with the agency. T.T..
He thought it was right to counter the impression that the West was using double standards in its assessment of the conflict in the Middle East and Europe.
“We are both morally and legally justified when we criticize Russia for its violations in Ukraine. But we should apply the same standards to our friends. “I see Israel as a friend, but I also believe that our friend Israel has gone too far,” he said.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli air forces launched strikes against hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip, and the country’s National Security Council decided to cut off supplies of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the region. Israel announced to the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians would be evacuated to southern Gaza ahead of the ground operation.
Previously The Israeli army said they were “at the gates of Gaza City”.