‘Only the word genocide can describe what’s happening in Gaza,’ Belgian FM says
Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has said that “only the word genocide” can describe what Israel is doing in Gaza.
“As the foreign minister, it is not up to me to make such statements. But my personal opinion is that this is very close to genocide. I don’t know what other horrors have yet to occur before that word can be used,” Prevot in said in an interview with Humo magazine.
He said he felt “very angry” seeing images of death, destruction, and hunger coming out of Gaza.
“I have been saying since April that the humanitarian blockade is an absolute disgrace. Deliberately starving a population is a war crime,” he said.
About sanctions on Israel, Prevot said that both the Belgian government and the European government should intensify pressure on Israel.
“I am in favour of sanctions against the military and political leaders on both sides and against the Jewish settlers who are forcibly evicting the Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank,” he said.
“It is no longer enough for the Belgian government to condemn the situation; actions are needed to make Israel move.”
Actions speak louder than words. Baby steps. At the pace other countries are going from words to the tiniest of actions....
