‘Fundamentals’ of Israel’s Gaza policy is the problem, says ex-Sweden PM
Prominent former Swedish politician Carl Bildt, who is currently the co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says Israel is “adjusting its policies” in Gaza in reaction to world outrage.
However, Bildt said, “it’s not the details in the policies that’s the question – it’s the fundamentals since breaking the agreed ceasefire”, referring to the deal to stop the fighting that Israel unilaterally broke in March.
Bildt was commenting on a social media post by Phil Gordon, former NSA to then-US Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The Israeli government’s decision in March to break the ceasefire, blockade Gaza, and escalate militarily will prove to have been catastrophic,” Gordon wrote. “It made no real difference against Hamas, led to immeasurable additional suffering in Gaza, failed to free any hostages, further divided Israeli society, and took a huge and undoubtedly lasting toll on Israel’s reputation.”
As world reaction to the outrage in Gaza intensifies 🇮🇱 is claiming that it’s adjusting its policies. But it’s not the details in the policies that’s the question - it’s the fundamentals since breaking the agreed ceasefire. https://t.co/zx43Nw5eJL
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) July 27, 2025
Israel on its way to becoming a pariah state: Israeli MP
Ram Ben-Barak, a member of parliament representing the Yesh Atid party and former deputy director of Israel’s Mossad, has told the Maariv newspaper that his country is “not North Korea and we do not want to become a pariah state in front of the entire world, but we are heading in this direction”.
“We won this war about a year ago, excellently, much better than we expected, and every day that passes, we undermine this achievement,” Ben-Barak said.
“If we do not take real steps, we will soon need visas to enter Europe – and they will not grant them to us either,” he added. “Whoever wants to live this way, let them support this government.”
It already is, but you are correct that you're on the way to becoming another North Korea, a more dangerous expansionistic one in fact continually attacking its neighbors and stealing more territory.
