Spain’s PM slams Europe response to Gaza as ‘failure’
Europe’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza has been a “failure” and risks undermining its global credibility, said Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
“It is a failure,” Sanchez said. “Absolutely. It is also the reality that, within the EU, there are countries that are divided when it comes to how to influence Israel.
“In my opinion, it’s not acceptable and we can’t last longer if we want to increase our credibility when it comes to other crises, such as the one we face in Ukraine.”
He also stated that the situation is “one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century”.
Sanchez has been vocal about Israeli atrocities in the besieged enclave over the last two years, and was also the first European leader to call what’s happening in Gaza a genocide.
What global credibility, Europe has none left.
Sports bans can’t stop Israel’s war on Gaza: Europe’s football chief
European football chief Aleksander Ceferin said civilian suffering in Gaza has affected him, but said Israeli teams and athletes should not be banned from sports competitions.
“First of all, what’s happening with civilians there is personally hurting, killing me,” Politico quoted Ceferin as saying.
“From the other point of view, I’m not a supporter of banning the athletes. Because what can an athlete do to their government to stop the war? It’s very, very hard. Now, the ban for Russian teams is, I think, three and a half years. Did the [Ukraine] war stop? It didn’t.”
UEFA banned Russian teams from its competitions in February 2022, four days after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. Israel has continued to participate in UEFA events, despite growing calls globally calling for its ban as well.
So why are you still boycotting Russia then? UEFA is a racist organization. They only act on anti-semitism, death to Arabs (Macabi Tel Aviv) gets a pass.
Uefa sanctions seven nations for racist chants
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cgerp2d5pn5o
The Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Slovenian, Austrian, Hungarian and Albanian Football Associations have all been sanctioned.
