International positions and promising statements

Baha Rahal

What happened yesterday in the British House of Commons was not a passing event. The serious questioning of the occupation ambassador represents a significant and necessary act, and a scene with many implications. It was not merely a muted reaction, but rather a serious and sharp diplomatic stance at the highest level. I followed the speeches delivered by the members and the interventions, which were delivered in strong, unusual language, especially the speech of the British Foreign Secretary, who presented a plea rejecting all forms of genocide taking place in Gaza, all attempts to displace and expel the population, the continuation of the blockade, and the prevention of the entry of food and medicine.
In parallel with the questioning of the occupation's ambassador to Britain, and the decisions to impose sanctions on the settlement entities, the Spanish Parliament approved a ban on arms trade with the occupation, and the exclusion of the entity from all cultural events. Concurrent calls were issued by France and the Netherlands for the European Union to impose sanctions on the entity, in addition to other moves to recognize the Palestinian state, and statements by the French Prime Minister calling on EU countries to take positions to pressure the occupation to stop the war. These are important positions that must be properly invested in a path that serves the justice of the Palestinian cause, stops the war of genocide, starvation, and the expansion of killing and destruction, in addition to prosecuting and holding accountable the perpetrators of massacres and massacres in international courts.
This is a significant shift and significant European moves to stop the genocide our people are being subjected to. This angers the entity and exposes the cover it has been hiding behind and betting on over the past months. The world has witnessed the torrent of atrocities that has flowed from October 2023 until today, and witnessed the crimes committed against innocent civilians. How humane it would have been if these positions had been taken from the first day the massacres began. They would have saved tens of thousands from death, and the devastation would not have reached the level it has reached today. How long the people of Gaza have awaited such positions, which have been a source of hope for them, to lift the injustice from them and stop this hideous war.
European positions urgently need to be translated into concrete action, to erase some of the shame inflicted on them due to their prolonged silence and neutrality over the past months, while people in Gaza are unjustly killed, murdered, and starved. There is no time to wait. Every minute, a family is killed by bombing, every hour, dozens are killed and wounded, and thousands of children are threatened by hunger, who lack food, milk, or medicine.

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European positions urgently need to be translated into concrete action, in order to erase some of the shame inflicted on them due to their prolonged silence and neutrality over the past months.