'Half of bombs falling on Gaza supplied by us': Former EU foreign policy chief
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Josep Borrell, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, made a staggering admission during a recent public address: “We supply half of the bombs falling on Gaza.” This direct acknowledgment of Europe’s complicity in Israel’s military campaign has been met with no official denial or clarification – a silence that speaks louder than any press release ever could.

So far, no EU institution or member state has challenged Borrell’s assertion. This absence of denial:

  • Confirms Europe’s direct role in arming Israel’s devastating war

  • Highlights the hypocrisy of expressing “concern” about civilian casualties while supplying the weapons causing them

  • Raises urgent questions about EU violations of international arms trade treaties

English translation:

"[…] The horror of October 7th does not justify the horror of Israel’s response. Europe has the capacity and means not only to protest but to influence [Israel’s] conduct and it fails to do so. We supply half of the bombs falling on Gaza. If we truly believe there are too many deaths, the natural response would be to supply fewer weapons and use the leverage of our association agreement to demand compliance with international humanitarian law, not merely lament its violation.

In this destabilizing conflict, Europeans face a new and unwelcome reality: we have entrusted everything to law and trade. Now we must also place our trust in force and capability, the capability to influence, which means having defensive capacities we lack because we’ve delegated them to the United States. And Trump is right when he tells us we should pay more for our security. This is the task for the generation of Europeans now taking up our torch. […]"

Original Spanish text:

“[…] El horror de jamás no justifica el horror de la respuesta de Israel. Y Europa tiene capacidad y medios para no solamente protestar, sino para influir la conducta y no lo hace. Suministramos la mitad de las bombas que caen sobre Gaza. Y si de verdad creemos que hay demasiados muertos, la respuesta natural sería suministrar menos armas y utilizar la palanca del acuerdo de asociación para exigir que se respete el derecho internacional humanitario y no solamente lamentar que tal cosa no se haga. Y en este contexto de conflictos que nos desestabilizan, los europeos tenemos que hacer frente a una situación nueva para nosotros que no nos gusta, porque lo hemos confiado todo al derecho y al comercio. Y ahora lo tenemos que confiar también a la fuerza y a la capacidad, a la capacidad de influir y eso quiere decir tener capacidades defensivas que no tenemos porque las hemos delegado en los Estados Unidos y tiene razón Trump cuando nos dice que deberíamos pagar más por nuestra seguridad. […]”

Source:

RTVE Noticias Youtube Channe

https://www.youtube.com/live/RDk1gR7Jb8w?t=4573

Edit: added “PREMIO EUROPEO CARLOS V: El REY FELIPE VI preside el ACTO de ENTREGA a JOSEP BORRELL | RTVE” in the URL field.

Edit: added link to initial article which caught my attention for this post