European Union overseas coverage head Josep Borrell on Monday appeared to name for reductions in U.S. navy help to Israel.
Borrell made his case by echoing President Biden’s fees that Jerusalem’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas assault was “over the top.”
“Well, if you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms in order to prevent so many people being killed,” Borrell instructed reporters after a gathering in Brussels.

European Union overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell on Monday made a thinly veiled name on the USA to chop arms provides to Israel as a result of excessive civilian casualties in its conflict in Gaza.

Borrell recalled that U.S. President Joe Biden mentioned final week that Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas assault had been “over the top” and U.S. and different Western officers had repeatedly mentioned too many civilians had been being killed in Gaza.

“Well, if you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms in order to prevent so many people being killed,” Borrell instructed reporters after a gathering of EU improvement assist ministers in Brussels.

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“If the international community believes that this is a slaughter, that too many people are being killed, maybe we have to think about the provision of arms,” he added.

Borrell additionally famous {that a} Dutch courtroom on Monday ordered the federal government of the Netherlands to dam all exports of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel over issues they had been being utilized in violations of worldwide legislation within the Gaza conflict.

Borrell mentioned it was contradictory for nations to repeatedly declare that Israel was killing too many civilians in Gaza however do nothing concrete to forestall the killing.

Excessive Consultant of the European Union for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage Josep Borrell speaks throughout a joint press convention with Portuguese Overseas Minister João Gomes Cravinho on Jan. 3, 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal. (Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Photographs)

Israel has insisted it takes intensive measures to guard civilians however is pressured to conduct navy operations in civilian areas as Hamas, the Palestinian militant group chargeable for the Oct. 7 assault, operates there.

America is Israel’s most essential overseas arms supplier. It provides Israel $3.8 billion in navy assist yearly, starting from fighter jets to highly effective bombs. Washington has to this point not heeded any pleas to chop such assist.

In his remarks in Brussels, Borrell additionally sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he was not listening to pleas to do extra to guard civilians.

“Everybody goes to Tel Aviv, begging ‘please don’t do that, protect civilians, don’t kill so many’. How many is too many? What is the standard?” Borrell mentioned, showing offended and emotional. “Netanyahu doesn’t listen (to) anyone.”

Borrell mentioned Netanyahu had been calling for an evacuation of Palestinian civilians from the Rafah space of Gaza – the final a part of the enclave the place individuals have discovered refuge – however the veteran Spanish politician questioned how this may very well be accomplished.

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“They are going to evacuate? Where? To the moon? Where are they going to evacuate these people?” he mentioned.