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Slovenia’s top diplomat warned that the European Union risked a dual standard, if it failed to work for Israel for bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, even it moves forward with additional restrictions against Russia.
External Affairs Minister Taniza Fazon accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of violating international law and accusing him of “clear genocide acts” and said that the European Union had failed to take “single real measures” against Israel.
He unanimously unlike the need to punish the Kremlin for his war on Ukraine, unlike the relative inactivity of the block on Gaza – a policy that he said that the Slovenian government “fully” supported.
“I really hear a lot of criticism from our global partners who do not understand us – the way we are reacting to different conflicts,” Fazon said in an interview in his office in Lajublajana. “I hope to increase more pressure on Israel from our societies.”
These comments bare partitions among the European Union member states of how to respond to the human crisis in Gaza, even many Israeli have become more vocal in reprimanding the government. European countries have criticized Israel’s plans to proceed to Gaza City, the real capital of Enclave.
The Alpine Nation Slovenia of over 2 million people has demanded a lead between the European Union states in criticizing spilling tolls. The country became the first member to ban all weapons trade with Israel in late July, after a week it declared two Israeli cabinet members as non -Gretta. This followed measures with the ban on goods trade from Palestinian areas.
It has joined Ireland, Spain and Norway in recognizing Palestine as an independent state. In late July, French President Emmanuel Macron said he would do so, provoking backlash from Israel.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump called for a “soon” to end the Israeli war with Hamas, even he continued Netanyahu back – and refused to urge him by name to stop the campaign to take steps in Gaza.
A strict approach in Europe reflects the growing disappointment with the Netanyahu government, threatening the deep global isolation of Israel. One of the staunch colleagues in the block of Germany, Israel, this month stopped the delivery of military equipment, which could be used in Gaza.
With some € 214 million in business with Israel in 2024, Slovenia has been largely symbolic so far. However, in Ljubljana, the government has said that other nations may be involved in their efforts to force Netanyahu to end the war, which, according to the Ministry of Hams-Run Health, has over 62,000 Palestinian decisions. He also represents a dramatic change for the country, which was a staunch Israel partner, under the previous Prime Minister Jenz Jansa.
Fazon said that he pushed Gaza to the European Union’s response after a review of Israel’s cooperation agreement, shown “clear” violations of international law, but the member states stunned when the member states reached an agreement to take action.
“For this reason, we agreed that we would move forward on our own,” the minister said. Accepting that large states of the European Union moved to a more important attitude, he said “he did not really see enough agitation.”
Israel’s more vocal criticism has proved to be politically difficult in some European Union capitals. German Chancellor Frederick Merz was reprimanded by some of his conservative colleagues to fail to communicate his decision on arms and to endanger Berlin’s support for the Jewish state.
Last week, Dutch External Affairs Minister Casper Weldcamp resigned, when fellow cabinet members refused to support the sanctions against Israel, fractured the caretaker alliance.
Slovenia will have more voices at the United Nations General Assembly next month, with a non-stable seat in the Security Council. Fazon suggested that 10 and nation would recognize Palestinian sovereignty after a meeting in New York.
Fazon, who is a Deputy Prime Minister in Slovenia, referred to the declaration of famine in Gaza last week, by a non-supported body, which inspired the very little movement within the European Union. And yet, “We are discussing the 18th package of sanctions against Moscow,” the minister said.
There is a feeling “The entire international community failed to test humanity,” he said.
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