EU cannot continue to be ‘bystanders’ on Gaza, West Bank, says Irish foreign minister

The EU nations need to act as they cannot continue to be “bystanders,” particularly when it comes to Gaza, the Irish foreign minister said Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking to reporters ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Helen McEntee reiterated that Ireland has called for sanctions against violent occupiers in the West Bank and “those who support them.” “It is my view that the EU needs to act, that we cannot continue to be bystanders, particularly when it comes to Gaza, particularly when it comes to the escalating situation in the West Bank,” she said. Underscoring that she will be calling for the suspension of the trade elements of the Israeli-EU Association Agreement, McEntee said that it is […]