“The brutal attacks by Hamas against civilians, the massacres and the detention of hostages are absolutely condemnable”, Alexis Tsipras wrote, among other things, on his official Facebook account while at the same time saying that “Yesterday’s Summit once again demonstrated the weakness of the EU to rise to the occasion and take an active role for peace and stability in its neighborhood”.

“From October 7 and the brutal attack by Hamas with hundreds of innocent dead, injured and kidnapped, to last night’s attack carried out – according to the media – by the Israeli Air Force on a hospital in Gaza, with hundreds of human casualties, the news of brutality they overwhelm our daily lives. Will we get used to the savagery?” he continued.

“In any case it is unthinkable for the EU leadership to be a mere spectator to a vicious cycle of violence that is worsening every day.”

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“For ten days now, images of horror have been flooding our receivers. From October 7 and the brutal attack by Hamas with hundreds of innocent dead, wounded and kidnapped, to last night’s attack – according to the media – carried out by the Israeli Air Force on a hospital in Gaza, with hundreds of human casualties, the news of brutality is flooding in. our everyday life.
Will we get used to the savagery?

Will the horrors of this war become so normal that in a few weeks it won’t even be on the news?
Or will this conflict be the starting point of a wider generalized conflict in the region that will have direct consequences for the security of the West as well?

Every version is horrible.

And in any case it is unthinkable for the EU leadership to be a mere spectator to a vicious cycle of violence that is worsening daily, with thousands of civilians dead and unable to support a European initiative for the protection of civilians, for a ceasefire, for the return of abductees and for preventing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The contradictory statements of European officials in the past days have added to the image of cacophony and made the EU an almost insignificant player in the current crisis and international critical developments.

And yesterday’s Summit demonstrated once again the inability of the EU to rise to the occasion and take an active role for peace and stability in its neighborhood.

It is also unacceptable to decide to review the limited European funds available to the Palestinians, because there is allegedly a risk that they will end up with Hamas.

If European officials were really interested in funds going to Hamas, they should have raised the issue during the recent EU meeting with the Gulf States, and certainly not when millions of civilians are trapped in Gaza.

The EU has a responsibility and obligation deriving from its founding values, which it must defend, to intervene decisively to deal with a crisis with huge human costs, which can lead to a wider conflagration in the region and a new refugee crisis in Europe.

The abhorrence of all of us for the action and actions of Hamas cannot lead us to tolerate reprisals that may lead to an unprecedented loss of human life.

Hamas’s brutal attacks on civilians, massacres and hostage-taking are absolutely reprehensible.

The huge responsibilities of the governments of Israel for the continued occupation of Palestinian lands, for the settlements and for the tension at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, are also given and condemnable, but they are no excuse for these heinous actions of Hamas.

At the same time, Israel’s right to confront Hamas cannot include the bombing of civilians and the blockade of Gaza in order to suffocate its population—actions that violate international law and exacerbate the stalemate.
In these critical hours we are all with the Israelis of the Kibbutzim who mourn their people and with the Palestinians of Gaza who mourn theirs.

In these critical hours we are with the civilians, regardless of their religion and nationality.
And we must stand by them.

Even now, and especially at a time when the effort to reach out to Arab countries seems to be leading to a dead end, the EU must pursue an active diplomatic role in the region to de-escalate and prevent the humanitarian crisis.

With a view to returning to credible talks for a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state.

And it is more critical than ever that European progressive forces strive in this direction at this difficult time.”