Is Europe Still the 'Hapless Fool' on Gaza? Sadly, yes.

Europe chooses to “watch closely” as Israel lays waste to Gaza. Meanwhile the only European voice exposing the system behind the genocide is sanctioned by the US. Utter disgrace.

How long can one “watch closely” as a genocide unfolds?

This week, the EU’s 27 foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss Israel’s ongoing genocide on Gaza. After months of carnage, starvation, and legal rulings, including orders from both the International Court of Justice and the ICC, the outcome of the meeting was not sanctions, not suspension of trade privileges, not even a freeze on diplomatic relations. It was this: the EU will keep a close watch. One of those things, that even though you know that this will be the case, still leaves you very upset and rampant. A priori knowledge of the complicity of the EU states does not help much with post hoc anger.

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat assured reporters that the aim is not to “punish Israel” but to “improve the situation in Gaza.” But what kind of logic is that? How do you “improve” a genocide without confronting its perpetrators? What does it mean to hold back punishment while Israel turns what remains of Gaza into a concentr…