Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun told a debate in the European Parliament on the anniversary of the Gaza war that Israel should be declared a terrorist state to resolve the protracted conflict.
Israel should be declared and presumed a terrorist state. Mr Netanyahu and his ‘butchers’ are the largest and most criminal terrorist organisation. To those of you who seem to support the state that is occupying Palestine for so long: Can’t you hear the words of Israeli ministers, ambassadors, rabbis referring to Palestinians as animals, as non-humans?
Following a speech by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, MEPs observed a minute’s silence in honour of all the innocent lives lost.
EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell also addressed the MEPs.
We, in this chamber, did not lose our close ones. We are just observers. So, if we find it difficult to understand some political decision by one or another side, how difficult it must be for those living in the Middle East and suffering from the consequences of this war.
However, Borrell did not support Braun, calling for Israel to be treated as a “democratic state.”
Israel is a democratic state, and it cannot be compared to what Hamas and Hezbollah do.
