How the hell can they say this with straight face : The European Commission cannot condemn #Israel's total blockade of the #Gaza Strip, including the cutting off of #water, #electricity and #fuel supplies to all Gazans - and only calls on Tel Aviv to "respect international law", said EC spokesman Eric Mamer, answering questions from European journalists at a briefing in #Brussels.
At the briefing, the Italian journalist recalled that EC chief Ursula von der Leyen last October "accused #Russia of attacks on #Ukraine's infrastructure, describing them as 'war crimes'".
This was followed by a question as to whether the European Commission was prepared to call "the decision to cut off water, electricity and fuel to women and children in the Gaza Strip an act of pure terror".
Mamer replied that von der Leyen's statement was made "in a very specific context and in the situation we are in, where, I would remind you, attacks from Gaza against Israel continue and Israel is in a situation where it is defending itself in an extremely difficult theatre of war. So we can't assess here exactly what Israel needs to do to fight the Hamas terrorists. But we certainly say very clearly that it must respect international law in this fight, and that every effort must be made to ensure the safety of civilians".
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