{"id":125513,"date":"2025-08-07T05:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125513\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:24:14","slug":"eu-staff-urge-sanctions-on-israel-over-gaza-crisis-warn-against-silence-as-complici","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125513\/","title":{"rendered":"EU staff urge sanctions on Israel over Gaza crisis, warn against ‘silence as complici"},"content":{"rendered":"

The diplomatic tide against Israel continues to build\u2014this time shaking the European Union from within. Amid accusations of famine in Gaza<\/a>, some 1,300 EU institution employees have sent a sharply worded letter to the bloc\u2019s top leaders, demanding immediate sanctions on Israel and decisive measures to restore humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The letter, addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, expressed \u201cdeep concern and utmost urgency\u201d over what they described as Gaza\u2019s \u201chumanitarian disaster.\u201d The authors warned that famine in the territory \u201cis accelerating at an exponential rate\u201d and could cause \u201chundreds of deaths per day, mostly among children,\u201d within weeks.<\/p>\n

They dismissed partial measures such as limited aid drops or constrained supply routes as insufficient, writing: \u201cSilence by the EU at this moment means complicity in a crime.\u201d They argued that the Union\u2019s core values\u2014human dignity, freedom, equality, democracy, and the rule of law\u2014face a \u201cdecisive moral test,\u201d and that failure to act risks undermining the legitimacy of the entire European project.<\/p>\n

The letter also criticized the U.S.-funded Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF), which they claimed had indirectly contributed to the deaths of more than 1,000 Palestinian civilians by relying on Israeli military coordination. The GHF has rejected the allegation as false, saying Hamas inflated the numbers and that the militant group itself killed civilians seeking aid.<\/p>\n

Proposals for action included:<\/p>\n