The European Union Is Endorsing Israel’s Attack on Gaza
European leaders claim to be champions of the liberal international order that Donald Trump is repudiating. But they’re lining up with Trump to support the resumption of Israel’s murderous onslaught against Palestinian civilians.
Children look on as people walk amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an overnight Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP via Getty Images)
Since Donald Trump abruptly changed US policy toward Ukraine, there has been a lot of talk about European countries needing to step up to the plate and defend the liberal international order. Politicians like France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz have used this line of argument to justify a massive increase in military spending by the states of Europe.
However, when it comes to Israel’s renewed onslaught against the people of Gaza, you couldn’t fit a blue-and-yellow handkerchief between the positions of the US and the European Union (EU).
Thursday’s meeting of the European Council, which brings together the prime ministers of all the EU member states, issued the following statement:
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