{"id":2471941,"date":"2025-08-07T12:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-official-suggests-israels-actions-in-gaza-looks-like-genocide\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:38:26","slug":"eu-official-suggests-israels-actions-in-gaza-looks-like-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-official-suggests-israels-actions-in-gaza-looks-like-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"EU official suggests Israel&#8217;s actions in Gaza &#8216;looks&#8217; like &#8216;genocide&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feu-official-suggests-israels-actions-in-gaza-looks-like-genocide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A senior European Union official, European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa ribera, has strongly condemned Israel&#8217;s actions in Gaza, suggesting they &#8220;look very much&#8221; like genocide. Ribera highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-officials-call-talks-with-taliban-candid-and-professional\/\" title=\"US Officials Call Talks With Taliban \u2018Candid and Professional\u2019\">severe humanitarian crisis<\/a>, describing a population confined without access to food, water, medicine, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict\">humanitarian aid<\/a>, subjected to bombing and violence. She emphasized that if the situation is not genocide, it closely resembles the legal definition of it, marking one of the strongest criticisms by a top EU figure since the conflict began. Ribera has also criticized EU leadership for inaction and called for suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement, warning of the need for sanctions if Israel annexes Gaza. Her stance contrasts with Germany&#8217;s more cautious approach, which focuses on dialog with Israel and increasing humanitarian aid deliveries. The humanitarian situation remains dire amid ongoing debates about Israel&#8217;s potential full occupation of Gaza, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >casualty figures highly disputed<\/a> by both sides.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senior EU official suggests Israel&rsquo;s actions in Gaza &lsquo;looks very much&rsquo; like &lsquo;genocide&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2196790\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"European Union's\">European Union&rsquo;s<\/a> No. 2 official suggested that Israel&rsquo;s war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gaza\">Gaza<\/a> &ldquo;looks very much&rdquo; like &ldquo;genocide,&rdquo; the single strongest condemnation of Israel by a senior EU official since the conflict started.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <em>Politico<\/em>, European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera upped the ante in the diplomatic standoff over Gaza by coming within a hair&rsquo;s breadth of accusing Israel of the cardinal sin of human rights. Israel&rsquo;s current actions taken against Gaza, she argued, either constitute or toe a very thin line between genocide and other crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3492919\/japan-commemorates-80-years-atomic-bombing-hiroshima\/\">Japan commemorates 80 years since atomic bombing of Hiroshima<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3492731\/putin-trump-meeting-next-week-ukraine-zelensky\/\">Trump to meet with Putin as soon as next week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3492341\/leadership-israel-gaza-strip-invasion-trump\/\">Israeli leaders clash over full occupation of Gaza despite Trump&#8217;s consent for invasion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">European Commission Executive Vice President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, Teresa Ribera, speaks during a press conference on her two-day visit to China, in Beijing, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo\/Mahesh Kumar A.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;If it is not genocide, it looks very much like the definition used to express its meaning,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we are seeing is a concrete population being targeted, killed, and condemned to starve to death. A concrete population is confined, with no homes, being destroyed, no food, water, or medicines, being forbidden to access, and subject to bombing and shooting even when they are trying to get humanitarian aid. Any humanity is absent, and no witness[es] are allowed,&rdquo; Ribera added.<\/p>\n<p>The legal charge of genocide indicates an intent to destroy a group of people. The International Criminal Court came close to accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of genocide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cpi.int\/defendant\/netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"charging\">charging<\/a> him in November 2024 with &ldquo;war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare and&nbsp;of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population;&nbsp;and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Israel has fervently denied accusations of genocide. The Jewish state often compares such accusations to Medieval &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250306170322\/https:\/\/isca.indiana.edu\/publication-research\/research-paper-series\/norman-jw-goda-research-paper.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"blood libel\">blood libel<\/a>&rdquo; and finds the charge particularly offensive due to Jews&rsquo; experiences in the Holocaust. It has accused those using the term of directing attention away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duss-boosts-omar-tweet-praising-court-decision-to-investigate-israeli-war-crimes\/\" title=\"Duss Boosts Omar Tweet Praising Court Decision to Investigate ...i \u2018...\u2019\">war crimes committed<\/a> by Hamas and its allies on Oct. 7, 2023, which could also constitute genocide.<\/p>\n<p>The use of the term by a senior EU official will likely crater relations between the union and Israel further and incense its allies within the United States. President Donald Trump previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3487225\/trump-canada-trade-deal-made-very-hard-recognize-palestinian-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"threatened\">threatened<\/a> trade negotiations with Canada after it indicated that it would recognize Palestine as a state.<\/p>\n<p>Ribera is a Socialist from Spain, one of Israel&rsquo;s most vocal European critics. Her comments on Gaza have verged on insubordination, openly chastizing European Commission Executive President Ursula Von Der Leyen for her perceived inaction on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>In a July interview with Spain&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cadenaser.com\/nacional\/2025\/07\/30\/teresa-ribera-reflexiona-el-papel-de-europa-tras-el-acuerdo-comercial-con-eeuu-no-nos-podemos-quedar-en-el-rincon-cadena-ser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cadena Ser<\/a>&nbsp;radio network, Ribera said she pushed von der Leyen for strong action against Israel over Gaza &ldquo;for months, practically every week.&rdquo; She then compared the situation in Gaza to the Holocaust, comparing it to that of the Warsaw Ghetto and slamming EU officials, ostensibly including von der Leyen, for standing by while &ldquo;one of the worst humanitarian scandals [in history]&rdquo; unfolds, adding that &ldquo;history will not look the other way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In her Thursday comments, Ribera said the EU should suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, the foremost trade and economic agreement between them. Sanctions are more difficult to pursue, as they require unanimity, but should be pursued if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes ahead with annexing the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What &hellip; has been said and done by the Israeli authorities go far beyond the international law limits,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ribera represents one pole in the internal EU battle over Israel and the War in Gaza, with Germany serving as the opposite extreme. Buoyed by a desire to make amends for the Holocaust, Berlin has long been Israel&rsquo;s foremost ally in Europe. On Tuesday, a German government spokesman voiced optimism about the deteriorating situation in Gaza, arguing that its constant dialogue with Israeli authorities and &ldquo;unyielding stance&rdquo; was triggering positive developments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Something has developed in a positive direction,&rdquo; he said. He claimed that over the past two weeks, the number of aid trucks has gone from 40 per day to &ldquo;250 trucks per day &hellip; arriving in the Gaza Strip.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ribera disagreed with the optimistic assessment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we want to stop this horrible famine, we need to flood this territory with food and water, medical care, transparency, and adequate caretakers and professional organizations supported by the [United Nations.] I don&rsquo;t have the impression that we have achieved that phase yet,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached a critical point, with the growing risk of starvation drawing even some of Israel&rsquo;s closest allies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3484005\/jd-vance-ohio-israel-humanitarian-aid-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"take actions\">take action<\/a> to alleviate the suffering of Gazans. Israel&rsquo;s high command is currently debating whether or not to occupy Gaza fully for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3492341\/leadership-israel-gaza-strip-invasion-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ISRAELI LEADERS CLASH OVER FULL OCCUPATION OF GAZA DESPITE TRUMP&rsquo;S CONSENT FOR INVASION\">ISRAELI LEADERS CLASH OVER FULL OCCUPATION OF GAZA DESPITE TRUMP&rsquo;S CONSENT FOR INVASION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Casualty counts of the war in Gaza are contested. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, overseen by Hamas, over 62,700 Palestinians have been killed in the war. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-far-can-you-get-in-ga-elections-with-no-id-but-a-utility-bill\/\" title=\"How Far Can You Get In GA Elections With No ID But A Utility Bill?\">number doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t distinguish between Hamas militants and civilians. Israel has hotly disputed these numbers and argued that the majority of those killed were Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,200 Israelis were killed in Hamas&rsquo;s initial Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught. An estimated 20 Israeli hostages are still alive in Gaza. 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