Fri 28 May 2021:
The Parliament of the Brussels–Capital Region has adopted a resolution in favor of Palestine, and calls for condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestine and recognizing the State of Palestine on the borders of pre-1967.
The resolution also calls for a lift of the Israeli siege of Gaza and the provision of support to the Palestinian people in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It also urges the government to impose economic sanctions on Israel and to suspend all Belgian economic missions to Israel.
Forty-four deputies voted in favor of the resolution, 25 against, while 15 deputies abstained.
Division
EU countries have long been ferociously divided over the Israel-Palestine question, as was clear on Sunday when the EU ambassador to the United Nations, Olof Skoog, delivered a statement to the Security Council condemning the violence but was prevented from speaking “on behalf of its member states.” Hungary, an ally of Israel, blocked the statement.
Israel is demanding stronger, unequivocal support from Brussels as a fellow democracy, and condemnation of Hamas, which is already designated in the EU as a terrorist group. Meanwhile, the Palestinians are accusing the EU of turning a blind eye to violations of international law, and decades of territorial occupation and rights abuses.
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