This graphic was released by Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, on October 23.
And he is right. Because his reaction to the crisis in the Middle East has destroyed what little credibility the EU may have ever had.
From JNS:
European Union foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday demanded the international community impose a “solution” to the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.“What we have learned over the last 30 years, and what we are learning now with the tragedy experienced in Gaza, is that the solution must be imposed from outside,” Borrell said.“Peace will only be achieved in a lasting manner if the international community gets involved intensely to achieve it and imposes a solution,” he added, referring to the United States, Europe and Arab countries.
And Borrell has been very clear on what "solution" he wants to impose: creating a Palestinian state on land that Israel claims and that it necessary for Israeli security.
At a press conference yesterday, he made it pretty clear that he viewed October 7 as an opportunity, not a tragedy:
Europe has to invest all its political capital ...[to] seek peace in the Middle East through the only possible solution, which is the construction of two states. Something that we have been repeating for many years, but without fully committing ourselves to making it a reality.The drama that began on October 7 and continues today forces us to seek a solution that allows the coexistence in peace and security of Israel and Palestine.
Yes, a massacre is now merely a "drama" according to Borrell.
Thousands of Palestinians joyfully slaughtering, raping, kidnapping and burning every Jew they could find means, to him, that Palestinians deserve a state of their own.
The entire Palestinian Arab population supporting the massacre by a 6-1 ratio does not cause Borrell to pause at all. On the contrary, it seems that the more they cheer the genocide of Jews, the more they should be rewarded with a state that they can freely attack with rockets from every direction.
One must wonder - is there anything that Palestinians could possibly do to make him think that perhaps they don't deserve a state of their own?
This would be a state where Palestinians would be expected to freely enter Israel for employment, but where Jews would no longer be allowed to visit their own holy places. A state where incitement to murder Jews would be openly taught in schools and mosques. A state where every single child is told that their neighboring state in "recognized borders" is illegitimate and must also be destroyed. A state where the national heroes are Dalal Mughrabi and Samir Kuntar and Sheikh Yassin.
So, yes, the way the EU deals with this "drama" indeed will define its credibility for years to come. And that credibility is less than zero.
