Last Wednesday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened to invade northern Israel.
He threatened to shoot rockets at every part of Israel.
He threatened to attack any Israeli shipping in the Mediterranean.
He threatened to attack the entire country of Cyprus.
How did EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell respond to explicit threats to expand the current fighting to become a region-wide conflict?
European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that the Middle East was close to seeing the conflict expanding into Lebanon just days after Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah threatened EU member Cyprus.“The risk of this war affecting the south of Lebanon and spilling over is every day bigger,” Borrell told reporters ahead of a foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg.“We are on the eve of the war expanding,” he added.
Nothing about the war expanding from Hezbollah-held areas to the entire region - but from Israel to Hezbollah areas.
Borrell's statement after the meeting mirrored what he said before, with the implication that only Israel is the aggressor:
What is also a serious concern, is the spillover in the region. We support the active mediation efforts, especially by the United States and France, in order to avoid a confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon can count on our support, and also [can] Cyprus.
But not Israel.
The fight against Hezbollah can bring the whole region into a serious crisis. And that is why, we have to continue our diplomatic efforts in order to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza and stop the spillover of the war in the region.
It isn't aggression started by Hezbollah. It isn't even a conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. It is a "fight against Hezbollah" - and Israel is the only party attacking.
Who started attacking who on the Lebanese border again? Based on Borrell's statements, the aggressor is always Israel.
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