Francesca Albanese Recadre Drive Ursula von der Leyen on Gaza

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, has once again shown courage and integrity by denouncing European hypocrisy without detour to the Gaza massacre. On X, she was dryly cropped Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, after a declaration deemed hollow and late on the humanitarian situation.

“” So little, so late, president von der Leyen. After granting Israel 21 months of passenger passes to Gaza, it will take much more than words to prevent Israel from carrying out its genocidal mission and its open ethnic cleaning campaign. And even more to restore what remains of the credibility of the EU. “Ursula von der Leyen had just published:” Civilians can never be targets. Gaza’s images are unbearable. The EU reiterates its call for free, safe and rapid transport of humanitarian aid. And for total respect for international and humanitarian law. Gaza civilians have suffered too much for too long. It must stop now. Israel must keep its commitments. »»

A statement deemed cynical and opportunistic by many voices, including Francesca Albanese, who since the start of the Israeli offensive consistently denounces, at the cost of intense pressures, the complicity of the great powers in the face of a process of deliberate destruction of a people. A rare, tenacious speech, and increasingly isolated in the silence of European chancelleries.