Western allies condemn Israeli finance minister’s suggestion that starving Gaza might be justified

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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called the remarks ‘beyond ignominious,’ saying ‘it demonstrates, once again, his contempt for international law and for basic principles of humanity’

FILE - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2023. ’s Western allies have condemned remarks by its far-right finance minister, who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until hostages captured in

The European Union on Wednesday condemned his remarks, noting that the “deliberate starvation of civilians is a war crime.” “We expect the wider Israeli government to retract and condemn them,” he wrote on the social media platform X.“It is a principle of international law and of humanity to protect civilians in a war and to give them access to water and food,” he wrote on X.

 

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