EU: The humanitarian farce of European imperialism with Palestine

They formally express “concern” because Israel violates human rights. But, hypocritically, They do not sanction it or break relationships.

LIsraeli brutality has reached barbaric levels

 To such an extent that even European diplomacy has been forced to say something again. He 20 of June, the European External Action Service (EEAS), diplomatic arm of the EU, presented to the 27 Member States of the Bloc a report on Israeli actions.

The document concluded that the State of Israel does not comply with its human rights obligations., as established in Article 2 of the Association Agreement with the EU, which requires that bilateral relations be based “in respect for human rights and democratic principles”.

The EU does practically nothing

He 23 of June, the high representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kalla, announced that at the moment there are no measures and that the issue will be discussed again in July. In the meantime, They will contact Netanyahu to tell him the results of the report and hope that “take measures to improve the humanitarian situation” a Gaza. As if the genocidaire does not know what he is doing. As if the thousands of besieged Palestinians had time to wait.

Cynical logic in its purest form

The EU admits that there are massive crimes, but does not act accordingly. The chancellors of Germany and Italy confessed the cause: “We need good relations with Israel”.

Criticism of European imperialism is not due to sincere concern for the lives of Palestinians, but to the pressure exerted by the sustained actions of repudiation of genocide. Mass mobilizations, port strikes, power takeovers and boycotts from below are a reflection of social indignation that challenges governments. They try to show “humanitarian” sensitivity so as not to isolate themselves from the social base, but also, their mask always falls off.

Their true face is seen when they do not even remotely mention the true root of the problem.: the existence of the fascist state of Israel, gendarme enclave of Western imperialism in the Middle East.

The double discourse of a retrograde inheritance

In relation to humanitarianism, doublespeak began in the 19th century, when European colonialism disguised itself as a “civilizing mission” and was consolidated in the imperialist phase of capitalism, when “humanitarian aid” became a façade to whitewash interventions, locks,  wars and friendly regimes.

“When the imperialists talk about humanity, They do it like thieves who talk about morality; It is only to cover up their crimes with grandiose phrases.” Leon Trotsky, War and the International, 1914.

By prioritizing the Bloc consensus and trade relations with the Zionists over genocide and starvation of millions of Palestinians; The scandalous actions of the EU do not even come close to repeating its retrograde heritage regarding humanitarianism.

The political and union leaderships deserve a separate paragraph. Although there is a genuine and massive rejection of the working people, conduits avoid, saving honorable exceptions that do not control, that is channeled through a classist intervention, with strikes and direct worker actions against Israeli interests and complicit governments, which gives them some coverage to maneuver without changing anything.

For more solidarity mobilized

We call to deepen the broadest unity of action in the mobilization, We demand the immediate lifting of the humanitarian aid blockade to Gaza, the cessation of Zionist bombings and the breaking off of treaties, political relations, commercial and military with Israel.

Consistent humanitarianism is also expressed in the fight against the system that generates genocides, occupation, hunger and ethnic cleansing and its main regional supporters: Israel and the US. THE. To obtain a just and lasting peace, human rights, democratic and social, it is necessary to defeat them and achieve a single Palestine, secular, not racist, democratic and socialist, within the framework of the Socialist Revolution in the Middle East.