EU’s Threat to Israel Over Gaza Ignores Core Realities and Risks Undermining Western Unity

The European Union’s recent announcement suggesting that Israel’s military actions in Gaza violate the EU-Israel Association Agreement marks a troubling turn toward politicized finger-pointing rather than genuine accountability. The so-called "indications" of breaches center around Israel’s response to Hamas’ horrific October 7 attacks, where over 1,200 mostly civilian Israelis were slaughtered and more than 250 taken hostage. Instead of focusing scrutiny on the terrorist group that initiated this conflict with barbaric violence, the EU appears to be leveraging alleged human rights concerns as a pretext to pressure an American ally undertaking essential self-defense operations. This misdirection fails to consider the...