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EU must have a stronger response over Gaza, says bloc’s former chief diplomat

ByLisa O'Carroll

Josep Borrell says Europe has a duty to intervene and ‘can no longer afford to linger at the margins’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe EU must come up with a more assertive response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the violations of inter…

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Europe’s leaders have let us down on the Middle East | Letters

ByGuardian staff

Readers decry the timidity of European governments and their failure to criticise Israel’s and Donald Trump’s attacks on IranThank you, Nesrine Malik, for articulating so lucidly the righteous anger that so many of us feel for the way in which mos…

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Europe’s leaders have let us down on the Middle East | Letters

ByGuardian staff

Readers decry the timidity of European governments and their failure to criticise Israel’s and Donald Trump’s attacks on IranThank you, Nesrine Malik, for articulating so lucidly the righteous anger that so many of us feel for the way in which mos…

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EU may take action against Israel if conditions in Gaza do not improve

ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels

Bloc’s foreign affairs chief warns of a response unless action is taken to ‘stop the suffering’ in Gaza Strip The EU may take action to increase pressure on Israel unless there are “concrete” improvements for the inhabitants of Gaza, its foreign policy…

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Israel’s appetite for war in Gaza threatens its relationship with the European Union

ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Scale of death and destruction in Gaza, and the violence of settlers in the West Bank, has shifted public opinion in the EUIn Israel, it can seem like only one other place really matters. Washington DC is on the other side of the world but provides Isr…

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Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik

ByNesrine Malik

The political centre sees the US and Israel’s war on Iran as a crisis to be managed, while the gap between their detached rhetoric and bloody reality widensSince the war on Gaza started, the defining dynamic has been of unprecedented anger, panic and a…

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Iran says diplomacy with US only possible if Israeli aggression stops

ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says he supports more talks with European counterparts despite lack of progressIran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said that his country is ready for more diplomacy with the US only if Israel’s war on his countr…

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What next after EU finds ‘indications’ that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations?

ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels

Report, which is a leaked unpublished draft, is expected to be presented to the Israeli governmentMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe EU has concluded “there are indications” that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations over its conduct in Gaz…

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EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza

ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels

Leaked document marks significant moment in relations with ally but stops short of calling for immediate sanctionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe EU has said “there are indications” that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations over its con…