Borrell Slams Israeli Premier for Bending History, Court Opinion in Israel’s Favor

The EU foreign policy chief on Monday criticized the Israeli prime minister for bending history and court opinions in his country’s favor.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rejected the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on West Bank settlements, Josep Borrell told reporters on his arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels.
The EU foreign policy chief also deplored the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip under Israeli attacks, including “17,000 orphans, almost 40,000 people being killed.”
The EU official vowed that during the meeting, he would “put on the table again” the possible actions to take.
The top UN court ruled on Friday that Israel should end its occupation of the Palestinian territories “as rapidly as possible,” while also calling on Tel Aviv to make full reparations for its “internationally wrongful acts.”
The court found multiple breaches of international law by Israel, including activities that amounted to apartheid.
Borrell also emphasized that the electrical infrastructure in Ukraine was suffering from attacks and that the situation would aggravate in the winter.
“70% of the power generation capacity in Ukraine is being destroyed. We are in the summer, but in the winter, this will be much more difficult to bear, so I will call the member states to provide more support to rebuild and substitute the electricity grid with more power generation,” the EU foreign policy chief said.
He also highlighted the need for Ukraine to intensify its air defense.
“European Union is supporting Ukraine and willing to finish this (Moscow-Kyiv) war on the basis of United Nations Charter. … European Union is not pushing for war,” Borrell noted.