Israel considers annexing Gaza, EU responds with silence

Brussels – A resounding announcement with almost no response. Israel and the European Union, divided over the future of the Palestinian state, but ultimately agreeing in condemning the Arab side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel and the European Union, strength and arrogance on one side, timidity and weakness on the other. The Jewish state government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is threatening to annexe the Gaza Strip, and the EU reacts by not reacting. 

In the face of mounting international pressure for a political decision to recognise Palestine as a state, Tel Aviv’s response is to resolve the issue by wiping off the map territories that could be useful in the future for a Palestinian state. The EU, which has always supported the need for a two-state solution, is silent. The ever-active Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, who is very active in terms of press moments, official statements, and even social posts, didn’t blink. No comment, no communiqué, and not even a thought entrusted to X, where the last thing written is the condemnation of Hamas, demanding the release of the hostages.

The images of Israeli hostages are appalling and expose the barbarity of Hamas. All hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally.

Hamas must disarm and end its rule in Gaza.

At the same time, large-scale humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach those in need.

– Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) August 3, 2025

The High Representative must be urged to express her opinion on this matter. A parliamentary question promoted by members of the Socialist (S&D), Green, radical left (the Left) and non-attached groups was necessary to get a clear answer on the matter. “The EU rejects any attempt at demographic or territorial changes in the Gaza Strip and supports the unification of the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority“, the position of the European Commission and Kallas, who speaks on behalf of the whole college. Quietly, discreetly, so as not to annoy the government of Israel too much. 

It is a coincidence that Kallas’s written reply to a question filed on 27 May arrives on 2 August. A fortuitous coincidence, which at least clears the field of doubts and misunderstandings, but which does not erase a European Commission unprepared to condemn a “friendly” country when necessary. Once again, the EU is not coming across well. On Israel and the Israeli over-response to Hamas attacks, Europe ends up condemning the future of Palestine and its people. Or what will remain of it. Because it is worth remembering, Kallas condemns Hamas for its treatment of hostages but glosses over the civilian slaughter and ongoing genocide in Gaza.