Web Desk: A senior European Union official has declared Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide, marking the first time a member of the European Commission has publicly used the term, Al Jazeera reported.
Speaking at the opening of the academic year at Sciences Po university in Paris, European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera said, “The genocide in Gaza exposes Europe’s failure to act and speak with one voice, even as protests spread across European cities and 14 UN Security Council members call for an immediate ceasefire.”
Ribera, the Commission’s second-most senior official, had previously suggested in August that Israel’s actions “look very much like genocide,” but had stopped short of making a formal declaration.
