EU statement on behalf of member states: Bloc condemns Hamas attack ‘in the strongest possible terms’

By Lazar Berman

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7 October 2023, 7:06 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Josep Borrell, the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks with members of the European parliament March 14, 2023, in Strasbourg, France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The European Union “condemns in the strongest possible terms” the Hamas attacks on Israel, and stressed Israel’s right to self defense.

“The EU calls for an immediate cessation of these senseless attacks and violence,” says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in a statement issued on behalf of all 27 member states, “which will only further increase tensions on the ground and seriously undermine Palestinian people’s aspirations for peace.”

Borrell says the EU “stands in solidarity with Israel which has the right to defend itself in line with international law, in the face of such violent and indiscriminate attacks.”