Israel, accused of genocide in Gaza at the top of the European Commission. Statement made by a vice -president of what

Teresa Ribera, vice -president of the European Commission, said on Thursday that the operations of Israel in Gaza are genocide, being the first member of the commission that makes such an accusation, informs Reuters.

“The genocide in Gaza shows the failure of Europe to act and speak in a single voice, even when the protests are spreading in the cities of Europe, and 14 members of the Security Council demand an immediate cessation of fire,” Teresa Ribera told the opening ceremony at Sciences Po University in Paris.

Israel repeatedly rejected the accusations that he would commit genocide in the war in Gaza. The Israeli mission to the EU has not yet been responsible for a commentary request.

Ribera is executive vice president of the European Commission, being subordinated only to the President Ursula von der Leyen. Spanish socialist, whose portfolio includes climate and competition, is not responsible for the EU foreign policy.

Her comments are tougher than a statement last month in which she said that the dislocation of the civilian population and the murders in Gaza are “very similar” to the genocide.

The European Commission has accused Israel of violation of human rights in Gaza, but did not go until he accuses him of genocide.

South Africa filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice in The Hague accusing Israel of Genocide. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the approach as “scandalous”.

On Monday, the president of the largest associations of the genocide researchers announced that the association has adopted a resolution in which it is said that the legal criteria for defining the actions of Israel in Gaza have been met. The Israeli Foreign Ministry has transmitted that the declaration is shameful.

The war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, when the Hamas militants attacked the Israeli communities near the border, killing around 1,200 people, most civilians, and taking 251 hostages, including children. Over 62,000 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli intervention in Gaza, many of them women and children, according to the sanitary persons in Gaza.