Andrea Teti
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Andrea Teti
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Academic/Author: Democratisation vs Democracy http://t.ly/XhGT; The Arab Uprisings http://t.ly/XWoZ
Assoc. Editor, Middle East Critique https://t.ly/Uln0t
They have had nearly two years to *act* & have pointedly declined to do so, just as they have refused to act with any significance on Palestine for decades. They have a simple choice: DO something, or do nothing. Save lives or endorse their slaughter. Either way they're responsible for Gazans' fate.
July 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In the process, it'll continue to erode int'l law, the shattered shards of the EU's 'normative power', and its strategic own objectives (e.g. security & stability) while undermining universal human rights and the rule of law at home. Let alone safeguarding the human rights of Palestinians.
July 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
**Spoilers**: the EU will play for time (pesky procedures...) & distraction, like Kallas' palliative theatrical 'agreement' with Israel on aid to Gaza.

Jacobin
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OrientXXI
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UntoldMag
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Europe Is Still Enabling Israel’s Crimes in Gaza
Some European states have recently started using more critical language about Israel’s genocidal onslaught against Gaza, rhetorically distancing themselves from the US line. But their ongoing record o...
jacobin.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Reposted by Andrea Teti
This is exactly right & precisely the reason why the talk about the EU having to assess whether Art. 2 has been violated is a distraction: EU & Member States have a duty to apply int'l law regardless of Agreements, procedures, voting systems etc.

Anything but applying that law is shirking it.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt on X: "The EU-Israel Association Agreement was signed when Israel's track record of human rights violations was already well known. Hence it has been a disgrace ab initio. EU regulations do not supersede/override intl law obligations especially when intl crimes are apparent. The only" / X
The EU-Israel Association Agreement was signed when Israel's track record of human rights violations was already well known. Hence it has been a disgrace ab initio. EU regulations do not supersede/override intl law obligations especially when intl crimes are apparent. The only
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July 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM