![A view of the flags of Israel and European Union during the meeting of Israeli President Isaac Herzog and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium on January 25, 2023. [Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AA-20230125-30086777-30086773-HERZOG_VON_DER_LEYEN_MEETING_IN_BRUSSELS.jpg)
The European Commission did not take long to capitulate to comments by Israel’s ambassador to the EU Avi Nir-Feldklein, who said that if the bloc wants to participate in the US plan for Gaza, it must lift the proposed penalties against Israel which EC President Ursula von der Leyen announced last month. Within a few hours of Nir-Feldklein’s statement, EC spokesperson Paula Pinho said that the sanctions were “proposed in a given context, and if the context changes that could eventually lead to a change of the proposal.” Of course, the EU focused only on the ceasefire not on the Palestinian people’s political rights, so it is highly likely that the belated proposed measures will be reversed, despite the bureaucratic […]
