Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen repeated the Israeli position that a ceasefire would be a gift for the terrorist organization Hamas.
German and British Foreign Ministers Annalena Baerbock and David Cameron called for a new truce in Gaza. During a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna also spoke in favor of a truce.
This is stated in the Sunday Times leaders' article.
“We must do everything we can to achieve a lasting truce that will lead to an established peace,” said Annalena Burbock and David Cameron on December 17.
They pointed out the urgent need to conclude a truce as quickly as possible, since “too many civilians have died in this conflict.”
At the same time, the ministers rejected the demand for Israel to conclude a “complete and immediate truce.” Such a demand, they said, would ignore the reasons why Israel had to defend itself.
“Hamas carried out a barbaric attack on Israel and fires rockets daily to kill Israelis,” the article says.
Hamas terrorists must lay down arms, leaders say.
Together with Burbock and Cameron, British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said that Israel is in a difficult situation because its enemies are hiding behind the civilian population, including hospital patients. Therefore Israel must learn to be careful.
During a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna also called for a truce.
However, in Israel they say that a ceasefire “would be a gift for the terrorist organization Hamas.”
Recall earlier Annalena Berbock said that Israel must do a better job of protecting civilians. She said that it is not enough to encourage people to seek asylum when in fact protection in place is almost impossible.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is negotiating with Putin.
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