The shame of what we have permitted in Gaza — the free pass that America and many in Europe have given Israel to erase Palestine and Palestinians — will also haunt all of us, erode our institutions, stain our democracies and shatter every human rights commitment we have made or will make in years to come (Photo: Shada Islam)

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Gaza is teaching us painful lessons about Europe and the world

EU & the World

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by Shada Islam, Brussels,

What is happening in Gaza will not stay in Gaza.

Israel’s almost 22-month-long genocidal assault on Gaza is reshaping the world in ways we may never fully acknowledge and comprehend.

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Shada Islam is an EUobserver columnist, and independent EU analyst and commentator who runs her own strategy and advisory company New Horizons Project. She has recently won the European Woman in Media award and the Media Career Award 2023 for her outstanding work and powerful voice on EU affairs and focus on building an inclusive Union of Equality.