The UN agency for Palestinians says most of the 2,000 people killed while seeking food aid took place near sites of the run by the "Gaza humanitarian foundation”. (Photo: UNRWA)

Most MEPs vote against describing Gaza as genocide

EU & the World

by Nikolaj Nielsen,

The majority of MEPs in the European Parliament voted against describing Israeli actions in Gaza as a genocide.

The results on Thursday (11 September) follow an amendment tabled by the Left that had also demanded EU cease all forms of assistance that enable the atrocity.

But with 171 in ...

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Author Bio

Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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The UN agency for Palestinians says most of the 2,000 people killed while seeking food aid took place near sites of the run by the "Gaza humanitarian foundation”. (Photo: UNRWA)