The EU and Gaza 2023: Terrorism is fought with Counter-terrorism, not Wars against Civilians

3 The EU and Gaza 2023: Terrorism is fought with Counter-terrorism, not Wars against Civilians AS A EUROPEAN FOLLOWING THE NEWS FROM GAZA in neighboring Jordan, I recall the words of Martin Luther King Jr.: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”. [...] The number bombing during of civilian victims in Gaza is already off the chart, even before we find out how many the first three Palestinians are still lying dead under the rubble – the latter includes 1,350 missing weeks of the war children not included in the current death toll. [...] It remains to be seen whether Israel will use less powerful bombs in the future, as is now being humanely advised to do by the US, and whether there will be fewer bombs raining from the sky, compared to the 10,000 bombs dropped during the first three weeks of the war (500/day), according to Yoav Gallant, the Israeli Defense Minister. [...] The Irgun became part of the regular Israeli army in 1948, the year the State of Israel was established. [...] If their voices are not heard by their fellow politicians, that is supported the voices of the growing millions of ordinary citizens across the world will become louder, by an evenhanded countering the Western apathy aptly summarized by Alex Chalk, Secretary of State for approach by the Justice and Lord Chancellor in the UK, who considers those participating in peaceful international demonstration.