PM Orbán remains alone again in EU with rejecting statement about Israel
Hungary vetoed an EU statement condemning the Israeli Knesset’s rejection of the Palestinian state. As a result, the statement was published by Josep Borell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
According to Euronews, the EU wanted to condemn a Knesset resolution declining the existence of Palestinian statehood. Based on diplomatic sources, 26 member states were for it, while Hungary was against that statement. Since such resolutions require unanimity, the statement could only be published by the EU’s High Representative of Foreign Affairs, Josep Borell.
The Israeli “text says that Palestinian statehood would pose an “existential danger” to Israel”, Euronews wrote.
Not the first time that Hungary has blocked an EU statement
“A credible pathway to Palestinian statehood is a crucial component of that political process. No hope, no horizon for the Palestinian people will only deepen the conflict,” Borell wrote in a tweet.
“Budapest has previously blocked an EU statement calling on Israel to refrain from striking the southern Gazan town of Rafah, and has derailed efforts to sanction extremist Israeli settlers responsible for violence in the occupied West Bank”, Euronews added.
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