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EU Parliament Blocks Debate on Israel’s Airstrikes in Lebanon
(MENAFN) A proposal to hold a debate in the European Parliament on Israel’s airstrikes in Lebanon was rejected following a plenary vote, according to the Left Group on Monday.
The Left Group said on the social media platform X that it had requested an urgent discussion under the title “Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon, the urgent need to uphold the ceasefire & EU’s responsibility to prevent further escalation.”
However, the request to add the debate to the parliamentary agenda was not approved.
The group stated that “once again, the European Parliament chooses complicity with Netanyahu’s regime by rejecting it,” adding that the motion was voted down by 259 to 181, preventing the session from taking place.
It also renewed its call for the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
According to Lebanese officials, since March 2, Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed nearly 3,000 people, injured more than 9,000, and displaced over 1.6 million residents, around one-fifth of the country’s population. They added that while a US-mediated ceasefire is formally in place, violations continue on a daily basis.
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