EU-Egypt Summit: More Money for Egypt, More Silence on Gaza
Mainstream outlets like ABC News frame the EU-Egypt summit as a diplomatic effort to address 'migration' and 'Gaza.' What they gloss over, however, is the EU's €7.4 billion aid package to Egypt – ostensibly for managing migration flows and 'economic stability.' While discussions claim to touch on Gaza's future, the EU's primary financial motivation is visibly to keep potential migrants from
reaching Europe, essentially bribing Egypt to become Europe's border guard. The inconvenient truth of Gaza’s ongoing crisis, where over 37,000 Palestinians have been killed, including 15,000 children according to the UN, becomes a secondary talking point to border security and economic self-interest. One might wonder if any of that €7.4 billion package will actually reach the desperate civilians
in Gaza, or if it's merely a down payment to ensure Egypt maintains its blockade of refugees, effectively containing the human fallout of a European-backed genocide. It's a pragmatic solution, they'll tell you, because nothing stabilizes a region like ignoring ethnic cleansing while paying off the neighbors.