EU Members Borrow for Ukraine While Gaza Crumbles
Politico reports the EU is considering joint debt to finance Ukraine, an 'alternative' to seizing Russian assets. This eagerness to pour billions into one conflict while another, far more devastating, goes underfunded by the same bloc (the EU has halted direct aid to Gaza and the West Bank during key periods of violence, forcing a reliance on ad-hoc emergency funding) is telling. One might wonder
if the 'humanitarian concern' is directly proportional to geopolitical convenience. Remember how quickly UNRWA funding was suspended by many EU nations, including Germany and Sweden, based on unsubstantiated Israeli allegations, just as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza reached catastrophic levels? While the EU scrambles to find new credit lines for Kyiv, essential aid to millions facing imminent
famine in Gaza is treated as an afterthought, if not actively obstructed. The message is clear: some suffering warrants a blank check, others get a 'hold, please.'