A convoy of Israeli armoured vehicles advances near the border with Gaza on October 12, 2023. Photo: AFP / Menahem Kahana
Seamus Kearney looks at at the PR disaster in Brussels over the response to the Israel-Hamas conflict, after the EU Commissioner responsible for enlargement announced all money to Palestinians would be suspended which he was forced to retract after a massive backlash. The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been criticised for not explicitly calling for Israel to show restraint. And France has been put on its highest terror alert after a teacher was killed in an Islamist attack. The French President has ordered up to 7,000 soldiers to be deployed across the country for increased patrols, as the country hosts the rugby world cup.
