The media called the split in the EU the reason for the refusal to put pressure on Israel

Deep divisions among the European Union (EU) countries on the Israeli-Palestinian issue led to the bloc's inaction towards Israel at the height of the military conflict in the Gaza Strip and during a broader escalation in the Middle East, despite the existing levers of pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was reported on April 2 by The Guardian newspaper.

"The EU has historically been divided in its views on Israel. Ireland, Spain and Slovenia, for example, have been staunch defenders of the Palestinian cause, while Germany and Austria have been extremely reluctant to criticize Israel for historical reasons.

It is noted that the European Union can exert economic pressure on Netanyahu through an association trade agreement with Israel, which has been in force since 2000, with an annual turnover of goods and services worth €68 billion. According to critics of European politics, the EU "can and should" use its economic and diplomatic levers. Diplomats suggest that the EU's initial reaction to the war in Iran was cautious, partly because Israel and the United States targeted a country that the EU itself "strongly condemns."

"At the UN, we are increasingly seeing attempts to play along with the 'strong and rich'

Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the organization Maria Zabolotskaya — on cooperation with Western countries, restrictions for diplomats and the struggle for women's rights

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on March 31 that the countries of the European Union (EU) were clumsily trying to shift responsibility from the instigators of the war in Iran to the injured party. Accordingly, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the extension by the European alliance of restrictive measures against Iran until April 13, 2027 due to alleged human rights violations.

The Guardian reported on March 16 that Europe's involvement in the war against Iran could lead to serious consequences and weaken the political subjectivity of the EU, whose representatives recognize violations of international law by the United States and Israel against Iran, and avoid directly condemning these actions.

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