"It truly pains me to say these words. And I know that for many citizens, Europe’s inability to agree on a common way forward is equally painful. They are asking how much worse things must get before there is unity of response.
I understand. Because what is happening in Gaza is unacceptable."
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"On our side, we proposed to suspend parts of our Horizon funding. But this is stuck without a majority. [...] This is why I will propose a package of measures to carve out a way forward. First, the Commission will do all that it can on its own. We will put our bilateral support to Israel on hold. [...] We will propose sanctions on the extremist ministers and on violent settlers. And we will also propose a partial suspension of the Association Agreement on trade-related matters."
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