The Netherlands, Sweden, and Slovenia urge the EU to further pressure Israel.

Jin10 data reported on August 29 that the Netherlands, Sweden, and Slovenia recently called on the EU to further pressure Israel to take stronger action regarding the situation in Gaza. According to a report by the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation on August 28 local time, Dutch Foreign Minister and Defense Minister Wopke Hoekstra and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde jointly wrote to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell on the 27th. They stated that due to the “intolerable” humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing expansion of settlement construction in the West Bank, the EU “must take more action to make Israel change its practices and fulfill its obligations under international law.”