EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas described the footage as “appalling and exposing the barbarity of Hamas.” French President Emmanuel Macron stated, “The absolute priority for France is the immediate release of all the hostages.” UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said, “Images of hostages being paraded for propaganda are sickening.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gave absolute cover and impunity for Israel. “Israel will not reciprocate Hamas’ cynicism and must continue to provide humanitarian aid,” he declared.

Has Merz not seen the consequences of Israel’s starvation policy on Palestinians? The same goes for all the EU leaders forming elaborate sentences and resorting to synonyms to make their message heard. The resonance, however, remains limited to the same echelons, because all over the world, people are not buying the Western narrative.

While the EU might, on the surface, be seen as having nothing derail its plans – identical to those of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – allegedly to eliminate Hamas, the truth is that the Europe has allowed Israel to violate international law to shred to lead to complete colonisation of Gaza. If Hamas was truly the problem, neither Netanyahu nor the EU would have sacrificed the lives of Israeli hostages during a genocidal campaign. No matter what the EU states, there is no priority to save the Israeli hostages; they only have priority for propaganda purposes and serve as cover for the thousands of Palestinians murdered in Israel’s latest colonial phase. Starvation in genocide, led by a colonial power and supported by former colonial powers, must always be linked to the land.