EU Faces Crucial Choice Between International Law and Support for Israel

EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell highlighted a dilemma for the EU: whether to uphold international law as ruled by the International Court of Justice or continue its support for Israel. This comment came after the ICJ ordered Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza's Rafah.

EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday that the EU has to choose between respecting the EU's support for international institutions or its support for Israel.

"What is going to be the answer to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that has been issued today, what is going to be our position. We will have to choose between our support to international institutions of the rule of law or our support to Israel," he said at an event in Florence.

He made the remark in response to the ICJ ordering Israel to halt its military offensive in Gaza's Rafah.