On the one hand, it is the first gas supplier. On the other hand, who needs to stop the arrival of immigrants? Two North African countries, which have become strategic for Italy (and also Europe) in two key issues such as energy and migration, are turning their backs on the Arab League and refusing to condemn the Hamas attack.
In fact, Tunisia and Algeria expressed their reservations about the decision voted yesterday by the Arab League council, which brings together 22 countries in Africa and the Middle East, regarding the war between Israel. The text condemns “the killing and targeting of civilians by both sides and all actions contrary to international law and international humanitarian law.” In other words, although the resolution remains unbalanced in terms of support for the Palestinian people and criticism of Israel’s policy towards Palestine, it expresses its condemnation of the action launched by Hamas and other terrorist groups last Saturday and reiterates its support for the ‘Palestinian National Authority’.
This position is the result of pressure from Saudi Arabia, which has begun talks to normalize relations with Israel in recent months. However, Tunisia and Algeria did not like the equidistant text. In its press release, Algeria announced that it wants to move away from everything that equates the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination, the right to establish a sovereign state within the 1967 borders, with the practices of the Zionist entity that violate the constitution and conventions. decisions of international legitimacy”. In the same vein, Tunisia said: “Palestine is not a file or an issue in which there is a plaintiff or a defendant – we read in a note by President Kais Siaed – Rather, it is the unforeseen right of the Palestinian people.” or those put to an end by the Zionist occupation through murders, mass deportations, and deprivation of the most basic elements of life such as water, medicine, food, and electricity, while targeting the elderly, the innocent, women and children, homes, hospitals, first responders, ambulances.” Algeria and On the Tunisian side, the horror of Hamas’s attack on innocent people is not mentioned.
Saied’s stance on Israel comes at a time when the European Commission and the Italian government are facing criticism from those who call for the agreement on immigrants with Tunisia to be blocked in our country, as in the rest of the EU. The Tunisian president cannot be said to have a helping hand in this sense: Saied confirmed around this time that Tunisia had returned the 60 million euros paid by Brussels as the first tranche of payments under the memorandum of understanding on immigrants. In reality, the sum comes from a loan provided in the past as part of the EU’s support to the country against Covid-19. Tunisia claims that the amount agreed as the first tranche was much higher, so it refunded the payment.
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Karen Clayton is a seasoned journalist and author at The Nation Update, with a focus on world news and current events. She has a background in international relations, which gives her a deep understanding of the political, economic and social factors that shape the global landscape. She writes about a wide range of topics, including conflicts, political upheavals, and economic trends, as well as humanitarian crisis and human rights issues.
