The European Union must shake off US dominance and take a bolder approach in pressing for a settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, former Conservative minister and EU commissioner Chris Patten said today on a visit to Gaza.
Israel's policy of blockading Gaza had been a "terrible failure – immoral, illegal and ineffective", he said, which had "deliberately triggered an economic and social crisis which has many humanitarian consequences".
In an interview with the Guardian, he suggested it was time to reassess the isolation of Hamas, saying that approach had failed to weaken it.
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