The European Union is in no hurry.

The situation in Gaza has become so horrific that starving people are regularly massacred as they try to find food.

Yet in Brussels, a debate about potential action against Israel only began this week, as Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, confirmed.

No debate should be necessary. The evidence that Israel is committing genocide is incontrovertible.

Stating that plain fact is nonetheless taboo among Western diplomats. A formal assessment requested by EU foreign ministers merely concluded there are “indications” that Israel is in breach of its obligation to respect human rights.

That obligation is supposedly central to the association agreement underpinning the EU’s relations with Israel.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the agreement coming into effect.

Throughout those 25 years, it has always been possible to find a lot more than “indications” of something being amiss. For Palestinians, the denial of fundamental rights is a daily reality…..more