21 May 2025 - The Cypriot government turned its back on International Law. We will not do the same.
The Cypriot government refused to support the revision of the EU Association Agreement with Israel, despite the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where according to the UN 14,000 infants are at risk of death, where the minimal aid allowed in by Israel is a “drop in the ocean,” and where almost all hospitals have been bombed. The Cypriot government said no to accountability, no to human rights.
The EU, with a majority of member states, is finally beginning to set limits. It recognizes that you cannot maintain trade relations without respecting human lives. And Nicosia? Nicosia chose silence. This alienates us as a country from the EU.
But when a government chooses to look the other way in the face of genocide, it becomes complicit.
As Volt, we clearly state:
No more systematic cover-up of war crimes under the pretext of “diplomatic balance.”
As a country that has experienced invasion and occupation and invokes International Law for its survival, Cyprus cannot ignore the UN’s calls for an end to the Israeli occupation. International Law is not selective. The Christodoulides government accepts the logic of the law of the powerful, rather than realism. And Cyprus and its people will bear the consequences of this in the future.