“We have been working tirelessly towards ensuring safe humanitarian corridors in Gaza, respect for international and humanitarian law, doing all we can to avoid civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure, get aid through and free the hostages taken by Hamas on 7th October,” she said.

“We have called for a pause in hostilities precisely to allow this to happen, to push for de-escalation in the region and lasting stability in the region.” 

“The European Parliament has always and will always make a distinction between the terror organisation Hamas and the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people. Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people.”

“The President of the European Parliament will continue to meet with and speak to representatives of all nations in the region to push these aims forward.”

Six students, from MCAST and the University of Malta, picketed a visit by Metsola to MCAST’s Paola campus this morning to accuse the EP President of “enabling genocide”. The protest appears to have been coordinated by pressure group Moviment Graffitti.

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