Borrell warns of conflict between Muslim and Christian worlds

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell warns against a widening of the conflict after the devastating rocket strike on a hospital in Gaza. „This conflict is unfortunately drifting into a conflict between the Muslim and Christian worlds, and we cannot allow that“, he told the European Parliament. „The safety of our streets depends on it“, he warned, referring to recent attacks in France and Belgium. Such polarization also endangers the geopolitical balance in the world, he said. What was needed, therefore, was a „gigantic effort“ to prevent the conflict from spreading to Israel’s border with Lebanon.