October 7 in the eyes of ten witnesses. Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, a former European diplomat, left Jerusalem just before the Hamas attack. He takes a harsh look at European and American inaction in the past year.
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By Pauline HofmannPublished on 4/10/2024 at 7:38 p.m.
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En a year of wars, only one truce has been concluded between Israel and its enemies. Since the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, the escalation could not be prevented by diplomacy. Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff is the former head of the European Union delegation to the Palestinians. After a 30-year career in European diplomacy, he was stationed in the occupied Palestinian territories for a little over three years. Having left Jerusalem in the summer of 2023, just weeks before October 7, he looks bitterly at the past year and the prospects for the region.
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