“The world is watching, history is recording, and the responsibility to choose humanity over political calculations rests squarely on the shoulders of the leaders involved”. These are the words of Dora Bakoyannis, who is keeping an eye on Middle East events for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In a statement published today, she made an appeal about what is happening in Gaza, because “this catastrophe must not be allowed to continue. The hostages must be brought home. The indiscriminate suffering of civilians must cease”. Though receiving news about a few humanitarian aids managing to reach the Strip, Bakoyannis reports, Gaza has become “a landscape of death and devastation”, and she added: “Calling on the Israeli government to do everything within its power to stop this tragedy cannot be labelled as antisemitism”. 74% of Israeli society, including former Prime Ministers and high-ranking officials of the Israel Defence Forces, would support such option too. Bokoyannis’s accusation is quite harsh: “The original objectives of bringing back the hostages and dismantling Hamas’s military capabilities have been sidelined by goals that are internationally illegal and, regrettably, openly declared: the annexation of Gaza and the displacement of its population.”. This “would severely undermine Israel’s position”.