DoomsdaysCW<p>Not the first time <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> has used <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepletedUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepletedUranium</span></a> on civilian populations...</p><p>From 2015: VP/HR — Gaza Strip and bombs with depleted uranium</p><p>March 3, 2015</p><p>"There is now enough convincing data to prove that Israel has repeatedly used depleted uranium [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DU</span></a>] weaponry. Such was the case in the large-scale massacre that took place in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaStrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaStrip</span></a> in August 2014.</p><p>"These weapons cause <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancers</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/foetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foetal</span></a> malformations in the populations affected, which may take on epidemic proportions. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a>, in the city of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fallujah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fallujah</span></a>, where these bombs were launched in industrial quantities by the International Coalition led by the# UnitedStates, 52% of children today are born with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deformities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deformities</span></a>.</p><p>"The lethal effects of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioactivity</span></a> caused by explosions and subsequent fires, including cancer of the lungs and pleura, can persist for centuries in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> and particularly in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquifers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aquifers</span></a>. We are therefore on the verge of another humanitarian catastrophe in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> and in particular in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> Strip, where thousands of tons of depleted uranium bombs were dropped with the effects that have already been documented.</p><p>"In view of this situation, what is the Vice-President/High Representative thinking of doing to pressure Israel into assuming its responsibilities for this crime against humanity, and what help can the Vice-President/High Representative offer to the Palestinian authorities to carry out epidemiological monitoring, which also includes all EU citizens who have moved to the territory since then?" </p><p><a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2015-003481_EN.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum</span><span class="invisible">ent/E-8-2015-003481_EN.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumPoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumPoisoning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DU</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWarBibi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWarBibi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDepletedUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDepletedUranium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BannedWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedWeapons</span></a></p>