More than 100 staff members of European Union institutions gathered in Brussels on Wednesday in a protest against Israel\u2019s war in Gaza. Protesters laid three rolled-up white sheets with red stains on them on the square outside the European Commission\u2019s head office in the Belgian capital. On the three \u2018bodies\u2019 the words International Law, EU Treaties and Genocide Convention were written, in a protest of the way Israel has responded to the Gazans. \u201cWe\u2019re coming together in a peaceful assembly, to stand up for those rights, principles and values that the European institutions are build on,\u201d EU Commission staff member Manus Carlisle said. \u201cThe reasons why we work here and love to work here. Those values of human rights, human dignity and freedom especially.\u201d Fellow protester Simona Baloghova, who works for the European Committee of the Regions, added the protest should not be seen as a political statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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