vonderline is facing criticism over her apparent biased handling of the crisis in favor of israel. the president of ireland michael d higgins seen here meeting vonderline at the end of last year, claims she has engaged in a quote, thoughtless and even reckless set of actions. vonderline has previously accused moscow of committing war crimes for depriving ukrainians of water, electricity and food. she won't make the same claim. with respect to israel's actions in gaza, her spokesperson has been asked why? israel has a right to defend itself in line with humanitarian international law. we are monitoring the situation, we are in contact with our partners. experts say eu leaders face potential political and security consequences, unless they move to stop israel's onslot. if you listen carefully to the rhetoric of benyaman netanjahu, some people say this is going in the direction of etnic. so the european union should pay careful attention that this is going to be contained. critics say it's incredible that eu governments and authorities are refusing to apply any pressure on tel aviv to