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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, just a few months ago, in this Chamber, in the presence of Israeli and Palestinian representatives, we discussed the possibility of Middle East peace process, at last, approaching its goal. However, the TV news bulletins showing the Middle East are still full of bloodshed and despair this morning. And yet the UN and Parliament resolutions have been reiterated for decades now to no avail, as have the calls for action from the whole world. In this morning's debate in this Chamber, we are repeating all the same things all over again. I no longer have faith in resolutions which are treated like waste paper, often lying in some dusty corner of the archives of the Parliamentary committees.
Ladies and gentlemen, what we must do here is not dismiss
the Palestinians, who are defending the right of a people to a homeland, as extremists. What we must actually do here is ask ourselves why, despite the resolutions, the autonomous activities of a community are still subject to Israeli approval, why a recently-built airport cannot operate, why the extermination of a community of 4 million people which, since the beginning of the Yom Kippur war, has been reduced by almost 10% by a subtle, insidious, treacherous, poisonous, cynical, cruel war which shows no mercy to women or children, is not considered to be genocide.
Ladies and gentlemen, I wonder how a people which has known such pain can inflict it on others so relentlessly. I regret to say that it is since a certain right-wing party, the party of Mr Sharon, took control of Israel that, as a result of that appalling right-wing policy, the world has lost control of the overall situation. Let us therefore set about introducing an initiative which will go beyond the paper-pushing games that have been played by the world's parliaments for too long now and lead us to resolute, tangible, decisive action to save the innocent lives of women, children and the elderly with peace. It is no coincidence that Jesus Christ was born in Palestine."@en1
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