Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-09-Speech-2-201"
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"Mr President, for cultural as well as political reasons, I have always been a sincere friend of the Israelis and the State of Israel. I feel that the current duty of all those who are sincere friends of Israel must be to make the Israeli Government realise that, in many respects, it is making a mistake. Friends have to be frank with one another if they want to be true friends, and this is the time for plain speaking. That is why I feel that, while the European Parliament must call for peace and make every effort to bring peace to the region, it must also state clearly that a government which we respect, a country for which we have sincere affection and which we want to protect has a responsibility to change, and that it is precisely because we want to protect it that we are asking it to do so.
President Cox, we met with the President of the Italian Jewish Community, Mr Luzzatto, earlier today: you were with him a short while ago and he called for Parliament to take action. I realise how difficult it is, Mr President, but I feel that, if we too as Parliament, as the Presidency of Parliament, can make some contribution, however little, to this quest for peace, then let us do so. The European Union was right to try and do something, even though it came up against a brick wall. If we have responsibilities, we too must discharge them fully."@en1
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