Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-09-Speech-2-203"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020409.8.2-203"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-09-Speech-2-2042
lpv:speaker	lp:Mário Soares2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2002-11-20)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2002-11-20)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I support the proposal put forward in this debate by my friend, Enrique Barón Crespo, for the European Parliament to send three messages: to the Madrid Summit, to the Sharon Government and to the Palestinian authority, as he said. Words alone, however, are not enough! We have already said as much as can be said and no one has listened. Mr Solana is wrong: we have been humiliated by the treatment that the European Union delegation received in Israel, which is unacceptable. We must now translate our words into action to ensure that we are treated with the respect we deserve. At the point Ariel Sharon’s Government has now reached, only action can be understood. Israel is no longer abiding by the rule of law, as hard as this may be for us to accept. It is not complying with international law or with its own laws. As Commissioner Patten said, the fight against terrorism that we all support cannot be used as an excuse to disregard international law. I therefore support the measure, which must be implemented as a matter of urgency, to suspend the Association Agreement between Israel and the European Union. This is the only option we have left. We must also insist that the United Nations sends a military intervention force to enforce the cease-fire. Following the repeated statements by President Bush, which have not yet led to any action, there is no other way. I used to have a great deal of respect for Israel, but – and it pains me to have to say this – its army is acting like a real colonial army and, in the war that it is waging on the Palestinians, is not even respecting the Geneva Convention."@en1

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