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"en.20020410.4.3-149"2
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"The draft resolution is right to condemn the destruction of the Palestinian infrastructure, to call for an arms boycott and to keep the option to suspend the Association Agreement between Israel and the EU open. For these reasons, and because a proportion of the Right who still do not grasp the full extent of the problem are voting against, I will be voting in favour. The Right still sees Israel as an outpost of Europe and America in the heart of the Arab region and as a military base near the major oil wells and the strategically important Suez Canal. This is precisely what inflames the surrounding Arab peoples. Israel’s best chance of survival is to have open traffic connections with the surrounding area, to utilise Israeli expertise in the neighbouring countries and even to apply for membership of the Arab League. The current Israeli Government is employing the fear of attacks as a means of pressing home its minority view. It does not want to protect the safety of Israeli citizens as a priority. Above all, it wants to thwart the Palestinian regions in their economic development by destroying buildings, roads, the port and the airport. The objective of such a policy, defended by an aggressive Right since time immemorial, can be nothing but a permanent colonisation of Gaza and the West Bank, with hardliners flown in straight from the US involved in Jewish settlements. In this way, the Israeli Government puts the future of its own state at risk."@en1
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