Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-25-Speech-3-116"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:CFSP (Common Foreign and Security Policy)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020925.5.3-116"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-25-Speech-3-1172
lpv:speaker	lp:Luisa Morgantini2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partito della rifondazione comunista (1999-07-20--2004-04-28)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I have been talking to some of the Members, and they said: ‘We do not agree with Bush but, if we had to choose between Saddam Hussein and George Bush, we would choose George Bush’. I, however, believe that there is a middle way between killing and dying, which we must take. I am not making a philosophical statement: this must be our political strategy, a strategy of living. However, in reality, George Bush’s decision to use war as a deterrent takes us back to the : they called it peace and turned it into a desert. After 1945, we Europeans said ‘No more war, ever’. This is the strategy we must pursue, a strategy of dignity, for our dignity is also diminished by dishonesty such as that we are currently displaying. Of course, Saddam Hussein must be made to change, but his people must change too. We must promote democracy in Iraq, we must ensure that the UN resolutions are complied with, but we also have to ensure compliance with the UN resolutions by Israel as well as by Saddam Hussein, and Israel has failed to comply with hundreds of declarations and resolutions. Commissioner Patten asked when death and suffering for Palestinians and Israelis will come to an end. Yes, when will it end? I believe it will not end until we stop producing statements like those made by the President-in-Office of the Council today. As long as we continue along this path, Palestinians and Israelis will endure death and suffering for, as everyone is aware, Ariel Sharon’s policy is a criminal policy which is destroying both his own and the Palestinian people. Yet it is not just the violence and cruelty which concern me, it is the political decision to colonise a country. Indeed, in recent days, while all our eyes have been fixed on the siege of the Muqata Ariel Sharon has been appropriating land at Rafah and at Kalandria the airport has been reopened as an Israeli airport. What we are witnessing here is a colonial war. It is my genuine belief that, in the interests of peace, it is essential that we follow the example of the Israelis and Palestinians who are stating clearly that it is military occupation that is responsible for the situation. On no account can we continue as we have been doing. I am truly appalled and saddened, for we are all, myself included, responsible for what is happening in the Middle East and for the continuing deaths in the region."@en1
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