Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-186"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.3.3-186"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-1872
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Dhaene2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Anders gaan arbeiden, leven en vrijen (2002-09-01--2004-01-07)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-09-02--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (2002-09-01--2004-01-27)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-09-26--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-09-01--2004-01-27)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ‘there is something rotten in the state of Israel’ and, as my friend Abraham Burg, former President of the Knesset, recently wrote in The International Herald Tribune, ‘a state lacking justice cannot survive’. He went on to write, ‘We must remove all the settlements, all of them and draw an international recognized border between a Jewish National Home and a Palestinian National Home’. The European Union can protest as much as it wants against Sharon’s adopted policy; the real change has to happen in Israel itself, where gradually, people are realising that they are heading the wrong way. The separation wall will not solve the problem. We know in Europe that walls are not permanent and that borders do not last for ever. Israel is a friend on the wrong track. Who can help this friend at this stage? Who can bring pressure to bear on the government in Israel? The United States can, because it can turn off the money tap. Apparently, we should not expect much from Washington in the short term either. Is it still serious about the roadmap? Is it not time to win respect in the Arab world, now that the situation in Iraq is continually deteriorating? International law should not lose out in the fight against terrorism. We believe that both camps must disarm. Arafat’s status as the elected leader is a matter of unalterable fact. The time is ripe, I believe, for a major conference on the Middle East, at which the European Union can speak with one voice. Only by means of a global solution can peace and stability be established. The United States is asking for support for Iraq. The European Union is asking for support for Israel and Palestine. Indeed, It is indeed possible, Mr Poettering, to moot the idea of an international military force in this context."@en1

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