Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-09-Speech-4-023"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031009.1.4-023"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-09-Speech-4-0242
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Howitt2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, let me join in with Members across the House in expressing deep regret for the deaths on all sides in recent attacks in the Middle East. It is now more than 1000 days into the Intifada and 3000 people have lost their lives. It is time for the killing to stop. Terrorism is inexcusable and the Palestinians' legitimate national aspirations cannot be achieved through violence. European and worldwide support for their cause is weakened with every suicide bombing. Equally, Israel must meet her obligations by freezing settlement activity, restoring Palestinian freedom of movement, ending targeted assassinations and ensuring that the security fence does not encroach on Palestinian land. In this European Parliament, more than anywhere else, we understand the prospect for generation after generation of division and fear which this new Berlin wall represents. I strongly support Mr Solana's reiteration this morning that the fight against terrorism must take place within international law. I call on him to press the undoubted case that Israel's treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories is illegal under the fourth Geneva Convention. I welcome the agreement reached by EU foreign ministers to freeze the assets of Hamas, but regret their delay in coming to this decision. Commissioner, I am proud that the EU's single biggest external aid programme is its contribution to the Palestinian authority. Yesterday, however, I spoke to friends and colleagues in the NGO UNA International Service, which is active in the region. They tell me that all EU-funded development projects have had to be halted because of the emergency in the Middle East. The UK's department for international development is on record as saying that development there is dependent on the relaxation of Israeli curfews, closures and checkpoints, and eventual withdrawal. We should roundly condemn the fact that Israeli defence force attacks since 2001 have effectively destroyed EUR 25 million of EU development projects. I do not believe those who accuse the EU of unconsciously subsidising the occupation, but Israel should be forced to pay more than one piece of compensation to the European Union for this unjustified destruction."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2003-06-02--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Howitt (PSE )."1

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