Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-09-Speech-2-075"
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"Mr President, it is clear that if EU law is to be credible it should be enforced properly. Under the Geneva Conventions the Occupied Territories are not part of Israel and, therefore, products from the settlements cannot be considered covered by this agreement. If the Commission is going to come forward with new plans – as it should – then it should do so before Parliament rises in June to give us time to scrutinise them properly.
However, I agree with those who say that it is time to look at wider measures to do with suspending this EC-Israel association agreement, because that agreement contains an important human rights clause that states that if there are human rights abuses on either side of the agreement, then that agreement should be suspended. The EU prides itself on inserting these human rights clauses into trade agreements. However, if they are there we have to act on them – they have to be credible. Therefore it is time to suspend this agreement, because of not only the human rights abuses associated with the settlements but also those associated with the new apartheid wall, which has nothing to do with security and everything to do with an illegal land grab. It is destroying lives and livelihoods. If the EU does not suspend this agreement, it is guilty not only of an injustice to the Palestinian people but also of undermining its own laws and legislation."@en1
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