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"en.20050126.7.3-088"2
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"Mr President, I make no secret of the fact that in the Middle East conflict my sympathies lie with Israel. I represent Northern Ireland, a state which itself knows all about terrorism, and I can readily empathise with a small country that, since its inception, has found itself subjected to sustained and vicious terrorist attack. That empathy is increased by the fraternal links, over many years, between the IRA and the PLO. The historical record shows that active cooperation between the PLO and the IRA resulted in funding and training being arranged for the IRA in Middle Eastern countries, and for years we had the spectacle of official PLO delegates attending Sinn Féin conferences. As purveyors of death and destruction, they had much in common.
Just as there must be no room for terrorism in Europe, so a prerequisite for political progress in the Middle East is an end to all terrorism. I therefore encourage Mr Sharon to be resolute in refusing to deal with active terrorist organisations. Drawing on Northern Ireland’s experience, I can tell him that pandering to terrorism never works: it only encourages its insatiable demands and breeds a political representation that is wedded to the muscle of terrorism."@en1
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