Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-05-Speech-3-160"
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"en.20060405.17.3-160"2
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"Mr President, the result of the Israeli elections gave the answer of the people in Israel. All Knesset parties are committed to the peace process and the majority says yes to the convergence plan proposed by Mr Olmert, which sets out a two-state solution.
Regarding the Middle East peace process, I would like to say that looking at the Palestinian elections we must remember that democracy is not just about a free ballot box and not simply about the process. We cannot define and approve ‘democracy’ as being a ‘terrorist government that was democratically elected’, as in the Palestinian case. Democracy is about EU values of peace and respect, not about wanting your neighbour to disappear from the world’s map as Mr al-Zahar, the new Palestinian Foreign Minister, put it this week. He said: ‘I dream of hanging up a huge map of the world which does not show Israel on it’.
The EU must demand that the PA Government renounces violence, recognises the State of Israel and the relevant agreements and commits to the roadmap, otherwise the EU should not legitimise Hamas in any way. Now that it has no partner on the Palestinian side, Israel needs all our support to continue its commitment to the peace process."@en1
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"Hannu Takkula (ALDE ). –"1
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