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"Mr President, I welcome the endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) of the recommendations of the Goldstone report and their call for an end to the illegal siege of Gaza, which is causing so much human suffering. I propose that our relevant parliamentary committees should now examine without delay what steps the European Union should be taking to ensure that the Goldstone recommendations are pursued in an effective way.
I was shocked that four Member States of this Union – Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary and Slovakia – voted against the HRC resolution. Human rights and international law are not optional extras to be defended or ignored depending on the relevant political advantages. All our Member States must defend international law and human rights without fear or favour, otherwise our credibility is undermined as a force for justice in the world – and, indeed, as an honest interlocutor for peace in the Middle East.
Finally, could I ask that, in the spirit of the Lisbon Treaty, you insist that no new agreements with Israel are signed by the Commission or the Council in the coming week."@en1
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