Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-15-Speech-2-196"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council on the Middle East peace process, including the situation in eastern Jerusalem (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091215.14.2-196"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-12-15-Speech-2-1972
lpv:speaker	lp:Rosario Crocetta2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2012-12-16)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2012-12-16)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2011-12-13)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Partito Democratico (2009-07-14--2012-12-16)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we were in Ramallah when we heard the news that Europe had adopted a new decision on the Middle East peace process. We saw the hopeful smiles on the faces of the Palestinian representatives. They were days filled with emotion and suffering, etched on the faces of the children gripping the window bars of their homes on the Hebron road, the deserted road that no Palestinian is allowed to cross. We saw the suffering of an 85-year-old woman, driven out of her occupied home, forced to sleep in the cold in a tent set up in the garden of what used to be her own house, and the suffering on the faces of the Palestinians who had built a farm using European funds, subsequently destroyed by Israeli soldiers. Israel has the right to be an independent state, but the Palestinians also have the right to a homeland, a state and a passport. The decision of the Council of Europe represents a considerable step forward, but we need to act immediately. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is just the tip of the iceberg in a larger conflict. On the final day of our visit, the Israeli authorities prevented us, the European Parliament delegation, from visiting the Gaza Strip. I believe that in this regard, the High Representative, Baroness Ashton, should step in to protest on behalf of democratic Europe. I should like to thank Mr De Rossa who led the delegation and all the other members of the delegation, because during the days we spent in Palestine, the vulnerable were able to see and hear the face and the words of a Europe which upholds rights and wishes to, and must, do more."@en1
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