Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-24-Speech-3-159"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-02-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of Goldstone recommendations on Israel/Palestine (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100224.17.3-159"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-24-Speech-3-1602
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, listening to the debate, it is difficult to know what report some of the speakers have read. It is certainly not the one I have read. Israel denies this Parliament its democratic right to meet Palestinian Legislative Council members in Gaza and denies our Foreign Ministers access. A Hamas militant has been murdered, most likely by Israeli agents using forged European passports, thus breaching Irish, British, French, German and Dubai sovereignty. Israel is treating us with contempt, which is not surprising given the impunity with which it continues to infringe the rights of millions of Palestinians. The acid test of our commitment to human rights and the rule of law is our response to the Goldstone report, which found that the siege of Gaza is collective punishment of the population and that Operation Cast Lead was to further that policy. It found evidence of wilful torture, inhumane treatment and wilful causing of great human suffering. The report recommends going to the International Criminal Court and that the Quartet should insist on the rule of law. I support Goldstone’s call on Member State parties to the Geneva Conventions, including Ireland I have to say, to start criminal prosecutions in national courts against the alleged perpetrators of war crimes. Could I just make one correction before I conclude, which is that it has been claimed repeatedly that this report does not deal with the firing of rockets into Israel by Hamas. However, on page 31, the report mentions the impact on civilians of rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian armed groups on southern Israel."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2012-02-01)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-16--2012-02-01)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2012-02-01)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-10-07--2012-02-01)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2012-02-01)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Proinsias De Rossa (S&D )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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