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"Mr President, as members of the European Union, we need to remember what Europe’s values are. They are democracy, human rights and freedom of opinion, and we need to adhere to them everywhere.
The purpose of the Goldstone report was to undertake an unbiased study, but, regrettably, it failed in that. That is recognised by all parties who have familiarised themselves with it, and it is also obvious from the report’s source material.
We should also remember that this whole thing was started by countries such as Cuba, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which do not recognise the same values as the European Union and Israel.
I am quite shocked by the remarks that Mr De Rossa and Mrs De Keyser made here. I wonder just what report you have read. If you know, as you do, something about the civil war between Hamas and Fatah, and how much human life has been destroyed in it, then you will agree that we should intervene in the process whereby the Palestinians find leadership and a common voice, and start to build their own country, and not just destroy it, and Israeli democratic society too, by firing rockets at it.
I would like to say that this report is, unfortunately, a blot in the UN’s history. We Europeans should also remember that Ghilad Shalit, a European, a Frenchman and an Israeli soldier, is still a prisoner of Hamas, and we must push for his release. That is the first step we should be taking."@en1
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