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"Mr President, there cannot be a greater friend of Israel in the European Union than Germany, so it is quite something to read that Chancellor Merkel has been shouting at Prime Minister Netanyahu, saying ‘you have done nothing to promote peace, give me something’. Quite something!
She is right, of course. Israel has played for time. It likes talks about talks because all that time gives it the opportunity to keep changing the facts on the ground and making a two-state solution that much harder to achieve.
High Representative, you have the power to make a difference. Here is the statement of the European Union from last month on the association agreement: six pages of condemnation of human rights abuses and illegality and infringements by Israel – and yet a summary which says we seek closer cooperation with Israel.
What is this about? Is it surprising that Palestinians regard the European Union as having double standards? You are putting your trust in pleasant dialogue. But Israel just thinks we are weak, weak, weak. And until you use your power, until you stand up and use a word to Israel which they are not used to hearing, nothing will change. That word is ‘no’."@en1
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