Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-14-Speech-3-448-000"

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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I asked Ms Ashton as early as June what European position she was planning to take on the Palestinian request that was in the pipeline. The EU is divided over whether or not to grant that request in the short term. However, there is something to be gained from this, because we are agreed on a two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as a shared capital. I understand the Palestinians very well. I understand their desire for rapid recognition, because negotiations have proved impossible. Not only are there too many settlements, but also the Israelis simply continue to build them, despite all requests that they refrain. That means that, even if a Palestinian state is recognised at the end of the negotiations, before long this state will be a patchwork of Palestinian and Israeli territories that will no longer be governable and will therefore lose the right to exist. It is important that Mr Abbas can soon return home with something good to tell his people. We cannot allow him to leave empty-handed. We Europeans must ensure that there is a compromise, a solution. Indeed, we have to improve the status of the Palestinians. Israel stands completely isolated in the Middle East at the moment – and not even Mr Belder can deny that. That is painful to acknowledge, it is very painful, it is certainly painful to me, as someone who was brought up to be a right-minded European with a great deal of sympathy for the Promised Land. However, we have to recognise that patience is running thin and that something really has to be done now. The current situation is untenable and that is why a compromise between the Europeans is much needed."@en1
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