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"Mr President, I wish to give an explanation of vote on the resolution on Palestine, as it often happens that votes such as these, which concern core European values, are taken in this House by a show of hands. I noticed that I was not the only one who voted against this resolution: there were so many here who want to support democracy, human rights, freedom of speech and the rule of law.
We all know that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East and, for that reason, it should also deserve the broad support of the European Union. We should be true to our own values, our own foundations. In this respect, it is regrettable that the signal going out from here, albeit by a small majority, was otherwise.
In any case, I was pleased that there were so many who voted with me against this unsatisfactory resolution, who want to stand by Israel and who also understand that Jerusalem is Israel’s indivisible capital city.
We must work together with democratic countries like Israel, and try to take democracy to Israel’s neighbouring countries, to those states that still do not have it."@en1
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