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"en.20121023.45.2-557-500"2
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"I voted against granting new commercial benefits to Israel because I believe that, as required by the Treaty on European Union, the Union’s foreign trade policy must be coherent with its external policy in relation to Israel. Strengthening the commercial partnership between the EU and Israel is not in line with the EU’s strong condemnation of Israeli policy in relation to the Palestinians, particularly the economic blockade of Gaza, the illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories, the annexation of West Jerusalem and the violation of the fundamental rights of Palestinians, specifically the right to their territory and to freedom of movement and work and, obviously, their right to self-determination. The EU cannot have two contradictory policies in relation to Israel. We must have a single coherent political message, specifically that there will be no strengthening of bilateral relations while Israel continues to ignore the EU’s condemnation of Israeli policy on the Palestinian issue. While Israel, with total disregard for and in defiance of the Union’s positions, continues to systematically destroy the conditions for a peace agreement, giving it this commercial ‘gift’ is clearly not evidence of coherence."@en1
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