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dcterms:Date	"2012-11-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Gaza (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121121.26.3-416-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-11-21-Speech-3-417-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Patrick Le Hyaric2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Front de gauche pour changer d’Europe (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2012-02-07--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PECH (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, in these painful, tragic times, it is absolutely essential to ensure that the force of politics replaces the violence of the politics of force. From that point of view, Parliament must adopt a clear, strong resolution to support the ceasefire – if there is one – and encourage a lasting peace and a two-state solution. However, I think that it is not possible to justify this escalation by constantly putting the two sides on the same footing. In this matter, there is a party that is doing the colonising and there is a party that is being colonised. In this matter, there are the people of Gaza who are being blockaded, and the other side that is dominating them. The truth is that by calling Hamas the enemy and the representative, we have undermined the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which decided 20 years ago to abandon their armed struggle and participate in a process of dialogue. The international community and the European Union have undermined, and even humiliated, the Palestinian Authority and allowed Israel to act with complete impunity. Not a single political initiative has ever been taken to ensure respect for international law. That is what fuels the radical fundamentalist groups, which, now and always, justify this unacceptable policy of blockade, of colonisation and of war. The truth is that, like four years ago, the Israeli authorities are today using fear, triggering a war and causing bloodshed among the Palestinians just to gain votes in an election campaign. The truth is that this warmongering aims to prevent Palestine from becoming a United Nations observer. We have to be clear now and help to ensure that international law is respected. We can do this through Article 2 of the Association Agreements and by expressly supporting Mahmoud Abbas’s request for Palestine to be given observer status. There is no more apt appeal than that of Michal Wasser, an Israeli teacher who lives three kilometres from Gaza and who wrote a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister that was published in the Israeli newspaper . I will read from it: ‘If you are worried about us, stop defending us with missiles. Instead of Operation Pillar of Defence, launch Operation Hope for the Future’. I use those words because I could not say it better myself."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1 "Haaretz"1
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