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"Mr President, if the international community has not the political will to address the root causes of the conflict in Palestine – namely the occupation of Palestine, the blockade of Gaza, Israel’s ongoing violation of international and humanitarian law – if, indeed, the collective political will is not there to resolve this mess, then, at the very least, we should stop taking it out on the most vulnerable people in Gaza.
For months in this Chamber I have heard MEP after MEP defending human rights and international law. Fine words, yet some MEPs act as spectators too, or worse, defenders of unacceptable breaches of such international and humanitarian law. Ninety-six thousand Palestinian homes were destroyed or damaged during the last onslaught on Gaza. USD 720 million of assistance is needed. So far UNRWA has received 135 million, leaving a shortfall of USD 585 million . What happened to the USD 5.4 billion that was pledged in Cairo?
In the overpopulated, open prison of Gaza, people are sleeping among the rubble. Some children are dying of hypothermia as a result of inadequate winter shelter. There is one indisputable fact: when Palestinians are silent they are forgotten by many, but thankfully not by UNRWA, whose 12 500 staff work tirelessly on all our behalf. So let us give them the funding that they need to help the Palestinian refugees."@en1
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