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"en.20160510.34.2-708-000"2
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"Mr President, in the occupied West Bank, you can almost taste the dust from demolished homes in the air. Since January this year, more than 500 Palestinian homes and other structures have been bulldozed by Israeli authorities – more than in all of 2015.
These demolitions are a clear human rights violation, affecting thousands of Palestinians, and are an obstacle to peace. They are part of a deliberate strategy to displace Palestinians out of the West Bank and make way for illegal Israeli settlements. In 2014, the EU initiated a ‘structured dialogue’ with Israel, to end the demolitions within six months.
In 2016, two such meetings have taken place, and Israel shows nothing but contempt for the EU and the aid given to Palestine –Israel has increased its demolitions, especially of EU-funded structures. It breaks up solar panels, flattens water tanks and bulldozes classrooms, playgrounds and basic shelter. You can almost see them sneer at you. You can almost hear them shout at you: ‘and what are you going to do about it?’ Unfortunately, they know that the answer is nothing, and it is going to be nothing in six months’ time. This outrage must stop. We have to prevent Israel from acting with impunity. It is wrong. The Palestinian people need your help, Ms Mogherini, they need more than words: they need action, and they need it now."@en1
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