The UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People decided to hold its annual UN International Conference of Civil society in support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace at the European Parliament in Brussels on 30 and 31 August 2007 so as to invite MEPs to take part in it. The theme of the conference is “Civil society and parliamentarians working together for peace in the Middle East”.
The UN International Conference of Civil society in support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace aims at supporting a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At stake is the revival of the prospect of a just and sustainable peace based on the coexistence of two States, Israel and Palestine. It calls for a multicultural conference to make possible a resumption of negotiations between the conflicting sides, with the active backing of the European Union.
Among the speakers are Nurit Peled Elhannan, Michel Warschawski, Amira Hass, Raji Sourani, Jamal Jumaa (Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign), Mohammed Khatib (Popular Committee of Bil'in Coordinator), David Shearer (OCHA), Andreas Van Agt (former Prime Minister of the Netherlands)...
Israel has protested against the committee's event to be held on the premises of the European Parliament, arguing that its debates were in the past strongly one-sided and its activities not contributing to the international efforts for peace in the Middle East. Moreover, Jerusalem views the panel as such as a legacy of the 1975 UN Assembly resolution which likened Zionism with racism. Loads of crap… Israel should once and for all recognize that it is not a one side event and that at the end it’s all about respecting international law, UN resolutions, the 4th Geneva convention…
The UN International Conference of Civil society in support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace aims at supporting a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At stake is the revival of the prospect of a just and sustainable peace based on the coexistence of two States, Israel and Palestine. It calls for a multicultural conference to make possible a resumption of negotiations between the conflicting sides, with the active backing of the European Union.
Among the speakers are Nurit Peled Elhannan, Michel Warschawski, Amira Hass, Raji Sourani, Jamal Jumaa (Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign), Mohammed Khatib (Popular Committee of Bil'in Coordinator), David Shearer (OCHA), Andreas Van Agt (former Prime Minister of the Netherlands)...
Israel has protested against the committee's event to be held on the premises of the European Parliament, arguing that its debates were in the past strongly one-sided and its activities not contributing to the international efforts for peace in the Middle East. Moreover, Jerusalem views the panel as such as a legacy of the 1975 UN Assembly resolution which likened Zionism with racism. Loads of crap… Israel should once and for all recognize that it is not a one side event and that at the end it’s all about respecting international law, UN resolutions, the 4th Geneva convention…
Some Polish MEPs have also argued against the gathering, urging the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering, to call it off… Polish MEPs… why did we let Poland enter the EU???
But the parliament's spokesman said the event will take place as planned. He said Mr Poettering had replied to Israel's EU envoy and Knesset officials that "the conference is not patronized or supported by the European Parliament, which will only provide the space”.
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