British Euro-MP condemns Israel's apartheid policies
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- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:43:08 -0400
British Euro-MP condemns Israel's apartheid policies
A British member of the European parliament has returned for a visit to the
occupied territories, calling for Israel's apartheid treatment of the
Palestinians to be condemned.
"We should be honest. These are the racist policies of apartheid, yet Israel
continues to pose as a victim," Liberal Democrat MEP for northwest England
Chris Davies said.
Any hope of creating a viable, independent Palestinian state is being
destroyed by Israeli bulldozers, barbed wire and concrete walls, Davies was
quoted saying by the local Oldham Evening Chronicle.
The Lib Dem MEP was part of an all-party delegation from the
Strasbourg-based European Parliament which visited occupied West Bank last
week.
"Palestinian land is being carved up and communities isolated. The people
liken themselves to hamsters kept in cages connected by tubes that are
opened and shut at the whim of their Israeli masters.
Economic progress is impossible," he said.
"Towns are being physically divided and people denied the right to travel
between them. Israel continues to steal land to expand illegal settlements
served by roads which Palestinians are forbidden to use," Davies said about
his findings.
During the visit, MEPs held meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the
Palestinian Authority, and newly elected members of the legislative council,
including supporters of both Fatah and Hamas.
The Lib Dem member for northwest England warned about the recent EU decision
to suspend payments to the Palestinian Authority, following the election
victory of Hamas.
He said that after visiting Auschwitz concentration camp in Germany last
year, he found it 'very difficult to understand why those whose history is
one of such terrible oppression appear not to care that they have themselves
become oppressors'.
Davies also revealed that during his visit to the West Bank, he was asked
repeatedly about EU double standards -- why Palestinians are penalized while
no action is taken to stop Israel flouting international law.
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-20/0604190398165151.htm
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