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"Mr President, in many ways we have become so desensitised to the violence that takes place around the world that what happened in Jenin, what has happened with the suicide bombers in Israel, has seemed to pass us by completely. The reality is, of course, that we must try and find solutions and work towards them. But let us remember, first and foremost, that we are dealing with human beings. Let us put into context the sanctity and the blessedness of each single, individual human life. When you look at the situation from that reality, finding a solution or a compromise is not difficult, because despite what some speakers have said, it is not love of one's country or nationalism that causes war violence; it is lack of respect, lack of tolerance of differing viewpoints and of diversity within our society. This is what causes violence and conflict.
The only real solution to the problems in Israel, Palestine and the whole Middle East region, is to bring the combatants together. You must make peace with your enemy, not with your friend. There is no point in us saying that we support Israel or Palestine. There is no point in the Americans saying "we support the Israelis in what they are doing" or "we are calling on them to be more moderate in their response." Unless the Israelis and the Palestinians sit down together and work out their problems, nothing we do or say can be more effective than what they can achieve themselves.
The difficulty, however lies in bringing them together. Each side must give up something. Each side must reduce its own bargaining position or its own ultimate goal, by some degree, because, in a peace process, there can be no outright winners, nor outright losers either. As rightly as we condemn all forms of violence, as rightly as we condemn the episodes that have taken place in Jenin, in the Church of the Nativity around Bethlehem, and the suicide bombers in the cafes and restaurants in Israel, we must also be willing and aware in order to assist in bringing the people together. The only way that can be done is by taking them out of the area of conflict and bringing them into dialogue, giving them the support and the strength and the backbone that they need, not only to convince themselves that peace is achievable and that harmony can be achieved between the peoples of Israel and Palestine, but also that they will be given full support from the European Union and each of its Member States to achieve that.
Let us put our hands on our hearts and commit ourselves to peace, to justice, but, most importantly of all, to humanity."@en1
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