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"Mr President, I should like to take my turn to thank Minister Douglas Alexander and Commissioner Verheugen for their speeches. However, I should like to ask them to read the interviews by the Israeli Prime Minister Arial Sharon in the Jerusalem Post, the and the on 22 April 2004, in which the real objectives of the unilateral disengagement of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip are presented. Mr Sharon speaks in these interviews about addressing the risk of demographic change in Israel and about addressing the security problems of the Israeli occupying forces. Mr Sharon points out that we have merely rid ourselves of problematic settlements while, on the other hand, both the illegal settlements and the construction of the illegal security wall are continuing, in violation of the resolutions of the International Court at The Hague. From this point of view, I believe that the declaration by the British Presidency on 25 August is excessively optimistic, as is the declaration by Mr Solana. I fear that these declarations do not reflect the harsh reality. I believe that the departure of the settlers, in order to be a positive step and a window of opportunity, must be integrated into the framework of the implementation of the roadmap, without any new terms or conditions from the Israeli side. Mr Alexander referred to serious problems in the Gaza Strip. I would highlight the need to open the airport, to open the port, to reverse the social and economic isolation of Gaza. The people there are wretched. There is a high rate of unemployment and poverty. We, as the European Union, bear a huge responsibility and I believe that we also need to exert pressure within the framework of the Quartet in the direction of the United States for an international peace conference with the participation of Sharon and Abbas."@en1
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