Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-14-Speech-1-038"
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"en.20051114.12.1-038"2
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"Mr President, ‘those who die are lucky’: those are the words of a Palestinian woman I met in Gaza last week who has worked for 20 years for peace and for women’s rights in that area. Her hope has been shattered by Israel’s continued intransigence in refusing to allow the economic development of Gaza by the free flow of people and goods into Egypt from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing and the refusal to allow the development of an airport or a port.
Half the population of Gaza is under 25 years of age and there is 60% unemployment in the area. Israel must be persuaded by Europe that frustrating the economic development of Gaza is counterproductive for Israel’s own security; it should also, in my view, be counterproductive for Israel’s trade relations with Europe.
The imprisoning of Gaza’s population behind walls and barbed wire fences must end immediately if a political and security disaster for the Palestinian people is to be averted. The situation is grim and it is urgent. I would urge you to impress on the Commission and the Council that Israel must be persuaded to end its veto on the development of the Gaza Strip."@en1
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