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"Mr President, the Commissioner very rightly mentioned the agreement between President Abbas and the Hamas government on the basis of the proposal by the prisoners, which has been overshadowed by recent developments. Each time there is a positive development towards peace, some extremist elements make sure they undermine it by an action such as the ambush in which two soldiers died and one was abducted. We condemn any terrorist acts and we demand the release of the Israeli soldier.
However, it must also be said that the Israeli side always falls into this trap. With their excessive and disproportionate use of force they are destroying all the positive developments toward the peace that they themselves are seeking. They say that their aim is to spare innocent civilians. However, by destroying power stations and preventing normal irrigation – thereby leaving several million people without electricity and water – they are punishing not only innocent civilians but also the European taxpayer whose money has contributed to the building of the infrastructure and who, most probably and quite rightly, will be asked to repair it again.
Therefore, our call is for both sides to respect the political, democratic process and to abandon violence as a means of imposing their political objectives on each other. The fight against terror should not be an excuse for Israel to overturn a democratic political decision taken by the Palestinian people."@en1
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