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"en.20040330.5.2-198"2
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"Mr President, the assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and the seven other Palestinians was a clear breach of international law. I totally condemn all terrorism, whatever its source, and I also call on Palestinians not to respond violently to this most recent provocation. If we are to begin to bring an end to this spiral of violence, then someone has to take the first leap. I abhor in particular the use of children as proxy bombers and the targeting of civilians by Palestinian terror groups.
The government of Ariel Sharon has once again adopted bully-boy tactics which can only block the peace process and obstruct any chance for constructive negotiations. The continuing occupation of Palestinian territory and the construction of the so-called security wall, mostly on Palestinian territory, is ghettoising Palestinians, destroying their livelihoods, imprisoning and impoverishing them and driving them to despair. The European Union, on the other hand, has all carrot and no stick. It is not that the European Union does not have a stick, it simply refuses to even wave the stick, never mind use it.
I would call on the Commission and the Council to demand that Israel take immediate steps to comply with the human rights obligations it entered into in the association agreement. It is not doing so and unless we take action to insist that they do, we will reap a terrible harvest in the future."@en1
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