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"Mr President, like my colleagues, I agree with most that has been said by Mr Daul, Mr Schulz and Mr Watson before me. The reality of what we are looking at – apart from the geopolitical nature of the conflict or even the historical nature of the conflict – is that, every day, innocent human lives are being lost. Every single day, families lose their members. Every single day, one person dies or is injured. We go further and deeper into driving the forces of moderation further apart.
We should not get into the blame game; we can all go back over what happened in Gaza over the last months, with the cynical exploitation by the Israeli authorities, cutting off water, power and food supplies to people, literally attempting to starve them into submission. But this is not just over the recent past; this is something that has taken place over many decades. Likewise, the equally cynical reaction of Hamas by launching rockets into areas and by the brutal killing of eight people in a school.
But, even though we can go on and condemn continuously the actions of the extremists on both sides, whether they are the official terrorists or the state terrorists or the state-sponsored terrorists, it does not get away from the ultimate fact that what is required is dialogue; what is required is understanding; what is required more than anything else is respect for all human life. A respect of the value of one single person’s life. Only then can we truly find a way towards bringing peoples together. Because all of us speak about a two-state solution, but a two-state solution that is predicated on two viable states, not a patchwork of little bits in between everything else, but two viable states. Likewise, when those two viable states are recognised, when their leaders are recognised, for negotiation and for discussion. Through that dialogue with this, hopefully, another first step towards peace in the region with the ceasefire which has now been called, with the talks to get under way between President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert and also with our desire to give whatever assistance we can.
I do not blame Europe for giving assistance to build roads, and water and energy plants, to build schools and health centres for Palestinian people who were thrown to the four winds when they were displaced from their own lands.
We all have a responsibility to ensure all of our fellow men are cared for and look after."@en1
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