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"Madam President, my speech will not be very different to that of my colleague. I believe that what has happened is completely unacceptable. We will not accept it and, let me say this, we will not accept it across the political groups.
Indeed, Israeli forces have carried out raids on Watan TV and Al-Quds Educational TV. This is not
; this is not Rwanda. These are not incitements to hate. These are television stations that we have worked with.
The argument put forward by Israel – even though the Ramallah jurisdiction is a Palestinian jurisdiction – is that the broadcasts interfere with Ben-Gurion airport. Very well. We would like to believe that there is a technical argument and that the stations had been warned of this in advance. However, that does not justify the Israeli forces’ cowboy attitude, the confiscation of equipment, and so on.
Ms Reding, we are calling for clarification on this. My colleagues have been extremely measured in this resolution, since we do not know the nature of the equipment; we do not know if there is technical interference, and so on. We are asking if this is true. If it is not true, then this represents a significant violation of freedom of opinion and expression. The Israeli Government – I am no longer talking about the Israeli people but the Israeli Government – will therefore have to make us aware of this since we are in fact allies of this government. Voilà.
Therefore, we are calling for clarification, and above all we are calling for attacks on freedom of expression to never be allowed here. I believe that all of the MEPs were in agreement and I would also like to thank my colleagues in the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) for agreeing to sign this resolution with us, which is nonetheless fraught with meaning."@en1
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