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Monday December 22, 2014
An official European Parliament delegation has visited the Gaza Strip after the recent Israeli onslaught on the blockaded and besieged area, and says that Israel has committed genocide against defenseless Palestinians.
According to the PNN, a delegation including 13 members of the European Parliament, has called on the EU to break diplomatic ties with Israel and implement sanctions against Tel Aviv because of war crimes it has committed against the Palestinian people.
"I don't think it is too strong a word, not when you think of how genocide is described; it's described as the partial or the whole destruction of people; and what we are seeing happen in Gaza, in Palestine, is the destruction of Palestinians," Martina Anderson, an Irish member of the European Parliament, told Press TV.
The delegation, which has just returned to the Belgian capital of Brussels, from the Middle East, has also accused the West of turning a blind eye to Israel's crimes against Palestinians.
Related: ITUC Recognizes Palestine, Calls For Reconstruction Of Gaza
Irish Parliament Calls for Recognition of Palestinian Statehood
The officials also accused Tel Aviv of continuing to break international law by engaging in land grabs to build settlements in Palestine.
Without putting an end to the settlement policy of the Tel Aviv regime, it is not possible to "have peace not only in Palestine but also in the region," Neoklis Silikyotis, a Cypriot member of the European Parliament, said.
Israel's recent military invasion on Gaza ended in August of 2014, with an Egyptian-brokered truce, which took effect after negotiations in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Some 2,140 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including women, children and elderly, were killed in the 50 days of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza. Another 11,000 others were injured and over 100,000 left homeless.
Israel says 72 Israelis were also killed, but Hamas puts the number at much higher.
See video: 09/02/14 Gaza City's Devastated Al-Shuja'eyya Suburb
http://www.imemc.org/article/70081
An official European Parliament delegation has visited the Gaza Strip after the recent Israeli onslaught on the blockaded and besieged area, and says that Israel has committed genocide against defenseless Palestinians.
According to the PNN, a delegation including 13 members of the European Parliament, has called on the EU to break diplomatic ties with Israel and implement sanctions against Tel Aviv because of war crimes it has committed against the Palestinian people.
"I don't think it is too strong a word, not when you think of how genocide is described; it's described as the partial or the whole destruction of people; and what we are seeing happen in Gaza, in Palestine, is the destruction of Palestinians," Martina Anderson, an Irish member of the European Parliament, told Press TV.
The delegation, which has just returned to the Belgian capital of Brussels, from the Middle East, has also accused the West of turning a blind eye to Israel's crimes against Palestinians.
Related: ITUC Recognizes Palestine, Calls For Reconstruction Of Gaza
Irish Parliament Calls for Recognition of Palestinian Statehood
The officials also accused Tel Aviv of continuing to break international law by engaging in land grabs to build settlements in Palestine.
Without putting an end to the settlement policy of the Tel Aviv regime, it is not possible to "have peace not only in Palestine but also in the region," Neoklis Silikyotis, a Cypriot member of the European Parliament, said.
Israel's recent military invasion on Gaza ended in August of 2014, with an Egyptian-brokered truce, which took effect after negotiations in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Some 2,140 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including women, children and elderly, were killed in the 50 days of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza. Another 11,000 others were injured and over 100,000 left homeless.
Israel says 72 Israelis were also killed, but Hamas puts the number at much higher.
See video: 09/02/14 Gaza City's Devastated Al-Shuja'eyya Suburb
http://www.imemc.org/article/70081
