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| EU Ready To 'Play Role' In Pushing Israeli-Palestinian Talks | ||||
| 2014-11-27 | ||||
| [IsraelTimes] New EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini called on Israel and the Paleostinians Wednesday to resume direct peace talks, as the European Parliament debated whether to recognize a Paleostinian state. "The sense of urgency is getting higher and higher in the absence of a political context," Mogherini told politicians at the start of what she said was a "timely" debate. "There has to be a direct dialogue."
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , said the bloc was ready to "play a role" in moving the grinding of the peace processor forward. She also reiterated her support for a two-state solution to resolve the crisis. MEPs will hold a symbolic vote in December, following resolutions passed by the British and Spanish parliaments, and an official decision to recognize Paleostine by the Swedish government. La Belle France's National Assembly is set to vote on a non-binding resolution on December 2. Brokered by the US, Israeli-Paleostinian peace talks restarted in July 2013 but collapsed in April, with tensions and violence mounting again dramatically in recent weeks. The European Parliament was initially due to vote on Thursday on the motion to recognize a Paleostinian state but it was postponed until December at the last minute. There has been international alarm over a spate of deadly terror attacks carried out by Paleostinians inside Israel along with rioting in East Jerusalem and the deadlock over peace talks that are fueling fear of another flareup after the Israel-Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, war earlier this year.
[IsraelTimes] In Wednesday's debate, European Parliament members appeared sharply divided on what policy to endorse. One politician branded Israel "a state of child killers and land robbers," while another likened a Paleostinian state to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... terrorist group. A vote, originally expected Thursday, was put off until December. Recognition of a country is a decision for national governments. But Mogherini told the politicians that the bloc needs to forge "a united and strong message" to influence events. The ultimate goal, Mogherini said, is creation of an independent Paleostinian state and securing Israel's right to live in "security, safety and peace." She said one cannot happen without the other. Germany, Israel's closest European ally and the EU's most powerful member, is a leading opponent of recognizing Paleostinian statehood before Israel does. To do so, German officials say, would do more harm than good.
...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... said Friday it was better to focus on getting Israel-Paleostinian talks going again, although "that appears very difficult in the current conditions." She added that "we also believe that unilateral recognition of the Paleostinian state won't move us forward." Rosa Balfour, director for the Europe in the World program at the European Policy Center, a Brussels-based think tank, said Mogherini, a former Italian foreign minister, appears to have made a personal commitment to trying to achieve an Israeli-Paleostinian peace deal. "Both she and the EU see that conflict as being at the heart of European foreign policy," said Balfour.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Why? Because of who, or rather what, European elites are. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-27 03:56 |