De Israelische Apartheid

De Islamic Republic News Agency bericht: 'British Euro-MP condemns Israel's apartheid policies. A British member of the European parliament has returned for a visit to the occupied territories, calling for Israel's apartheid treatment of the Palestinians to be condemned.
"We should be honest. These are the racist policies of apartheid, yet Israel continues to pose as a victim," Liberal Democrat MEP for northwest England Chris Davies said. Any hope of creating a viable, independent Palestinian state is being destroyed by Israeli bulldozers, barbed wire and concrete walls, Davies was quoted saying by the local Oldham Evening Chronicle. The Lib Dem MEP was part of an all-party delegation from the Strasbourg-based European Parliament which visited occupied West Bank last week. "Palestinian land is being carved up and communities isolated. The people liken themselves to hamsters kept in cages connected by tubes that are opened and shut at the whim of their Israeli masters. Economic progress is impossible," he said.
"Towns are being physically divided and people denied the right to travel between them. Israel continues to steal land to expand illegal settlements served by roads which Palestinians are forbidden to use," Davies said about his findings. During the visit, MEPs held meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, and newly elected members of the legislative council, including supporters of both Fatah and Hamas. The Lib Dem member for northwest England warned about the recent EU decision to suspend payments to the Palestinian Authority, following the election victory of Hamas. He said that after visiting Auschwitz concentration camp in Germany last year, he found it "very difficult to understand why those whose history is one of such terrible oppression appear not to care that they have themselves become oppressors".' Lees verder: http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-20/0604190398165151.htm
Het Britse Channel 4: 'In his first interview with British TV the Palestinian Prime Minister tells us why he thinks it is legitimate to attack Israel.' Zie:
http://www.channel4.com/more4/news/news-opinion-feature.jsp?id=225
Reuters bericht: 'France rules out cutting off Palestinian relief aid. PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday it flatly opposed cutting off humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Territories but again urged the Hamas-led Palestinian government to reject violence, recognise Israel and embrace peace. Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told French radio that while the European Union had cut funding to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority it had no plans to end relief aid. "It is absolutely out of the question ... to cut off humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Territories," he told RMC radio. "That would be a major political mistake." "If we don't help the Palestinian Territories, others like Iran will do so. And, on the other hand, we risk pushing the Palestinian people towards radicalism and that's not what we want and that's why we should continue to help them." President Jacques Chirac said Hamas must see violence had no future and also urged Israel to resist unilateral action, targeted assassinations of Palestinian figures and to halt colonisation of Palestinian territories.' Lees verder:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-04-19T101400Z_01_L19480035_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MIDEAST-FRANCE-HAMAS.xml&src=rss