EU parliament condemns Israel’s violence against Palestinians

The European Parliament building in Strasbourg (file photo)

The European Parliament building in Strasbourg
The European lawmakers have condemned acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

In a resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday, the lawmakers also urged Israel to bring the perpetrators of such acts to justice.

In recent years, extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank have often assaulted Palestinians and vandalized their property. However, Tel Aviv rarely detains the assailants.

The parliament also called for “an immediate end to house demolitions, evictions and forced displacement of Palestinians.”

Palestinians say that their efforts to construct a free and independent Palestinian state will prove fruitless as long as Israel continues to demolish Palestinians’ homes.

Meanwhile, Tel Aviv was urged to stop its illegal settlement projects in the occupied territories. The resolution said the projects are “a major obstacle to peace efforts.”

Israel occupied the West Bank as well as East al-Quds, considered by Palestinians as the capital of their homeland, during the 1967 Six-Day War.

(www.presstv.ir / 06.07.2012)

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