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Posted by
Olog-hai
on Thu Jan 19 01:43:40 2012, in response to EUEUEUEUEU to undermine Area C (threatening Israel over ''land grab'' of *Israeli land*), posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jan 18 01:31:20 2012.
edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, the European Union wants a divided Jerusalem. Time to ban EU missions; they're clearly out to undermine Israeli control of the country and to support terrorism.
EU Observer
Another day, another leaked EU report on Israel18.01.12 @ 09:39
By Andrew RettmanBRUSSELS — EU countries have again accused Israel of trying to destroy chances for peace with Palestinians by snatching control of East Jerusalem.
The December 2011 report by the EU heads of mission in Ramallah — seen by EUobserver — notes that last year saw "a surge in (Israeli) settlement planning" designed to ring fence the city with Jewish-only neighborhoods.
"If current trends continue, the prospect of Jerusalem as the future capital of two states becomes increasingly unlikely and unworkable, undermining a two-state solution ... (Israeli actions) provide fuel to those who want to further radicalize the conflict," it said.
It noted that the timing of housing decisions undermined attempts to re-launch the peace process.
A decision on the Gilo settlement came "a few days" after the Quartet — the EU-led international body on the conflict — urged parties to refrain from "provocative actions." Another one on the Har Homa and Pisgat Zeev settlements came "just before" Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met in Jordan after a 16-month hiatus.
The EU ambassadors predicted that 2,300 bedouins will shortly be evicted from an area called E1: "Plans include the relocation of some of these communities to the site of the Abu Dis waste dump."
The Jerusalem paper comes on top of two other damning surveys by European diplomats.
An internal report dated 14 December accused Israel of monopolizing farm land and water in the Jordan Valley in a bid to drive out native Arabs. Another recent EU paper said it is eroding the civil liberties of Arab-Israeli citizens.
The Jerusalem report recommended some sanctions-type measures.
It said the European Commission should propose a law "to prevent/discourage (EU) financial transactions in support of settlement activity." It urged the Union to "ensure" Israeli vegetables from farms on occupied land do not get preferential import tariffs. It also said EU countries should "share information on violent settlers ... to assess whether to grant entry into EU member states."
The reports have little impact on EU foreign policy, which is subject to veto by pro-Israeli countries such as the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. They also do little to influence Israel.
Israel's foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told EUobserver on Wednesday (18 January) the surveys are illegitimate because they are drafted without Israeli input.
"We will not dignify this dubious methodology with any public answer. I think the best answer to these serial reports is given by EU authorities, who always discuss these reports succinctly and shelve them with their unfeasible recommendations almost as quickly as they are raised," he said.
The 21-page Jerusalem survey drew attention to some hard facts of life for the 790,000 Palestinians who live in their Israeli-controlled holy city.
It said Arab quarters suffer from overcrowding, dirty streets and poor sewage facilities.
Palestinian children who go to Israeli-funded schools are given textbooks which are "edited to remove references to subjects considered sensitive, such as a picture of a Palestinian flag."
Ambulances trying to cross Israeli checkpoints with Palestinian patients in urgent condition face "unnecessary and potentially life-threatening delays."
During Ramadan, only children and middle-aged or older Palestinians are allowed to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque, the third most sacred place in Islam.
At the same time, Jewish settlers in the Wadi Hilweh district next to the mosque are digging up ancient sites in a way as to put "emphasis on biblical and Jewish-Israeli connotations of the area while neglecting Arab/Muslim claims of historic-archaeological ties."
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