Union européenne : l’occupation israélienne est la cause « à la racine » de la violence
17 juillet | Andrew Rett pour EU Observer |Traduction JPP pour l’AURDIP |
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Les États de l’Union européenne déclarent, dans un rapport interne établi l’an dernier, que le déclenchement des attaques palestiniennes au couteau et à la voiture-bélier contre les Israéliens à Jérusalem est dû, pour une grande part, à l’occupation d’Israël.
EU to push Israel-Palestine peace process as Quartet report flops
▻http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/07/israel-palestine-eu-road-map-for-two-state-conference.html
July 17, 2016
The recent report by the Middle East Quartet bluntly criticized Israel’s systematic settlement expansion and large land takeovers in Area C, targeted at preventing a two-state solution. Nevertheless, the report was met with considerable disappointment at the highest levels of the Palestinian Authority, and also a sigh of relief in the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem.
The Palestinians had hoped that similarly to the June 3 Paris summit declaration, the report would include terms of reference for the permanent status negotiations. They expected the report to specifically highlight the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative as the main basis for negotiations leading to a state along the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital. Ramallah had even asked the EU and the United States for a binding timeline for negotiations, followed by a Security Council resolution.
A senior Palestine Liberation Organization official close to President Mahmoud Abbas told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity that Abbas is severely critical of US Secretary of State John Kerry for pressuring the EU not to make the Quartet report a policy platform for future negotiations. The senior official assessed that the United States will publish guidelines for future negotiations as a platform for the next administration, possibly via a presidential policy speech. He also expressed concern that the US policy statement will allude to the need to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. According to this source, Ramallah is committed to working with Egypt and France on a binding UN Security Council resolution on Palestinian statehood referring in detail to settlement expansion, the 1967 lines, East Jerusalem and a two-year timeline. As the official put it, “For us the Quartet report is a non-paper; our sole basis is the Arab Peace Initiative.”