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I also assume that you would support efforts to obtain leverage over Israel in order to stop the oppression of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and prepare the ground for meaningful negotiations. I see no hope of a permanent solution unless the Israeli Government modifies its current aim of controlling the whole of the West Bank, while restricting Palestinians to isolated enclaves that offer no hope of a decent life. But there is little or no chance of Israel altering course by itself and the Bush administration will continue to support Sharon no matter what, in spite of pleadings by Mr Blair. In this context I am concerned that the EU and the governments of its Member States will continue to hold back from putting pressure on Israel because of the possible resumption of negotiations with the new Palestinian leadership following the death of Yasser Arafat. But there is no indication of any compromise from Israel or the US to enable negotiations to move forward. Israeli leaders are still saying that they require the PA to stop all terrorist acts as a pre-condition to starting negotiations, ignoring what can only be described as state terrorism by Israel against the Palestinian population - which causes many times more Palestinian deaths and injuries than are suffered by Israelis, and which is a direct cause of the suicide bombings. I also see Sharon’s proposal to ‘disengage’ from Gaza as another distraction. As I am sure you know, this is very unlikely ever to take place, considering the bitter opposition to it within Israel, that several more parliamentary votes will be needed to approve it, and the highly unstable state of his government. Even if it did happen, the Israeli government has said that it views withdrawal from Gaza as a kind of exchange for the indefinite retention of vast settlements in the West Bank, which would prevent the creation of a viable Palestinian state and therefore invalidate the current ‘peace process’ that looks towards a two state solution. Therefore as Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe I am writing to urge you to be proactive on this issue within the European Parliament. The EU could exercise some leverage over Israel by imposing trade sanctions, starting with suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. I know that you agree that this would be an entirely justifiable course of action in the light of the Israeli Government’s complete disdain for international humanitarian law in its single-minded pursuit of annexation of Palestinian lands. The Association Agreement includes specific conditions regarding respect for international law, emphasising the importance of the principles of the United Nations Charter, in particular compliance with the  HYPERLINK "http://student.cs.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/db.php?aid=910" Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Evidently, Israel is in material and deliberate breach of the Agreement. I understand that the European Parliament has no direct powers over foreign policy and that a decision like this would have to be made by the Council of Ministers. But surely further debate within and calls for action from the Parliament would have some influence? Could the fact that Sharon derided and subsequently ignored the UN General Assembly vote on the ICJ ruling on dismantling the so-called security barrier, which was supported by all 25 Member States, be used to initiate something? As you know at that time Sharon’s response was to say that he saw no future role for the EU in reviving negotiations for a solution to the crisis – a clear indication that gentle diplomacy, statements expressing deep concern and pleas for restraint do not work – indeed Israeli officials mock the EU for lacking real commitment and never taking decisive action. Is there anything that can be done? I look forward to your reply. Yours truly $%klmrŠ‘ЎЏ› Ь , R Z f s Ћ Ў a b c s ‡ ‹ Ј Ќ А Г Н Ъ к м ч Ÿ С -/TVaŒЃЄСвзфхєщхснснснснеаеЬШФПКПКПКПКШФЖШПКПКПКПКПЎЂ™Ђ™Ђ™ПЎ”ПŒПЎПЎ”h#QzhЇ7~\ hЅ>.\hЇ7~\mH sH hh<hЇ7~\mH sH hh<hЇ7~\hў=Ш hў=Ш\ hЇ7~\hЇ7~h9R‚h(Wл hS|5h(Wлh(Wл5hІKthž@›h h hS|B*phџh h B*phџ7%6CNWklm€ЎЏb c UVхц™šії§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§јјѓѓѓѓююјјјјgdщ|gdЇ7~gdІKtHўхЂЈф/ˆеуј3ХЦє +Uжз$%JKMo~˜™šЌэ9:GHїђїђюъцтоъкгкъкЯъцШцЛГЛЃ˜‘цц‰‚оъ~zоzоhиђhс0A hnhщ|hщ|hVkК hnhž@›jhnhž@›Uhnhž@›0J>*B*]phџhnhž@›]jhnhž@›U] h0&chž@›hЅ>. hUNhUNhUNhІKthS|hž@›hў=ШhЇ7~ hЇ7~\hh<hЇ7~\&:;GH§§§§,1hА‚. 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