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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Tell the European Union: Action and not just words! On October 29 the Day of International Solidarity with the Palestinian People will take place worldwide.We, members of the Poalot group, intend to present the EU representative in Al Kuds- East Jerusalem the following letter on this day to request that the EU states recognize unilaterally and actively support the foundation of an Independent Palestinian State. If you are interested in adding your signature to the attached letter and to the meeting, please send your name to Yuval by mail at the following address: shuster1761@gmail.comWarm Greetings, POALOT Honored Elected Members of the European Unionת We,Palestinian and Israeli women and men residing on both sides of the Green Line,turn to you to implement the European Union’s endorsement of founding a Palestinian state with the borders of the 1949 ceasefire (until June 1967),including East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in its territory. We request you to recognize the urgent presence of a sovereign Palestinian state at the United Nations’ institutions as well, and to support its founding regardless of Israel’s position on this issue. We believe that the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, its siege of the Gaza Strip, and the annexation of East Jerusalem/Al Quds by the State of Israel are not legitimate. The Palestinians have a right to found their own sovereign state in these territories, and the Palestinian refugees of 1948 as well as their descendants have a right to return to their own lands within the sovereign State of Israel. These rights are officially accorded by UN Resolutions 194 and 242. The European Union has been maintaining elaborate ties with the State of Israel inits illegal borders, and thus your own government, too, bears a certain responsibility for the occupation, annexation, siege, and ethnic cleansing specified above. Israel’s rulers view this occupation as legitimate and believe it should be continued. This is an ideological position, not a tactical one based on security anxieties. There is thus no basis for the claim prevalent in the world, according to which “peace will be obtained strictly through negotiations without any pre-conditions”. Peace will be obtained if and only if a Palestinian state is to be founded in the 1967 borders and with Israel’s recognition of the Palestinians’ right of return to the lands and property from which they were expelled in 1948. We hold the present Israeli government responsible for understanding that its ties with other countries will be impacted, even severed, if Israel does not fulfill its obligation. On such a basis there is room for a detailed negotiation in order to consolidate security arrangements and future relations between the states of Israel and Palestine. Such a move is even more important in view of the coordinated actions of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to perpetuate Israel’s occupation under the guise of “the deal of the century” whose sole purpose is to legitimize the occupation, as has already been done by Trump’s illegal recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the Israeli occupation of the Golan. It is the basic right of all humans to be free and live in peace and equality in their own states. This includes the Palestinian people, of course, who have been living for so many years as refugees and under a brutal military occupation. We call upon you to follow the example of various countries that have already unilaterally recognized a sovereign, independent Palestinian state, and do so urgently. Sincerely yours, Links to the latest articles in this section Israelis & Palestinians Negotiate Solutions to the Gaza Crisis A war to keep Netanyahu on his throne Back Home in U.S., Israel’s Lone Soldiers Break Their Silence About the Occupation