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More than 400 MEPs demand an end to Israeli colonization

On Monday, 442 MEPs called in a letter to rally against the colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel has condemned the “real” capture of the West Bank. European mobilization against Israeli colonization. On Monday, March 1, more than 400 members of the European Parliament called on their country to take advantage of Joe Biden’s arrival in Washington to rally against the colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories. They condemn Israel’s “actual merger” with the West Bank, in a letter to AFP. At the initiative of several former Israeli officials, 442 deputies and senators from more than 20 European countries signed the letter, which was sent to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of various European countries from Sunday to Monday. Especially the expansion of populated areas and the destruction of the Palestinian structure “, write members of parliament from all political lines, including former Labor leader British MP Jeremy Corbyn and Frenchman Jean-Luc Melenchon (far left). , Rafael Glaxman (MEP, left), Gwendel Rillard, and Marie Tamarell Verghege (LRM, French President’s Party) are among the signatories. It called on Israel to stop and demand humanitarian access. The community lives in Hamza al-Baqa, a hamlet that the Jewish government considers “illegal.” Since 1967, Israeli forces have occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where about 3.1 million Palestinians and 675,000 Israelis now live. International law. Israeli colonization has recently accelerated under the leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the kindness of his ally in Washington, Donald Trump. New US President Joe Biden has vowed to criticize the settlements and to step up efforts to do so. The creation of a Palestinian state. “The beginning of the Biden Presidency is an essential opportunity for action,” MEPs said. Their call was initiated by four Israeli officials. Including former Speaker of the Knesset (Parliament) Abraham Berg. “The merger is unfolding before our eyes: accelerating the colonization and demolition of Palestinian housing. Europe must work with the Biden administration to end this destructive and urgent concrete process,” he told the AFP. Israel suspended the supplementary project last summer in favor of an agreement to normalize relations with the United Arab Emirates.