Activities of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2021/2207(INI)
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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on relations with the Palestinian Authority
Amendments (59)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the two-state solution, with the state of Israel and the state of Palestine living side by side, together in peace, security and mutual recognition under the 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both states, is the only viable solution to the conflictEU has repeatedly confirmed its support for the two-state solution, with two sovereign, democratic states living side by side in peace and guaranteed security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Palestinian leadership has repeatedly called for renewed peace talks leading to a two-state solution, which has not been reciprocated by the Israeli Government; international efforts have not yet been successful in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; whereas Israeli and international peace efforts have consistently seen the refusal of the Palestinian leadership to drop any pre- conditions;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Palestinian terrorism against Israeli civilians has increased since the second intifada and in 2022, 31 Israeli civilians were killed in terror attacks perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists, the highest number since the second intifada; whereas terrorism, incitement and violence are incompatible with the peaceful resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas according to Palestinian and Israeli public opinion polls, public support for the two-state solution has declined in both Israel and the Palestinian territories since the signing of the Oslo agreement;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas according to Palestinian public polls conducted by organisations such as the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) and that are funded by the EU, around half of Palestinians support an armed struggle against Israel, while the other half oppose it;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas the EU has continuously called for all militant groups in the Gaza Strip to disarm and condemned the rocket attacks on Israel as unacceptable and condemned the tunnel construction by Hamas and other militant groups to infiltrate Israeli territory; whereas the EU has recalled that the situation in the Gaza Strip has to be seen within the broader context of the Middle East Peace Process and has on various occasions reiterated its support for the Palestinian Authority to exert full control over Gaza;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas the European Parliament and the wider international community have continuously called for the repatriation of the remains of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul to Israel as they are being held in violation of international humanitarian law in Gaza and whereas the international community has expressed unanimous solidarity with the Goldin and Shaul families;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory has been ongoing for 55 ye gained control over the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem as a result of the 1967 wars; whereas the number of settlersIsraeli civilians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has dramatically increased since the signing of the Oslo Accords in contravention of international law and the objective of peace1993 and 1995;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas European development partners (the EU, its Member States, Norway and Switzerland) are by far the largest donors and disburse EUR 1.2 billion annually in official development assistance to the Palestineian Authority (PA);
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas EU assistance provides vital budget support to the PA through the PEGASE programme; whereas since the beginning of the current multiannual financial framework, EU assistance to the Palestineian Authority has been ad hoc; whereas the 2021-2024 joint strategy provides a basis on which annual action programmes can be adopted, but a multiannual prospect for concrete funding is still lacking;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA,; whose work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continuereas hatred, incitement to violence and antisemitism run counter to a peaceful resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict; whereas the EP recalled that all schoolbooks and school materials supported by Union funds must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence and non- violence and underlined that EU funding would have to be suspended if clear and substantiated evidence of misuse is presented;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas several official PA media channels, as well as social media accounts affiliated with the ruling Fatah political movement, feature content praising or condoning acts of violence against Jews, often referring to assailants as “martyrs”; whereas Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terror and extremist groups in Gaza, disseminated anti-Semitic materials and advocated violence through traditional and social media channels as well as during rallies and other events;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas the PA and the PLO continue to provide “martyr payments” to the families of Palestinians killed while engaged in violence against Israelis or those killed by Israeli military actions and also continue to provide separate stipends to Palestinians in Israeli prisons, including those convicted of acts of terrorism involving Jewish targets;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the PA faces a crisis of legitimacy; whereas the last Palestinian parliamentary elections were held in 2006, which resulted in a victory for the EU- listed terror organisation Hamas in Gaza and led to its subsequent bloody takeover of the territory from Fatah; whereas the last Palestinian presidential elections were held in January 2005, when current Palestinian President Abbas was elected to succeed former Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat for a four-year term; whereas in December 2021 and in March 2022, local council elections were held in the West Bank but were not held in Gaza because of Hamas’ objection to holding them in the territory;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas out of the 21 organisations listed on the EU terror list, seven are Palestinian; whereas Hamas and other EU-listed Palestinian terror organisations use hybrid terror tactics, including knife and bomb attacks against Israeli civilians as well as the firing of rockets from Gaza at Israel, seeking to deliberately hit civilian areas;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in Palestine have severely deteriorated; whereas the Israeli occcorrupation involves significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, whichwithin the Palestinian Authority and Hamas has underminesd the effectiveness of EU aid and increasescontributed to Palestinian dependence on foreign aid;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas attacks on Christians and their places of worship in the West Bank and Gaza continue to be reported; whereas the Palestinian Authority and Hamas consistently fail to protect the freedom of religion of Palestinian Christians, which has led to a large emigration of Palestinian Christians from the West Bank and Gaza in recent years;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict remains a key priority for the international community; whereas the Abraham Accords have sought to advance regional security, prosperity and peace in the region and whereas they provide an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen cooperation in promoting tolerance and countering extremism in the Middle East region;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reiterate the EU’s strong support for the two-state solution, as the only viable solution to the conflicta negotiated and viable two-state solution, with the state of Israel and the state of Palestine living side by side, together in peace, security and mutual recognition under the 1967 borderlines with mutually agreed upon land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both states;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) call for an immediate end to Palestinian terrorism, including the rocket attacks carried out by Palestinian EU-listed terrorist organisations including Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) work in partnership with Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the United States and Arab partners in the region with a view to preventing the re-arming of terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and their smuggling of weapons, manufacturing of rockets and building of tunnels; stress the overwhelming need for all terrorist groups in Gaza to disarm and condemn the unacceptable activities by Hamas in Gaza and in this context reiterate the need for the Palestinian Authority to take charge of the Gaza Strip;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(a c) work together with the international community to halt the PA and the PLO to continue to provide “martyr payments” to the families of Palestinians killed while engaged in violence against Israelis or those killed by Israeli military actions and also continue to provide separate stipends to Palestinians in Israeli prisons, including those convicted of acts of terrorism involving Jewish targets; underline that such payments are incompatible with a peaceful resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and under no circumstances such payments can continue as long as the PA and PLO are receiving funding from the EU and Member States; call on the Palestinian leadership to refrain from provocative actions, rhetoric and incitement;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
(a d) strongly condemn and call on the PA and Fatah leadership to not feature content on their media channels praising or condoning acts of violence against Jews and referring to assailants as “martyrs”;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
(a e) stress that terrorism, incitement and violence are fundamentally incompatible with a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) continue to underline that Israeli settlements in the oPt are illegal; call for an end to all actions that undermine the viability of the two-state solution on the ground; express concern at the declining support for a two-state solution within Palestinian society;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) stress the importance of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestinethe PA and remind both sidesthe PA of the importance of the participation of women in all levels of the negotiations;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) support EU efforts to explore with the Arab countries concerned how their respective normalisation agreements with Israel could be conducive to the two-state solution and the economic development of the region;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) supporttake note of Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PA and President Abbas to hold free and fair national elections in order to strengthen the legitimacy of the Palestinian political leadership; call on Israel to respect its obligations to allow these elections to take place in East Jerusalem; promote the participation of youth and women as this also includes Hamas, an EU-listed terror organisation; express grave concern about people affiliated with EU-listed terrorist organisations running or seeking to run for Palestinian political office;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) strongly call for East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be brought under one legitimate, democratic PA rule; facilitate political consensus and reconciliation among Palestinian political factions; stress the importance of democratic elections being respected by all parties involved;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) condemn the systematic efforts of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, the de facto authorities in Gaza, to muzzle dissent, including by arbitrarily arresting critics and opponents, who are often then subjected to torture or other ill-treatment, and restricting freedom of expression, association and assembly; call for those responsible to be held accountable and for EU funding to be conditioned to the PA;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) express concern about the shrinking space for civil society in the Palestinian Authority, and urge the EU to put this issue high on the agenda of its political dialogue with the Palestinian Authority;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) encourage measures to include youth and women in all levels of societal decision-making; call for concrete measures to be enacted to fight discrimination against women, Christians and LGBTQI+ persons;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) demand that the PA establish independent and reliable mechanisms to investigate occurrences of torture or ill- treatment and to hold those responsible to account;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) call on the PA to ensure the security and freedom of religion of Christians living in the West Bank and Gaza; forcefully condemn any violence and persecution against them and stress that the freedom of religion and their security must be guaranteed at all times;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) engage with the PA to jointly establish a more regular political dialogue at the ministerial level and to launch, as soon as possible, negotiations on a full association agreement between the EU and the Palestineian Authority; convene an association council when an agreement has been reached;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) work towards an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip, while taking the necessary security guarantees to prevent violence and terrorism against Israel;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) enhancdecrease funding, including humanitarian aid and development assistance, forto the green transition, good governance and anti-corruption efforts, including public financial management reform; expand aid to Palestinian civil society, including to human rights defenders under attackPA and make it conditional upon their stopping of payments to families of Palestinian terrorists and fight against corruption;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(p a) ensure the responsibility of relevant EU authorities that no EU funding can be directly or indirectly diverted to terrorist organisations; recall that in line with the EU Strategy on Combating anti-Semitism, EU external funds may not be misallocated to activities that incite hatred and violence;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) provide the Palestinian partnersAuthority with long-term planning security and predictability by accompanying the 2021- 2024 joint strategy with a multiannual action plan, ensuring that no EU funding ends up for corruption or terrorism purposes;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance in Palestineto the PA are undermined by illegal settlements, the Israeli occupation and related restrictions on the Palestinian economy; demand compensation for the demolition of all EU-funded infrastructure widespread corruption within the oPtPA;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) fully cooperate and liaise with the Israeli authorities concerning the funding of infrastructure in areas of the West Bank under Israeli control in accordance with the Oslo Accords;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(s a) recall that all education curricula funded by the EU must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co-existence and non-violence and strongly condemn the hate speech, violence and antisemitism that continue to be found on Palestinian Authority education curricula;
Amendment 341 #
(u) ensure continued and additional financial suppredirect funding away from UNRWA fort to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the groundhe benefit of refugees coming from Ukraine and underlines the urgent need for UNRWA to reform;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u b (new)
(u b) stress the importance of the Abraham Accords for peace and cooperation in the region; call on other regional countries to join the Abraham Accords without delay;