2021/2207(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14

~~— having regard to the European External Action Service report of 20 July 2022 entitled ‘2021 Report on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem’,~~deleted

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in 2011, the UN Ad Hoc Liaison Committee c~~onclud~~laimed that Palestinian institutions awere ready for statehood; whereas however, since then, the democratic status of Palestine has deteriorated rapidly owing to the ~~ongoing occupation and internal problems, as well as worsening~~internal problems with an erroneous implementation of rule of law and endemic corruption;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in 2011, the UN Ad Hoc Liaison Committee concluded that Palestinian institutions are ready for statehood; whereas however, since then, the democratic status of Palestine has deteriorated owing to the ongoing occupation and internal problems, as well as worsening rule of law and corruption; whereas under international humanitarian law the occupation of territory in wartime is a temporary situation and does not deprive the occupied power of its statehood nor its sovereignty;

Amendment 102 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Katalin CSEH, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 103 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in 2011, the UN Ad Hoc Liaison Committee concluded that Palestinian institutions are ready for statehood; whereas however, since then, the democratic status of Palestine has deteriorated owing to the ~~ongoing occupation and internal problems, as well as worsening rule of law and corruption~~takeover by the Hamas terrorists, as well as the infamous, scandalous and unpunished worsening rule of law in the Palestinian Authority;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in 2011, the UN Ad Hoc Liaison Committee concluded that Palestinian institutions are ready for statehood; whereas however, since then, the democratic status of Palestine has deteriorated owing to ~~the ongoing occupation~~external and internal problems, ~~as well as~~such as the worsening rule of law and corruption and the ongoing occupation;

Amendment 105 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 106 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in 2011, the UN Ad Hoc Liaison Committee concluded that Palestinian institutions are ready for statehood; whereas however, since then, the democratic status of ~~Palestine~~the PA has deteriorated owing to the ongoing occupation and internal problems, as well as worsening rule of law and corruption;

Amendment 107 #

Frédérique RIES, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas according to the PCPSR poll of September 2022, 86% of Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza say that there is corruption in the Palestinian Authority (PA) institutions and 73% say that there is corruption in the institutions under Hamas’ control in Gaza;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the PA faces a crisis of legitimacy; whereas the last Palestinian parliamentary elections were held in 2006; whereas Parliamentary and presidential elections had been set to take place in May 2021, but were cancelled; whereas the European Union and the European Parliament must be able to observe these elections, upon invitation; whereas, upon request from the Palestinian Authority, the EU in February 2021 requested permission to Israeli authorities for an exploratory mission to observe the votes but was not granted access;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~— having regard to the European External Action Service report of 14 February 2022 entitled ‘One Year Report on Demolitions and Seizures in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem’,~~deleted

Amendment 110 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
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 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the PA faces a crisis of legitimacy; whereas the last Palestinian parliamentary elections were held in 2006; whereas the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 TEU; whereas the Union's action on the international scene should be guided by these principles;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the PA faces a ~~crisi~~loss of legitimacy among the Palestinian population; whereas the last Palestinian parliamentary elections were held in 2006;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the PA faces a crisis of legitimacy; whereas the last Palestinian parliamentary elections were held in 2006; whereas the last Palestinian presidential elections were held in 2005;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the Palestinian Authority has adopted authoritarian practices, including a chilling campaign of repression cracking down on peaceful protests with unlawful force, targeting journalists, civil society activists, and lawyers with arbitrary arrests and torturing detainees; whereas according to Human Rights Watch Palestinian authorities are systematically mistreating and torturing Palestinians in detention, including critics and opponents; whereas Palestinian Authorities have failed to ensure accountability for the killing of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
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 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the UN Committee against Torture called for justice and expressed regrets that the PA has so far failed to ensure accountability for Nizar Banat’s death;

Amendment 117 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the Palestinian Authority does not have key competences which are at the core of statehood, including border control or full tax collection;

Amendment 118 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas the lack of elections is due to the inability and not real commitment to have free elections showed by the PA;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas Palestinian Hamas is designated as a terrorist organisation by the EU;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

— having regard to the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas those who convert to Christianity from Islam face persecution;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas in October 2022 Palestinian President Abbas issued a decree to form the Higher Council of Judicial Authorities and Bodies, subordinating all Palestinian authorities under his control and dismantling the last pillar of judicial independence in Palestine; whereas according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights the decree violates the Palestinian Basic law and is a grave breach of Palestine’s obligations, particularly under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR);

Amendment 122 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas following the massive increase in killings of Palestinians during the first month of 2023, including the brutal attack by the Israeli occupation forces on Jenin, and the measures imposed against the PA by the incoming Israeli Government the Palestinian Authority has stopped cooperation with Israel in a number of areas, including security; whereas this is a consequence of the repeated breach of their own commitments by the Israeli authorities;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas the terrorist organisation Hamas aims to annihilate the State of Israel;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

H c. whereas the Palestinian Authority has consistently maintained security coordination with Israel; whereas the PA´s security coordination with Israel constitutes a contribution to the security of Israel; whereas large parts of the Palestinian public oppose the PA´s security coordination with Israel;

Amendment 125 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)

H d. whereas the the European Union Police and Rule of Law Mission for the Palestinian Territory (EUPOL COPPS) was established in January 2006 to assists the Palestinian Authority in Palestinian state building; whereas studies show that the work of EUPOL COPPS promotes Palestinian policing practices that reproduce borders and spatial logics established by the occupation;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in Palestine have severely deteriorated; w~~hereas the Israeli occupation involves significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, which undermines the effectiveness of EU aid and increases Palestinian dependence on foreign aid;~~ ith the continued conflict which increases Palestinian dependence on foreign aid; whereas economic reforms by the Palestinian authorities are necessary, while they are not in themselves enough to ensure sustainable economic growth and private sector development on Palestinian territories; whereas the World Bank has highlighted to which extent the restrictions on movement and access in the West Bank and the Israeli movement and access restrictions on Gaza are obstacles to achieving these goals;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in Palestine have severely deteriorated; whereas the Israeli occupation i~~nvolv~~mposes significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, ~~which~~due to the the lack of control over land, water, physical boundaries, revenues and mobility which prevent the Palestinian society and economy from realising their potential; whereas UNCTAD estimates the economic cost for Palestinians of Israeli restrictions only on Area C of the West Bank at $50 billion between 2000 and 2020; whereas this inhibits Palestinian exports to the EU under the EU-PLO Interim Association Agreement; whereas this also undermines the effectiveness of EU aid and increases Palestinian dependence on foreign aid;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in Palestine have severely deteriorated; whereas the Israeli occupation involves significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, ~~which~~access to natural resources, movement of goods and external trade; whereas UNCTAD estimates the economic cost for Palestinians of Israeli restrictions only on Area C of the West Bank at $50 billion between 2000 and 2020; whereas this inhibits Palestinian exports to the EU under the EU-PLO Interim Association Agreement; whereas this undermines the effectiveness of EU aid and increases Palestinian dependence on foreign aid;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in Palestine have severely deteriorated; whereas the Israeli occupation involves significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, ~~which~~and the lack of ability by the Palestinians to implement rule of law coupled with their culture of corruption, undermines ~~the~~any effectiveness ~~of EU ai~~and purpose of aid, thus all EU administrated anid ~~increases Palestinian dependence on foreign ai~~from the Member States shall be drastically reduced;

Amendment 13 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)

— having regard to the EU Guidelines on International Humanitarian Law and those on Human Rights Defenders,

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in the Palestineian Territories have severely deteriorated; whereas the BDS movement has led to many Palestinians losing their jobs; whereas the Israeli occupation involves significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, which undermines the effectiveness of EU aid and further increases Palestinian dependence on foreign aid;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in Palestine have severely deteriorated; whereas ~~the Israeli occ~~corrupation ~~involves significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, which~~within the Palestinian Authority and Hamas has underminesd the effectiveness of EU aid and ~~increases~~contributed to Palestinian dependence on foreign aid;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas according to the World Bank, Israeli "constraints on movement, access, and trade continue to be the main impediment to economic growth in the Palestinian territories"; whereas according to the World Bank, Israeli physical and administrative barriers make the average trade cost per container for Palestinian businesses three times higher than the cost for Israeli firms, while the time cost is two to four times higher; whereas Israeli restrictions on movement of Palestinians have a severe impact on the economy and the social fabric of society, significantly extending travel times for Palestinians, and undermining the ability of farmers to access their land and markets; whereas this hinders Palestinian trade, weakens the PA budget revenue, and contributes to its dependence on international donors;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas it remains the EU’s firm position that settlements, demolitions and evictions are illegal under international law; whereas the settlement policy has altered the demographic composition of the population in the oPt, with a more fragmented Palestinian population encircled by settlements and related infrastructure; whereas Israel treats the settlements as permanent and as its integral part, which is tantamount to de facto annexation; whereas this has severely undermined the possibility to establish a Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution; whereas this is entrenching an undemocratic one-state reality of unequal rights, enduring occupation and conflict;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas despite the systematic breach of its Article 2, which conditions the agreement to the fulfilment of human rights' obligations, the EU continues to have an Association Agreement with Israel and allows for Israeli participation in EU funded programmes, including those related to the development of military and surveillance technology that perpetuates the occupation and/or those that are carried out in illegal Israeli settlements; whereas this contrasts with a lower level of engagement with the Palestinian Authority despite the mutually beneficial implications of increased cooperation;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas the Israeli government frequently uses its authority over tax collection of the PA for punitive purposes; whereas in response to the adoption of a UN resolution calling for the ICJ to give an opinion on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Israel's new far-right government seized $39m of tax revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority; whereas more than 90 countries in a statement expressed their "deep concern" about Israel´s punitive measures;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas Israel, for its part, has repeatedly bombarded Gaza with aircraft and artillery of incomparably greater intensity in terms of destruction and death; where as according to OCHA estimates between 2008 and 2020 on the Palestinian side there have been 6128 deaths and 142 032 wounded, while on the Israeli side there were 276 deaths and 5960 wounded linked to the conflict;

Amendment 137 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
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 138 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas the pandemic has had a severe impact on the Palestinians; whereas the public health system has been pushed to the brink due to the occupation and the fragile socioeconomic, humanitarian and political situation;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. Whereas a significant reason behind the deterioration of the social and economic conditions in the Palestinian territories is related to corruption in the PA;

Amendment 14 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

— having regard to the UNCTAD report on the Economic Costs of the Israeli Occupation for the Palestinian People from 2022 and the UNCTAD report on Developments in the Economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 2022,

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas according to the Open Doors World Watch List 2023, Christians in the Palestinian Territories face discrimination and persecution;

Amendment 141 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. Whereas Israel is providing valuable jobs to several thousands of Palestinians;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
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 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. Whereas Palestinian businesses face numerous restrictions under Israeli occupation while companies in Israeli settlements benefit from government subsidies and unrestrained access to natural resources in Area C of the West Bank and to international markets;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. whereas the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution in December 2022 calling on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories;

Amendment 145 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. whereas Palestinians are affected by the use of Israeli spyware in occupied territories, depriving them of their right to privacy, freedom of expression and the right to an open, secure and free Internet;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. whereas women in the Palestinian Territories face discrimination and still have fewer rights than men, for instance in relation to divorce, custody of children and inheritance;

Amendment 147 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. Whereas it is recognized that the main reason for the deterioration of the social and economic conditions in the Palestinian territories is related to the corruption of the PA;

Amendment 148 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

I c. whereas even though same-sex acts is decriminalised in the West Bank persons belonging to the LGBTQI+ community still face harassment and discrimination; whereas there are no laws that protect LGBTQI+ persons from discrimination and harassment; whereas Palestinians belonging to the LGBTQI+ community frequently seek refuge in Israel and in the EU, fearing for their lives, and fearing death from members of their own family; whereas Gaza criminalizes consensual same-sex sexual activity between men and LGBTQI+ people can face up to 10 years of imprisonment;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

I c. whereas a study commissioned by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (AFET) entitled: “Prospects for reinvigorating the Middle East Peace Process” concluded that the so-called Abraham Accords served attempts to further derail and marginalise the Palestinians;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24

— having regard to the ongoing investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the situation in Palestine, opened on 3 March 2021,

Amendment 150 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

I c. whereas the Israeli government has put in place far-reaching new restrictions on entry and residence of foreign citizens in the West Bank;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)

I d. whereas hate speech and the incitement to violence are still taught in Palestinian school materials; whereas the EU-commissioned study by the Georg- Eckert Institute published last June confirmed previous reports of antisemitism, glorification of terror and the erasure of Israel on maps in Palestinian schoolbooks; whereas the EU demands that all schoolbooks and school materials supported by Union funds must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non- violence;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)

I d. whereas the PA has continued security co-ordination with Israel despite the ongoing occupation and settlement expansion; whereas security co- ordination in such circumstances is deeply unpopular among Palestinians and unsustainable in the absence of a political horizon;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) reiterate the EU’s strong support for the two-state solution, as the only viable solution to the conflict, 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; regrets the unilateral decisions of some states to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital and move their embassies into the city; continue to advocate for the full respect of international law and against any unilateral actions;

Amendment 155 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~reiterate the EU’s strong support for the two-state solution, as the only viable so~~point out that on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, the EU remains united in its commitment to achieving a two-state solution based on the parameters in the Council conclutsion ~~to the conflict, with~~s of July 2014 that allow the sState of Israel ~~and the state of Palestine living~~to live side by side~~, together~~ in peace, security and mutual recognition ~~under the 1967 borders with mutually agreed upo~~with an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign land ~~swaps and~~viable State of Palestine, with Jerusalem as the future capital of both states;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) reiterate ~~the EU’s stro~~its unwavering support for ~~the~~a negotiated two-state solution~~, as~~ on the only viable solution to the conflict, 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 statesbasis of the 1967 lines with two sovereign, democratic states living side by side in peace and guaranteed security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states, and in full respect of international law;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) reiterate the EU’s strong support for the two-state solution, as the only viable solution to the conflict, 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 equivalent land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both states; reiterate the EU’s commitment to equal rights of all Israelis and Palestinians;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) reiterate the EU’s strong support for the two-state solution, as the only viable solution to the conflict, 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; reiterate the EU’s commitment to equal rights of all Israelis and Palestinians;

Amendment 159 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) reiterate the EU’s strong support for ~~the two-state solution, as the only viable solution to the conflict~~a 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 ~~border~~lines with mutually agreed upon land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both states;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

— having regard to the Open Doors World Watch List 2023,

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i (new)

(i) condemn Hamas and its constant terrorist attacks against the Israeli people;

Amendment 161 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Katalin CSEH, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Frédérique RIES, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(a a) condemn the recent terror attack in a Jerusalem synagogue which led to the death of seven people;

Amendment 162 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Katalin CSEH, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Frédérique RIES, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)

(a b) call for an immediate end to all act of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, to reverse this spiral of violence and engage in meaningful efforts to restart peace negotiations;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
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)

(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)

(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)

(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)

(a e) stress that terrorism, incitement and violence are fundamentally incompatible with a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;

Amendment 168 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) continue to underline that Israeli settlements in the oPt are illegal and constitute a major impediment to the viability and prospects of the two-state solution; call for an end to all actions that undermine the viability of the two-state solution on the ground; consider targeted EU measures against Israeli individuals leading the planning of settlement expansion in the West Bank or implementing annexation; prevent EU- based operators from doing business with and in illegal settlements or annexed territories; ensure that all EU policies and EU-funded programmes with Israel comply with international and EU law;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) continue to underline that Israeli settlements in the oPt are illegal~~; call for an end to all actions that~~ under international law; call for an end to the continuation of the colonization policy, plans for expansion, the evictions of Palestinian families and the demolitions which undermine the viability of the two- state solution on the ground and which constitute violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26

~~— having regard to the statement of the Swedish Government of 30 October 2014 on its recognition of the State of Palestine, as well as to earlier statements of recognition by other Member States,~~deleted

Amendment 170 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Frédérique RIES, Katalin CSEH, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) continue to underline that Israeli settlements in the oPt are illegal under international law, according to the finding of the Commission of Inquiry mandated by the UN Human Rights Council; call for an end to all actions that undermine the viability of the two-state solution on the ground;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
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 and call for breaking the cycle of violence;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
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 173 #

Lukas MANDL, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) continue to underline that Israeli settlements in the oPt are illegal; call for an immediate end to all actions that undermine the viability of the two-state solution on the ground;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
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~~a sustainable solution providing peace and security on the ground;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) continue to underline that Israeli settlements in the oPt are ~~illegal~~contested; call for an end to all terrorist actions that undermine the ~~viability of the two-state solution on the ground~~safety of civilians;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) stress the importance of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine and remind both sides of the importance of the participation of women in all levels of the negotiations;~~deleted

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) stress the importance of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine based on internationally agreed parameters and remind both sides of the importance of the participation of women in all levels of the negotiations; set up a European peace initiative in order to restore a political horizon for fair, comprehensive, long-lasting peace between Israel and Palestine;

Amendment 178 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) stress the importance of direct ~~negotiations~~and genuine negotiations, based on internationally agreed parameters, between Israel and Palestine and remind both sides of the importance of the participation of women in all levels of the negotiations;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) stress the importance of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestineian Authority and remind both sides of the importance of the participation of women ~~in all levels of the negotiation~~, ethnic and religious minorities;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) stress the importance of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine and remind both sides of the importance of the participation of women and minorities in all levels of the negotiations;

Amendment 181 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Frédérique RIES, Katalin CSEH, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) stress the importance of direct negotiations between Israel and ~~Palestine~~the PA and remind ~~both sides~~the PA of the importance of the participation of women in all levels of the negotiations;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) stress the importance of education in the building of prospects for a two-state solution; reiterates its position that all schoolbooks and school materials must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence and non-violence;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) demand that Israel, the occupying power, cease the exploitation, damage, cause of loss or depletion and endangerment of the natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;

Amendment 184 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
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 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) recognise that the Abraham Accords are a factor in the reorganisation of inter-state relations in the region and must be taken into account in a European strategy aimed at helping the region to achieve stability;

Amendment 186 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) underline the importance of condemning and eliminating all forms of hate speech and violent content on both sides, whatever the context;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) underline the importance of the condemnation of hate speech and violent behaviour by the PA Authorities;

Amendment 188 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) underline the importance of the condemnation of hate speech and violent behaviour by the PA Authorities;

Amendment 189 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)

(c b) call upon Israel, the occupying power, to bring a halt to all actions, including those perpetrated by Israeli settlers, harming the environment, including harassing Palestinians, dumping of all kinds of waste materials, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, which gravely threaten their natural resources, namely water and land resources, and which pose an environmental, sanitation and health threat to the civilian populations;

Amendment 19 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)

(c b) support the need to, with the respective Arab countries that have signed the Abraham Accords, explore how their normalisation agreements with Israel can be conducive to the two-state solution;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c c (new)

(c c) call upon Israel to cease its destruction of vital infrastructure, including water pipelines, sewage networks and electricity networks, and to cease its demolition and confiscation of Palestinian homes and civilian infrastructure, agricultural lands and water wells, which, inter alia, have a negative impact on the natural resources of the Palestinian people; stress the urgent need to advance reconstruction and development projects in this regard, including in the Gaza Strip, and call for support for the necessary efforts in this regard, in line with the commitments made at, inter alia, the Cairo International Conference on Palestine: Reconstructing Gaza, held on 12 October 2014;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PLO, PA and President Abbas to hold free and fair ~~nation~~legislative and presidential 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~~urge the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank and Hamas to provide for the necessary conditions to hold free and fair elections, including an independent judiciary and the respect for freedom of expression; call on Israel to respect its obligations to allow these elections to take place in East Jerusalem; provide all necessary political and technical assistance to facilitate this process, notably in East Jerusalem; promote the participation of youth and women;

Amendment 193 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support 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~~demand Israel to respect its obligations to allow these elections to take place in East Jerusalem, facilitate the holding of elections throughout the Palestinian territory, and to cooperate with the EU and the European Parliament to deploy an EOM to observe the elections; promote the participation of youth ~~and women~~, women and minorities;

Amendment 194 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Katalin CSEH, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Frédérique RIES, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support 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; recall in this respect that Hamas is listed in the EU's list of terrorist organizations; call on Israel to respect its obligations to allow these elections to take place in East Jerusalem; promote the participation of youth and women;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support 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; stress that it is unacceptable that the PA has held no elections in more than 16 years; call on Israel to respect its obligations to allow these elections to take place in East Jerusalem; promote the participation of youth and women;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) ~~support~~take 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 197 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Frédérique RIES, Katalin CSEH, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PA and President Abbas to hold free and ~~fair~~democratic national elections, excluding terrorist groups from standing, 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;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PA and President Abbas to hold free, credible, inclusive, transparent 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;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PA and President Abbas to hold free and fair national elections without any further delay 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;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

— having regard to the new Israeli Government´s Coalition Framework Agreement and Government Guidelines;

Amendment 20 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)

— having regard to the report of Amnesty International of 1 February 2022

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support 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~~, women and ethnic minorities;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) support Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PA and President Abbas to hold free and fair national elections immediately 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;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

Amendment 203 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(d a) call for presidential and legislative elections to be organised in Palestine immediately given that the mandate of the Palestinian National Authority and Mahmoud Abbas has long since expired, even if they can only take place in one of the two occupied areas (West Bank or Gaza);

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(d a) express grave concern about people affiliated with EU-listed terrorist organisations running or seeking to run for Palestinian political office; insist again that the EU and the international community must be able to observe these elections, upon invitation;

Amendment 205 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Katalin CSEH, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Frédérique RIES, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(d a) deploy an EU election observation mission to the oPt upon the announcement of general elections;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
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; commend international mediation efforts to reach agreement between different Palestinian political factions, regretting the lack of implication by the EU in these efforts up to date; stress the importance of democratic elections being respected by all parties involved;

Amendment 207 #

Frédérique RIES, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
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~~national dialogue reconciliation and consensus-building among all political and societal actors in Palestine; stress the importance of democratic elections and their results being respected by all parties involved, including by the EU;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
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 that respects Israel's right to exist in security and peace; facilitate political consensus and reconciliation among Palestinian political factions; stress the importance of democratic elections being respected by all parties involved;

Amendment 209 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Katalin CSEH, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
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 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29

— having regard to its previous resolutions on the Middle East peace process, in particular that of 18 May 2017 on achieving the two-state solution in the Middle East5 , and the resolution of 14 December 2022 on the prospects of the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine; _________________ 5 OJ C 307, 30.8.2018, p. 113.

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
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 and their results being respected by all local and international parties involved;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
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 Palestini~~, isolating the factions that condone violence and p~~olitical fac~~romoting reconciliations; stress the importance of democratic elections being respected by all parties involved;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
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 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(e a) promote a real engagement with all actors on the ground to promote an inclusive and democratic approach, and therefore remove the political wing of Palestinian political organisations participating in the country's institutions and political life from the EU list of external designated terrorist groups;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(e a) continue to support Palestinian presence and development in Area C and the transition of Area C to the full control of the Palestinian Authority, as foreseen in the Oslo Accords;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
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 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) encourage measures to include youth and women in all levels of societal decision-making regardless of their socio- economic background; call for concrete measures to be enacted to fight discrimination against women and LGBTQI+ persons as well as human rights defenders, activists, journalists and artists;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
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 218 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL

Motion for a resolution
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 and LGBTQI+ persons~~;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(f a) strongly condemn the harassment and discrimination of persons belonging to the LGBTQI+ community and “honour killings” of girls and women; call for concrete measures to be enacted to fight discrimination and the lack of protection for LGBTQI+ persons, women, religious minorities and other marginalised groups;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29

— having regard to its previous resolutions on the Middle East peace process, in particular thatose of 18 May 2017 on achieving the two-state solution in the Middle East5 and of 14 December 2022 on the prospects of the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, _________________ 5 OJ C 307, 30.8.2018, p. 113.

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) urge the PA to eliminate repressive restrictions on the funding and registration of non-governmental organisations and to respect the freedom of assembly and expression; urge the PA to respect the exercise of freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression and the right to public participation, both offline and online and in conformity with international law and standards;

Amendment 221 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) urge the PA to eliminate repressive restrictions on the funding and registration of non-governmental organisations and to respect the freedom of assembly and expression, including the right for workers to organize in free and independent trade unions;

Amendment 222 #

Giuliano PISAPIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) urge the PA to eliminate repressive restrictions on the funding and registration of non-governmental organisations ~~and~~, to respect the freedom of assembly and expression and not to arbitrarily detain people exercising their fundamental rights;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) urge the PA to eliminate repressive restrictions on the funding and registration of non-governmental organisations and to respect the freedom of assembly and expression and freedom of religion;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) continue to work with the PA and UNRWA to ensure that Palestine refugees in the oPt and neighbouring host countries continue to receive the assistance and protection the Agency is mandated to provide; encourage a continued engagement with regional and international donors to ensure that the overwhelming political support to the UNRWA translates into matching financial resources, and appeal to the international community to equip the Agency with a sustainable funding model;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) exert further pressure on the Israeli authorities to ensure the withdrawal of the six social and human rights' organisations designated as terrorist by the Israeli military authorities in order to further reduce the space for Palestinian civil society;

Amendment 226 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Lukas MANDL, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) call on the Palestinian Authority to condemn and sever all links with extremist organisations and terrorist groups active in the region;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) call on the PA to condemn any organizations that are affiliated with or express support for extremist and terrorists;

Amendment 228 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) call for the PA to condemn any organizations that have proximity with extremists and terrorists;

Amendment 229 #

Lukas MANDL, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)

(g b) withdraw all current EU rules preventing Palestinian civil society or human rights' organisations from accessing EU funding because of criteria related to the political affiliation of individuals related to the organisations or the projects they implement;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30

~~— having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2014 on recognition of Palestine statehood6 , _________________ 6 OJ C 294, 12.8.2016, p. 9.~~deleted

Amendment 230 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) demand that the PA establish independent and reliable mechanisms to investigate occurrences of torture or ill- treatment in line with its obligation under the Optional Protocol of the Convention Against Torture which it acceded to in 2017; support an independent investigation into the death of Nizar Banat and call for those responsible to be held accountable; urge Palestinian authorities to hold security forces accountable for arbitrary arrest, abuse and torture;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) condemn the continued, widespread use of torture by Palestinian authorities; demand that the PA establish independent and reliable mechanisms to investigate occurrences of torture or ill- treatment within its territory;

Amendment 232 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Frédérique RIES, Katalin CSEH, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
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 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) demand that the PA establish independent and reliable mechanisms to investigate occurrences of torture or ill- treatment; and other human rights violations;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) demand that the PA establish independent and reliable mechanisms to investigate occurrences of terrorism, torture or ill- treatment;

Amendment 235 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Lukas MANDL, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) urge the PA to immediately release all political prisoners and drop all charges, call on a credible investigation into the killing of Nizar Banat that meet international standards and ensure that all those responsible for his death are held accountable;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) Call on the PA to eliminate any kind of political connection with the terrorist regime in Iran;

Amendment 237 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) Call for the PA to eliminate any kind of political connection with the terrorist regime in Iran;

Amendment 238 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) call on the PA to amend national legislation to align with international legal standards on anti-discrimination, including by recognizing sexual orientation and gender identity as protected characteristics under civil law, to ensure that hate crimes are prohibited under the law, and to diligently investigate any discriminatory motives;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) call on the PA to amend national legislation to align with international legal standards on anti-discrimination and counter-terrorism to ensure that hate crimes including anti-semitic acts are prohibited under the law, and to diligently investigate any discriminatory motives;

Amendment 24 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the ~~two-state solution, with the state of Israel and~~EU remains united it its commitment to achieving a two-state solution, based on the parameters in the Council conclusions of July 2014 that allow the sState of ~~Palestine~~Israel to liv~~ing~~e 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 conflict~~with an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable State of Palestine;

Amendment 240 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) call on the PA to amend national legislation to align with international legal standards on anti-discrimination to ensure that hate crimes are prohibited under the law, and to diligently investigate any anti- Semitic or other discriminatory motives;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)

(i a) call on the PA to align domestic legislation with CEDAW, in particular by repealing any section in the penal code that mitigates the penalty for killings on the grounds of so-called “honour,” include marital rape in the definition of rape, and ensure that penalties for crimes involving gender-based violence against women and girls are commensurate with the gravity of the offences;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) call on the PA to guarantee respect for the principles of the rule of law, the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary in order to restore public confidence in institutions; assist to take concrete steps towards administrative reforms of the Legislative Council, the judiciary system, especially High Constitutional Court; encourage to unblock pending laws, especially family, social, anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism legislation;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) call on the PA to guarantee respect for the principles of the rule of law, and establish the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary by repealing the decree of October 2022 establishing the Supreme Council of Judicial Bodies and Authorities also in order to restore public confidence in institutions;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
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

~~(k) call on the Member States to recognise Palestinian statehood as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solution;~~deleted

Amendment 246 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

~~(k) call on the Member States to recognise Palestinian statehood as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solution;~~deleted

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

~~(k) call on the Member States to recognise Palestinian statehood as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solution;~~deleted

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the ~~Member States to recognise Palestinian statehood as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solution~~High Representative to undertake a real effort towards a two State solution to the Middle East Peace Process together with the US and the countries signatories of the Abraham Accords;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) call on the Member States to ~~recognise Palestinian statehood as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solution~~promote a peaceful solution to the conflict;

Amendment 25 #

Frédérique RIES, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
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 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) call on the Member States to recognise Palestinian statehood, once the criteria of statehood are met, as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solution;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) call on the Member States to ~~recognise~~confirm the future perspective of Palestinian statehood as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solution;

Amendment 252 #

Frédérique RIES, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) comply with the commitment to fully and effectively implement existing EU legislation and the bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products; demand the adoption of EU legislation banning trade with settlements in the oPt, in compliance with international humanitarian law;deleted

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) comply with the commitment to fully and effectively implement existing EU legislation and the bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products; ensure that the principle of legal differentiation between the territory of the state of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967 is applied consistently to the full scope of EU bilateral relations with Israel, in accordance with existing CJEU rulings and UNSC Resolution 2334; demand the adoption of EU legislation banning trade with settlements in the oPt, in compliance with international humanitarian law;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

Amendment 256 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) comply with the commitment to fully and effectively implement existing EU legislation and the bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products; ~~demand the adoption of EU legislation banning trade with settlements in the oPt, in compliance with international humanitarian law;~~

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) comply with the commitment to fully and effectively implement existing EU legislation and the bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products~~; demand the adoption of EU legislation banning trade with~~ notably on the mandatory labelling of products from Israeli settlements inand the ~~oPt, in complianc~~ir exclusion from preferential customs regime and ensure wit~~h international humanitarian law~~s more efficient functioning;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

Amendment 26 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the ~~two-state~~ solution~~, with~~ of 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 conflict;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

Amendment 261 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Katalin CSEH, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(l a) is concerned about the new restrictive policy on the entry and stay of foreigners in the West Bank adopted by Israel which impedes exchange between EU citizens and Palestinians; discuss with Israel its obligation to abide by the reciprocity requirements under its visa- free regime with the EU;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(l a) better monitor the implementation of clear differentiation policies within the EU;

Amendment 263 #

Frédérique RIES, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
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 Palestine; convene an ass~~build up towards an eventual association agreement once the PA shows it respects the democirati~~on council when an agreement has been reached~~c principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Amendment 264 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) engage with the PA to jointly establish a more regular political dialogue at the ministerial level and toconvene an Association Council; launch, as soon as possible, negotiations on a full association agreement between the EU and Palestine; ~~convene an association council when an agreement has been reached~~designate the EU Office in Palestine to a fully-fledged EU Delegation;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
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 and with strict conditionality, negotiations on a full association agreement between the EU and ~~Palestine~~the PA; convene an association council when an agreement has been reached;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
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~~support the Member States to ensure a rapid return onf a ~~full association agreement between the EU and Pal~~ll Palestinians currently residing in the Member Statest in~~e; convene an association council when an agreement has been reached~~ order to support full family reunifications;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
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 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) engage with the PA to jointly establish a more regular political dialogue at the ministerial level and toconvene an association council; launch, as soon as possible, negotiations on a full association agreement between the EU and Palestine; ~~convene an association council when an agreement has been reached;~~

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)

(m a) press for the reopening of Palestinian institutions in annexed East Jerusalem, as stipulated in the 2003 Roadmap; host regular meetings with Palestinian officials in East Jerusalem and support their engagement in the political, economic, social and cultural development of East Jerusalem; oppose efforts to impose Israeli curricula on Palestinian schools;

Amendment 27 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)

(m a) engage with the PA to jointly establish a more regular political dialogue at the ministerial level with a strong focus on human rights, rule of law and the fight against terrorism, and to move towards negotiations on a full association agreement between the EU and Palestine; convene an association council when an agreement has been reached;

Amendment 271 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)

(m a) address the widespread antisemitism among the Palestinians in private and public; reiterate the EU:s commitment to combat all forms of antisemitism and stress that such a commitment will affect all of its relations with the Palestinian Authority.

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)

(m a) condemn the repeated bombing of Gaza by Israel causing a large scale of casualties and wounded, including children;

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) work towards an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip; ask Israel to fully comply with its responsibilities and obligations as an occupying power under international law, particularly with the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Hague Regulation; call on the Israeli authorities to immediately end the blockade in Gaza as well as its increasing colonization and occupation by means of its appropriation of Palestinian resources; recalls that the United Nations General Assembly, at its 32nd plenary meeting held in November 1977, already affirmed “the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial and foreign domination and alien subjugation by all available means, including armed struggle”;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) work towards an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip including the possibility for Palestinians to travel outside for work, study, medical reasons or to visit family relatives in the West Bank as well as the circulation of goods;

Amendment 275 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) work towards an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip, including the possibility for Palestinians to travel outside for work, study, medical reasons or to visit family relatives in the West Bank and elsewhere;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) work towards an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip while making sure that both parties respect each other’s right to exist; strongly and publicly condemn the rhetoric from Hamas wanting the annihilation of the State of Israel;

Amendment 277 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Frédérique RIES, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) ~~work towards an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip~~continue supporting the efforts to mitigate the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and to actively work for an end to the sixteen-year-long blockade through a political solution respected by all parties;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
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 #

Lukas MANDL, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(n a) offer the EU's condolences to the families of Israeli soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul; deplore the refusal of Hamas to return their remains to Israel for burial; call for all efforts to be made for the immediate repatriation of their remains and call for the immediate release of Israeli citizens Avraham Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed, who have not committed any crime or offence that justifies their captivity by Hamas in the Gaza Strip;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the two-state solution, ~~with~~on 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,basis of the 1967 lines with two sovereign, democratic states living side by side in peace and guaranteed security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states, and in full respect of international law is the only viable solution to the conflict;

Amendment 280 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(n a) strongly condemn Palestinian terrorist groups firing indiscriminate rockets into Israel;

Amendment 281 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Katalin CSEH, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

~~(o) actively offer to deploy an election observation mission to the oPt upon the announcement of general elections;~~deleted

Amendment 282 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Katalin CSEH, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Salima YENBOU

~~(o) actively offer to deploy an election observation mission to the oPt upon the announcement of general elections;~~deleted

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) continue its support to the work of the Central Elections Commission and to engage with relevant actors to support the electoral process; actively offer to deploy an EU election observation mission to the oPt upon the announcement of general elections;

Amendment 284 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) actively offer to deploy an election observation mission to the ~~oPt~~West Bank upon the announcement of general elections;

Amendment 285 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

(o a) deplore the striking disparities between the health services available to Palestinians and those available to Israelis resulting in higher mortality rates; urge the EU to work with the Israeli authorities on a solution to ensure the inhendered access of Palestinian patients to medical care by Israeli authorities;

Amendment 286 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

(o a) request from the Government of Israel to allow Members of the European Parliament the access to the Occupied Territories, including Gaza;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) enhance funding, including humanitarian aid and development assistance, for 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 attack; create a scrutiny mechanism to make sure that the funding is going to the right place and assess if progress is being made and make sure that that EU funds do not directly or indirectly finance terrorism any longer, including the six Palestinian organisations who has close links with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an EU terror designated group;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) enhance funding, including humanitarian aid and development assistance, for 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 attack for the green transition, youth participation, democratisation and anti-corruption efforts, including public financial management reform; ensure continued humanitarian aid and development assistance, including for Palestinian communities in Area C and East Jerusalem; ensure continued funding for essential services including education and health; expand aid to Palestinian civil society, including to human rights defenders under attack; underline that funding must not be suspended for civil society organisations without evidence of misuse;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

Amendment 29 #

Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, David LEGA, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination as enshrined in the UN Charter and as repeatedly upheld by UN bodies, including the UN General Assembly, Security Council, Commission on Human Rights/Human Rights Council;

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

Amendment 291 #

Frédérique RIES, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

Amendment 292 #

Lukas MANDL, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) enhance funding, including humanitarian aid and development assistance, for the green transition, ~~good governance~~youth participation, democratisation and anti- corruption efforts, including public financial management reform; ensure continuous funding for essential services for the Palestinian people including education and health; expand aid to Palestinian civil society, including to human rights defenders under attack;

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) ~~enhanc~~decrease funding, including humanitarian aid and development assistance, ~~for~~to 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 attack~~PA and make it conditional upon their stopping of payments to families of Palestinian terrorists and fight against corruption;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) enhance funding, including humanitarian aid and development assistance, for the green transition, good governance and implement drastic anti- corruption ~~effort~~measures, including public financial management reform; expand aid to Palestinian civil society, including to human rights defenders under attack;

Amendment 298 #

Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, David LEGA, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
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 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(p a) call on the PA to eradicate all anti- Semitic content and incitement to violence from its school textbooks; call on the EU and its Member States to reiterate in their exchanges with representatives of the PA that this is a longstanding issue that must be resolved immediately;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— Having regard to the IV Geneva Convention

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas there can be no negotiated political solution as long as the Palestinian leadership is divided and with no unified national vision or strategy;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(p a) Insist that Israel financially contributes to the basic needs and well- being of Palestinians under its occupation in accordance with its obligations under international humanitarian law (rather than leaving the burden to international donors);

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(p a) monitor the implementation of the Joint Strategy for Palestine 2021-2024 and politically consult Parliament well in time ahead of the drafting and adoption of the next Joint Strategy in Support for Palestine 2024-2027;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(p a) continue and expand EU funding and programmes in vulnerable areas around East Jerusalem and rural areas of the West Bank and actively defend the rights of Palestinians living in Area C;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p b (new)

(p b) call on Israel to reduce physical and administrative restrictions on Palestinian economic activities and trade, and to cease favouring Israeli settler companies over Palestinians, as regards construction permits, licensing for operation, and access to natural resources in Area C;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p c (new)

(p c) convey that Israel should contribute financially to the basic needs and well-being of Palestinians under its occupation in accordance with its obligations under international humanitarian law;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p d (new)

(p d) protect and strengthen Palestinian civil space by increasing aid to Palestinian civil society organisations, including human rights defenders under attack; implement the EU Guidelines on human rights defenders, taking concrete action when HRDs and CSOs are under attack; privately and publicly condemn and take action against initiatives contributing to the shrinking space for civil society in Palestine; consistently consult Palestinian CSOs and HRDs in EU policy-making and positioning towards the situation in Israel and Palestine; urge Israeli authorities to reverse their unfounded designation of leading Palestinian civil society groups as “terrorist organisations” and allow them to continue their vital work;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

~~(q) provide Palestinian partners with long-term planning security and predictability by accompanying the 2021- 2024 joint strategy with a multiannual action plan;~~deleted

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) provide Palestinian partners with long-term planning security and predictability by accompanying the 2021- 2024 joint strategy with a multiannual action plan; underlines that the European Commission must not suspend any funds to Palestinian civil society or the Palestinian Authority without tangible evidence of misuse;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) provide the Palestinian ~~partners~~Authority 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 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance in Palestine 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 in the oPt; bring policies towards Israel in line with the EUʼs goal to the achievement of an “independent, democratic and viable Palestinian State and the Two-State solution” and hold the Israeli government to account for explicit opposition to and policies that obstruct a viable Palestinian state;

Amendment 31 #

Frédérique RIES, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the fractured Fatah movement, the consolidation of powers in the office of the PA President, the shrinking of Palestinian civil society rights and the oppression of political dissent and demonstrations in support of democratic reforms shows some of the challenges the PA faces;

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance in Palestine are undermined by illegal settlements, ~~the Israeli occupation and related re~~and by humanitarian workers when they fail to go through the Israeli legal system while constriucti~~ons on the Palestinian economy; demand compensation for the demolition of all EU-funded infrastructure in the oPt~~ng EU funded shelters, knowingly placing such structures at risk of demolition by Israeli authorities;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance ~~in Palestine~~to 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 ~~oPt~~PA;

Amendment 312 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance in Palestine 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 in the oPt~~a complex situation linked to security and the constant presence of Hamas terrorists in Palestinian society;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance in the Palestineian Territories 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 in the oPt;

Amendment 314 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance in Palestine are undermined by illegal settlements, the Israeli occupation and related restrictions on the Palestinian economycall for both parties to respect EU policy in order to ensure the effectiveness of financial assistance; demand compensation for the demolition of all EU- funded infrastructure in the oPt;

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r – point i (new)

i) support the ICC in its ongoing investigation of the situation in Palestine and the advisory opinion by the ICJ; express concern regarding the Israeli government’s decision to impose punitive measures against the Palestinian people, leadership and civil society following the request by the General Assembly of an advisory opinion by the ICJ;

Amendment 316 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(r a) note that Israel could represent a valuable actor to enhance the level of effectiveness of the EU financial assistance, giving the fact that Israel is representing the only country with an administrative system similar to those of the European Union;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(r a) (s) (new) support the efforts to end the impunity of the crimes committed in the context of the Israeli occupation in Palestine, including through active support of the ongoing investigations in the International Criminal Court;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
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 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(r a) review the mandate of EU POL COPPS and focuses on ensuring the viability of the two-state-solution on the ground, guaranteeing the right for Palestinian self-determination;

Amendment 32 #

A c. whereas the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research has revealed in a recent poll (March 2022) that Perception of corruption in PA institutions stands at 86%; whereas 74% of the population demands President Abbas’ resignation;

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)

(r b) commission a legal opinion on what the proposed transfer of the Civil Administration and the Coordination of Government Operations in the Territories (COGAT) from the authority of the military commander and the Ministry of Defence to a civilian Minister of Settlement mean for EU cooperation with these official bodies;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s

(s) advocate the ~~adjustment~~overhaul of the Paris Protocol on Economic Relations to provide the PA with more autonomy in economic and fiscal governance, for instance by allowing them to set their own ~~VAT rat~~fiscal policy (e.g.VAT rates) and tax collection; urge Israeli authorities to refrain from non- transparent deductions of tax revenues to the Palestinian authorities for political purposes;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
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 323 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

(t) exclude the PA Ministry of Interior from EU financial assistance through PEGASE to the PA, while retaining the overall level of financial support, until authorities take effective steps to end arbitrary arrests and torture and to investigate and prosecute those responsible for abusesnhance policy dialogue and urge the PA Ministry of Interior and the authorities under its supervision to end arbitrary arrests and torture and to investigate and prosecute those responsible for abuses; if no progress is made, consider temporarily redirecting the EU financial assistance to the Ministry in the framework of PEGASE, while retaining the overall level of financial support to the PA;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

(t) continue applying the incentive based approach and policy dialogue of PEGASE which aim to accompany the PA to foster effective and accountable institutions ready for statehood and enable inclusive social development; exclude the PA Ministry of Interior from EU financial assistance through PEGASE to the PA, while retaining the overall level of financial support, until authorities take effective steps to end arbitrary arrests and torture and to investigate and prosecute those responsible for abuses;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

Amendment 326 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)

(t a) support the initiative by the Palestinian Authority, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, to request an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories; defend the ICC and insist that the EU and Member States continues to support its work in investigating potential violations of the Rome Statute;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)

(t a) strengthen policy dialogue in the framework of PEGASE, through more frequency and better coherence of meetings and concrete indicators;

Amendment 328 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Katalin CSEH, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)

(t b) take action to ensure unhindered access by MEPs and EP bodies to Palestine, in particular the Gaza strip;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)

(t b) increase the visibility of EU actions on the ground through a better and more strategic communication;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas one of the main challenges in Palestinian politics remains the rivalry between the Palestinian political factions; whereas Hamas was designated by the European Parliament as a terrorist organisation in 2003;

Amendment 330 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

~~(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground;~~deleted

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground; welcome the Commission’s firm commitment to fighting anti-semitism and engaging with the Palestinian Authority and the UNRWA to promote quality education for Palestinian children and ensure full adherence to UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co- existence, and non- violence in Palestinian textbooks; call therefore on the Commission to establish a clear conditionality in the fight against antisemitism in order to gain access to EU funds;

Amendment 332 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground; recall that in the agreement for the 2023 EU Budget, the two arms of the budgetary authority jointly decided on an increase for the NDICI-Southern Neighbourhood budget line to be dedicated also to UNRWA; call for an special focus on education and health care within this funding;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground; be reminded of the joint text on the EU general budget for the financial year 2023, which calls for additional funding to the Agency, and ensure in this regard that additional contributions will support its Programme Budget and the delivery of core human development services;

Amendment 334 #

Željana ZOVKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground; ensure that EU funding is used for projects that are in line with EU values and that do not incite hatred or violence; ensure that EU sponsored schoolbooks are meeting the UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance coexistence and non-violence;

Amendment 335 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground but underlines the mandatory revision that UNRWA has to do to the content of the text books, and asks to UNRWA to ensure that no EU public money will be used again to promote hate and violent content in the schools;

Amendment 336 #

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground; earmark the additional funds for the agency incorporated in the joint text on the EU general budget for 2023 towards UNRWA’s core programme budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground; ensure that EU funding is never again used to promote hateful and violent content in schools;

Amendment 338 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground; while respecting the educational requirements of the building of prospects for a two-state solution;

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground while making sure that the financial support is being used to activities reflecting the EU values;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
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;~~deleted

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA, including in 2023 as jointly agreed by the budgetary authority on the EU general budget, to meet the increasing needs on the ground;

Amendment 341 #

(u) ~~ensure continued and additional financial supp~~redirect funding away from UNRWA fort t~~o Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground~~he benefit of refugees coming from Ukraine and underlines the urgent need for UNRWA to reform;

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(u a) express their concern about the negative impact of the new rules restricting entry and residence of foreign citizens in the West Bank on both the Palestinian society and on European Union citizens who want to work, study or live in the West Bank, including spouses and family members, students and academics, experts and volunteers; highlight that these restrictions have a seriously disruptive impact on the implementation of the ERASMUS+ Programme; highlights the importance of the EU’s principle of reciprocity of visa- free access in this context;

Amendment 343 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(u a) work with Member States and the international community to counter Iran’s growing interference in the Middle East region, including through its support to proxies such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza; express concern about Qatar’s lavish funding to Hamas in Gaza, which has exacerbated corruption in Gaza and has not gone to the civilians most in need; underline that conflict and instability on Israel’s borders negatively affect the prospects for a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(u a) make sure that all education curricula funded by the EU are in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co-existence and non-violence and strongly condemns the hate speech, violence and antisemitism that continue to be found in Palestinian Authority education curricula;

Amendment 345 #

Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, David LEGA, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(u a) express concern for the mounting violence that has characterised the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 2022 and the potential for this to further escalate; note in this context that Israel suffered in January 2023, its most deadly Palestinian terrorist attack since 2008;

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(u a) regret the limited progress on the ICC investigations in war crimes and crimes against humanity, notably the crime of apartheid, committed in the oPt and commit to help the ICC and its Prosecutor to move forward with the investigation and prosecution;

Amendment 347 #

Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, David LEGA, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
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;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u b (new)

(u b) work to fully designate Hezbollah and the IRGC as terrorist organizations, which would strengthen the EU’s calls on the PA to end its links with those entities;

Amendment 35 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas in the ~~Palestinian leadership has repeatedly called for renewed peace talks leading to a~~past 20 years the government of Israel called several times for two-state solution, for example in 2006 Prime Minister Olmert made the most far- reaching proposal ever offered by Israel, which was rejected by president Abbas, and in November 2022 former Prime Minister Lapid talked in favour of two- state solution, ~~which has not~~and all these proposals have been re~~ciproca~~jected by the ~~Israeli Government~~PA;

Amendment 36 #

Frédérique RIES, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Palestinian leadership has recognized the state of Israel and the establishment of a state of Palestine in the pre-1967 border , which has not been reciprocated by the successive Israeli governments; 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;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Palestinian leadership has ~~repeatedly called for renewed~~placed preconditions on the peace talks leading to a two-state solution, wh~~ich has not been reciprocated by the Israeli Government~~ereas the successive Israeli Governments have also offered peace talks but without any preconditions;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
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 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

— having regard to the statement of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 22 August 2022 on the Israeli raids on six Palestinian civil society organisations,deleted

Amendment 40 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas both the Palestinian leadership ~~has repeatedly called for renewed peace talks leading~~and the Israeli Government have to restate their commitment to athe two-state solution~~, which has not been reciproca~~ reflected byin the ~~Israeli Government~~ir readiness to effectively resume peace talks;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas both Israel and the Palestinian leadership hasve repeatedly called for renewed peace talks leading to a ~~two-state solution, which has not been reciprocated by the Israeli Government~~sustainable solution providing peace and security;

Amendment 42 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Miriam LEXMANN

B a. whereas Arab states such as Egypt or Jordan, which have maintained diplomatic relations with Israel for years, have played a meaningful role in promoting dialogue on the Middle East Peace Process, including on security and stability; underlines the continuing relevance of investing in meaningful negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority; whereas one of the premises for the Abraham Accords was the halting of annexation plans in the West Bank; whereas on all parties should respect this;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
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 44 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Lukas MANDL, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas meaningful negotiations can only happen when two sides are on equal footing; whereas decades of occupation of Palestine and lack of international recognition are serious obstacles to fair negotiations;

Amendment 45 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the leaders of Hamas, which is a recognized terrorist organization, they are calling for one state solution and the consequent destruction of the state of Israel, which is a cause for preoccupation;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the Iranian regime continues to influence the PA, and represents a serious threat to peace and stability in the region;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
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)

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)

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 5 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
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 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory has been ongoing for 55 years; whereas the number of settlers 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 peace;deleted

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory has been ongoing for 55 years; whereas ~~the number of settlers~~under international law permanent occupation is unlawful; whereas the number of settlers and the construction of related infrastructure in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has dramatically increased since the signing of the Oslo Accords inand con~~travention of international law and the objective of peace;~~ stitute a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace ; whereas this has profoundly changed the social and demographic landscape of the West Bank and led to the fragmentation of Palestinian areas; whereas Israel treats the settlements as a permanent and integral part of its territory, which is tantamount to de facto annexation; whereas this has severely undermined the possibility to establish a Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution and instead entrenched a one-state reality of unequal rights, perpetual occupation, and conflict; whereas major Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organisations as well as several United Nations Special Rapporteurs have recently issued reports concluding that the Israeli government systemically oppresses and institutionally discriminates against Palestinians across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory has been ongoing for 55 years; whereas any occupation of territory must be temporary under international law and a permanent occupation is unlawful; whereas the number of settlers 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 peace; whereas this has profoundly changed the social and demographic landscape of the West Bank and led to the fragmentation of Palestinian areas; whereas Israel treats the settlements as a permanent and integral part of its territory, which is tantamount to de facto annexation; whereas this has severely undermined the possibility to establish a Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution and instead entrenched an undemocratic one-state reality of unequal rights, perpetual occupation, and conflict; whereas major Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organisations as well as several United Nations Special Rapporteurs have recently issued reports concluding that Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians amount to apartheid according to international law;

Amendment 54 #

Lukas MANDL, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~the~~ Israel~~i 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 ~~settlers~~Israeli 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 peace~~1993 and 1995;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Israeli ~~occupation of~~ -Palestinian ~~territory~~conflict has been ongoing for 55 years; whereas the number of settlers 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 peace;

Amendment 56 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Katalin CSEH, Salima YENBOU

C a. Whereas the Palestinian Authority operates under Israeli occupation and only has a degree of control over discontiguous Areas A and B in the West Bank, which are surrounded by Area C under full Israeli control, representing 60% of the West Bank; whereas therefore EU relations with the PA cannot be addressed without addressing Israeli policies;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the first month of 2023 has been marked by a cycle of violence, with around 30 Palestinians killed by the Israeli Defense Forces, including 9 Palestinians killed in the Jenin Refugee Camp; whereas 7 people have been killed in a brutal attack by a Palestinian terrorist in a synagogue in East Jerusalem;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas demolitions and seizures in the West Bank as well as the displacement of Palestinians continue increasing; whereas the separation wall in the West Bank constructed by Israel is illegal; whereas 2022 has been the deadliest year for Palestinians in nearly two decades;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. Whereas two days before the criminal attack on the synagogue situated in the Neve Yaakov neighbourhood, the Israeli occupying forces had murdered nine Palestinians and have since then incremented the repressive measures towards Palestinians;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

~~— having regard to the joint declaration between the EU and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) of 17 November 2021 on EU support to UNRWA (2021-2024),~~deleted

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas 30 years after the Oslo Accords the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian authority have fulfilled their commitments yet the Palestinian people's right to self- determination is still denied by the Israeli authorities;

Amendment 61 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. Whereas the PA has not yet definitely cut the links with the extremist organizations and with the terrorist groups in the entire region, either inside and outside the Palestinian territories, Israel and the other countries;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas - according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) - 2022 was the deadliest year since 2006 for Palestinians residing in the occupied West Bank;

Amendment 63 #

Giuliano PISAPIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), 2022 was the deadliest year since 2006 for Palestinians residing in the occupied West Bank;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas the new Israeli government in its coalition framework agreement and government guidelines lays claim to the occupied Palestinian territories, notably the West Bank; whereas coalition chairman and Member of Knesset Yariv Levin announced a government strategy of de-facto annexation of the West Bank; whereas all members of this government support at least partial annexations of Palestinian territories; whereas the new Israeli government has announced to advance and develop settlements in the West Bank; whereas the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies concluded from the coalition agreements that Israel is in the process of an accelerated annexation;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. Whereas Israel does not allow Palestinian Authority activities in annexed East Jerusalem; whereas Israel has been putting pressure on Palestinian schools in East Jerusalem to switch from Palestinian to Israeli curricula;

Amendment 66 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. Whereas the influence of the Iranian terroristic regime is still very strong on the PA, and keep representing a serious threat to the peace and stability in the region;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

C c. Whereas the West Bank is governed by a dual legal regime, which privileges Israeli settlers over Palestinians who face systematic discrimination in areas including law enforcement, building permits, freedom of movement, and economic activity; whereas Palestinians and Israeli settlers are tried in different courts under different laws for the same offense;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
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 Palestine; whereas despite this major contribution, some Palestinians are still more focused on endless conflict than on developing their own land;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

— having regard to the joint communication from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission of 9 February 2021 entitled ‘Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – A new Agenda for the Mediterranean’ (JOIN(2021)0002),deleted

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas European development partners (the EU, its Member States, Norway ~~and~~, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) are by far the largest donors and disburse EUR 1.2 billion annually in official development assistance to Palestine;

Amendment 71 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 73 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas international assistance is key to the stability of the West Bank and Gaza and thus also benefits Israel; whereas Israel is obliged under international humanitarian law to ensure the basic needs and well-being of the civilian population under its occupation;

Amendment 74 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the Israeli authorities systematically confiscate and demolish EU funded projects, assets and infrastructure in Palestine; whereas only in the first ten months on 2022 81 EU- funded structures worth over EUR 245,000 were demolished or seized;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas in Gaza, the blockade and intermittent conflict have crippled the economy and 63% of the area's population requires some form of humanitarian assistance.

Amendment 76 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Katalin CSEH, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
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 Palestine 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; whereas it is necessary to continue implementing an effective process and a scrutinized review of the designation of EU funds;

Amendment 77 #

Frédérique RIES, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
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 Palestine has ~~been ad hoc~~only been provided through annual action plans ; whereas the 2021- 2024 joint strategy provides a basis on which multi-annual action programmes can be adopted, but a multiannual prospect for concrete funding is still lacking;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
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 Palestine 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~~whereas an effective oversight and examination of where the funds are allocated is still lacking ;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
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 8 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Lukas MANDL, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

— having regard to Commission’s interpretative notice of 11 November 2015 on indication of origin of goods from the territories occupied by Israel since June 19672 , _________________ 2 OJ C 375, 12.11.2015, p. 4.deleted

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
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 ~~Palestine~~the PA 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 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas UNRWA continues to operate with chronic funding shortfalls that undermine its effort to fulfil its mandate, recently renewed by the international community;

Amendment 82 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. Whereas the PA is not showing any form of serious accountability on how the EU funds are spent;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA,; wh~~ose work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continu~~ereas 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 84 #

Lukas MANDL, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA,; wh~~ose work~~ereas the agency continues to face very serious challenges in upholding its essential mandate and remains a critical lifeline for millions of Palestine refugees, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight in accordance with international law and relevant UN resolutions; whereas the Parliament continually supports and advocates for the Agency’s work to be continued;

Amendment 85 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Frédérique RIES, Katalin CSEH, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continued with a strong focus on promoting education based on peacebuilding, reconciliation, tolerance, co-existence and non-violence in view of the crucial role played by the Agency for the promotion of stability and development in the region, keeping alive the prospects of sustainable peace;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continued; reminds that the conditionality of EU financial assistance in the educational sector needs to be duly considered; insists that the Commission must guarantee that no Union funds are allocated or linked to any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalisation;

Amendment 87 #

Nathalie LOISEAU, Javier NART, Klemen GROŠELJ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose work Parliament ~~continually supports and advocates to be continue~~did support; however, considering the lack of results, the inability of the ultimate beneficiaries to keep corruption to a minimum and uphold the rule of law, all funds channelled via the EU to UNRWA shall end;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas ~~EU funding includes a multiannual contribution~~the EU and its Member States are the largest donor to UNRWA, whose work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continued; whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, ensuring predictable support for Palestinian refugees in line with the EU- UNRWA Joint Declaration 2021-2024;

Amendment 89 #

Frédérique RIES, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Ilana CICUREL, Lukas MANDL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continued as long as UNRWA concretely promotes education based on peacebuilding, tolerance, coexistence;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

— having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU of 11 November 2019 on products produced by Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)3 , _________________ 3 Judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU of 19 November 2019, Organisation juive européenne and Vignoble Psagot Ltd v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances, C-363/18, ECLI:EU:C:2019:954.deleted

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose ~~work~~essential work for the development and the wellbeing of millions of Palestine refugees Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continued;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose essential humanitarian and development work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continued;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
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 93 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicola BEER, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza depend on international assistance; whereas the international assistance is essential to the stability of Palestine, Israel and the region at large; whereas according to international law Israel as an occupying power is required to ensure the protection and welfare of the occupied population;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the United Nations General Assembly has recently voted to extend the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East until 30 June 2026;

Amendment 95 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. Whereas the hate speech and content is still very present in several forms in the Palestinian textbooks;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas the Israeli Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) released on 20 October 2022 a new “Procedure for the Entry of Foreigners to the Areas of Judea and Samaria”, requiring third-country nationals, including EU-citizens, to request a permit to enter the West Bank as of October 2022; whereas the new COGAT rules restrict travel of foreign spouses to Palestinians, as well as of volunteers, academics or business people working in the West Bank, thus undermining relations between the EU and Palestine;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
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 98 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. Whereas the behaviour of several PA leaders is still oriented to the propagation of a narrative based on hate and violence, as showed during the last intervention of the PA President in Berlin;

Amendment 99 #