Need for EU intervention in Middle East
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Friday June 13, 2003 15:50
by flanagan
head_office at labour dot ie
Ely Place, Dublin 2
Michael D. Higgins calls for EU intervention in the Middle East and to ensure that this crisis is at the top of the agenda at the meeting of EU leaders in Greece next week
The Labour Party Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Deputy Michael D.Higgins, has called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Cowen TD, to seek the immediate intervention of the EU to try and halt the terrible cycle of violence that has taken so many Palestinian and Israeli lives within the past few days.
“The international community cannot stand aside and allow the terrible loss of life to continue. Neither suicide bombings or assassinations from the sky should be acceptable to any democrats. The legacy of these tactics is not just the dead and broken bodies but also the embitterment of a yet another generation of people in the region.
“The ‘road map’ proposals which had offered some hope of a breakthrough were drawn up by a ‘quartet’, made up of the United Nations, the U.S., Russia and the E.U. The joint ownership by the four parties of this proposal must now be reasserted. All of the participants must become actively involved in the search for a peaceful way forward. The situation is now so serious that we cannot wait for the planned meeting of the quartet on June 29th.
“Clearly the United States on its own does not have the required standing or authority to broker a solution. Indeed we are now paying a price for the U.S. inspired marginalisation of Yassar Arrafat. If we are to make any progress there must be continuous and deep involvement by the United Nations, the EU and Russia.
“EU leaders will meet in Greece at the end of next week. The Taoiseach must ensure that the Middle East is placed at the very top of their political agenda. Too many lives have been lost so far. The people of Israel and the people of Palestine deserve the opportunity to live their lives in peace and security. Ireland can and must play a role in ensuring that this happens.”
Comments (2 of 2)
Jump To Comment: 1 2I ·always· like your press releases.
I remember you stopped leaving your name with them after I asked was the address a real one, and did you actually live on Ely Place and not just like work their and be paid to "plug" the Labour Party and Mr Higgins once in while (when generally you put the release on indymedia, coz you reckon that we ·like· Mr Higgins more than the other hyupocritical class traitor shower of C.s (that's C for rude not your name)).
I also recall saying once
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"We have our own Mr Higgins now Cathy", =no more press releases, we don't swallow the bullshit.
Our Mr Higgins is Joe the Socialist Party dude, as you will have noticed many of us @narkists have gone wee bit "red" that'd be the Sunshine, the upping of melanine levels, time at the beach, and shared protesting experiences on the mainland of Europe most recently at Evian, where your party did not see fit to say anything @ all.
Something else which is helping the new "reddy" black thingy is the hypocrisy of the Greenies.
Have you any thoughts on the hypocrisy Cathy? that you might share with the "young people" on Indymedia?
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