Israel Attempts Arm Twisting In Eurpoe

Boy this is really funny. The Zionists have their nose out of joint because the Boycott of Israel won’t go away. How refreshing that I happen to live in Europe, where not all countries are controlled or afraid to stand up to Israel when they need standing up to. I mean, just look at how quickly Obama caved over settlements AND Jerusalem, and how says American’s are “brave and courageous” evidently not in the face of all powerful America controlling Israel. Anyway, back to Europe, the European Jewish Congress, I mean “gang of thugs” are arm twisting Europeans to ignore Israel’s crimes and reward them with gifts instead: See here:

A European Jewish Congress (EJC) delegation called on Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov to use his influence to combat calls in the EU to suspend the process of upgrading relations with Israel.

“There are unfortunately some discordant voices within the EU who use Israel’s economic development as a political bargaining chip in issues that have little to do with economics and trade,” said Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, during a meeting in Sofia.

In the wake of Israel’s operation in Gaza in January, the EU has suspended the planned upgrade of EU-Israel relations. It said the move will not go ahead until Israel halts settlement expansion and accepts a two-state solution.

The EJC said the meeting with the Bulgarian President and high-level members of the Bulgarian government is part of an ongoing effort to promote issues of importance to the European Jewish community with European leaders and to coordinate an organized effort regarding the Iranian nuclear threat.link

What they really want is: #1 European trade and all the money it brings them, and #2 they want to corral the EU into supporting a war on Iran, not gonna happen asshats. We are too smart for that. Go try your luck with America, they will surely join with you to wage war on yet another Arab country that has never invaded them……………

Huge Delegation of EU Parliamentarians Come to Gaza

The largest European parliamentary delegation to arrive Gaza

The governmental Committee to break the blockade declared that the largest European Parliament delegation will arrive in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday.

Hamdi Shaath, the Chairman of the Committee, said in a press statement issued by the Information Office of the Commission, on Monday: "The delegation includes 41 European parliamentarians, including a number of heads of European parliaments, and it comes from 15 European countries, pointing out that the Vice-President of the European Parliament," Luisa Morgantini" heads of the delegation.

He explained that the delegation would look into the areas destroyed by the occupation during the last war in Gaza.

Shaath explained that the Commission has provided all the necessary preparations in order to facilitate the task of the delegation in its visit to the Gaza Strip.

Shaath called on the delegations which come to Gaza to transfer the whole truth to the outside world and to expose the continued Zionist practices against the Palestinians in the strip, in addition to the disclosure of the damage caused by the continuation of the strict Zionist blockade for more than three years. link

Iran Lays Out Framework for Nuclear Negotiations

From presstv: Iran says future nuclear negotiations are possible only if they are conducted within the framework of the Parliament (Majlis) resolutions.

"The P5+1's proposal concerning the increase of supervision over Iran's nuclear work that has been discussed by some members of the sextet will have no legal place," Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani told lawmakers on Sunday.

Larijani made the remarks following a joint statement issued on Wednesday by Washington, Beijing and the European Union which stressed resumption of negotiations with Iran as a solution to the standoff over the country's nuclear program.

The Iranian official reiterated that the parliament would exercise supervision over the country's upcoming nuclear negotiations and would only authorize those talks which will be held within the legislative body's framework.

Also known as the E3+3, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), urged Iran to "engage seriously... in a spirit of mutual respect."

"Now that the P5+1 has no justification to deny Iran's nuclear advances, the future talks should be conducted in accordance with the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty's (NPT) rules and regulations," Larijani stressed.

"We recognize once again that Iran has the right to a civilian nuclear program, but with that comes the responsibility to restore confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear activities," the P5+1 statement suggested.

Hundreds of EU Elected Officials Visit Gaza

100 European lawmakers, governors, mayors visit West Bank refugee camps

Some 100 European parliamentarians, mayors and governors arrived in the West Bank on Sunday under the auspices of a program that “twins” French cities with Palestinian refugee camps.

The leaders, who are primarily French, visited their counterparts on Sunday in the twinning project in Deheisha Refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The delegation is led by Fernand Tuil, the head of the French twinning committee (Association des Villes Françaises Jumelées avec des Camps de Réfugiés Palestiniens).

The delegation is scheduled to visit several Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Jerusalem to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, and demonstrate support for Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes from which they and their ancestors were expelled in 1948.

The delegation will also hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and other Palestinian politicians in order to receive updates about the situation in Palestine.

According to Tuil, the predominantly French delegation is the largest of its kind that has ever come to the Palestinian territories. He said the goal of the visit is to support the struggle of the Palestinian people for their national aims.

During their visit that began at noon in Deheisha Camp, the European officials met Ahmad Muheisin, head of the Palestinian side of the twinning committee, and Muhammad Al-Lahham, a Palestinian lawmaker, and attended a reception at Al-Fineiq Hall.

Another meeting is scheduled to be held in Aida Refugee Camp, also in Bethlehem, where the guests will meet Palestinian lawmaker Issa Qaraqi and other activists in the camp to discuss a potential pairing between Aida and the French city Nogent.

EU Calls for SUSPENSION of Israeli-EU Agreements

SNP Member of the European Parliament Mr Alyn Smith has reiterated his call for the EU-Israel Association agreement to be suspended in order to pressure the Israeli government to abide by the international commitments made towards the welfare of the Palestinian people.

The call came after Smith met in Brussels with Scots involved in the "Peace Cycle" initiative, which has seen young volunteers cycle from Amman to Jerusalem and yesterday delivered a 15,000 petition to the European Parliament calling for the suspension of the Association Agreement. Smith's call comes also in the light of comments made by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that Israel need not be bound by the Annapolis accords.

Smith said:

"Things are going from bad to worse in the Middle East, and the EU as a whole continues to send precisely the wrong signals to the increasingly intransigent Israeli government. At least Mr Lieberman does not pretend to have any regard for human rights, where a number of his predecessors have pretended to talk about peace while all the while undermining any chance of a viable Palestinian state at all.

"The EU has to recognise that the Israeli government is not a partner in peace, it is the primary opponent of it. Until we use our collective economic and political power to bring them to the negotiating table we will only continue to watch things go from bad to worse.

"When I visited Gaza, the West Bank and Israel I saw for myself the daily humiliations inflicted upon the Palestinian people, making the economy of Palestine a basket case, brutalising the population and in itself encouraging violence, which is then used to justify further aggression. I favour a two state solution but there has to be two viable states in the first place and the Israeli government is being permitted to undermine at every turn any chance the Palestinians have of establishing any viable economy.

"I commend the efforts of the Peace Cycle campaign, and certainly support their call for the EU to get real in our collective dealings with Israel.

"The phrase I heard from an Israeli peace activist in Haifa still rings in my ears; that "Israel must be saved from itself" is becoming more and more true with every day that passes. The EU must match the hand wringing and humanitarian aid with hard action to bring the Israeli government to account, and the only weapons we have at our disposal are economic ones." SOURCE