The killing by the Israel army of the Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabri is an effort to prevent the recognition by the UN of the State of Palestine, provoking a reaction from Hamas and profiting the violence created in face of coming Israeli elections in order to increase influence of the right-wing government. With the escalation of violence, causing dozens of killings among the Palestinian population and threaten an Israeli intervention and war, the real aim for the Israel government is to present the case of the recognition of Palestinian State as impossible. We appreciate the diplomatic efforts of president Abbas to accelerate the UN recognition that would allow the peaceful resolution for the Middle East conflict.
We urge the European states to support the recognition of the Palestinian state in the UN, and condemn the Israeli escalation of violence as well as to stop the EU-Israel trade agreement that has been recently upgraded.
We support the right to self-determination of the Palestinian, internationally recognized, to have their own state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and the right to return of the Palestinian refugees.
We demand an end to Israeli occupation, the dismantling of the illegal settlements and the apartheid wall as well as an end to the siege of Gaza, and to achieve a ceasefire and the end of violence.

During the last large-scale Israeli attack and offensive on the Gaza strip civilians paid the price of political inactions. We must not allow history to repeat itself.

EL Executive Board meeting, Copenhagen, 2012-11-17/18