{"id":209140,"date":"2002-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=209140"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:42:12","slug":"auto-insert-209140","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209140\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Presidency statement on Mideast &#8211; EU press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"1px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statement by the EU Presidency on the Middle East<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\nThe Presidency of the European Union regrets the renewed circle of violence in the Middle East, which only serves to undermine efforts to promote dialogue on security, reforms and a final settlement. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Today&#39;s atrocious terror action on a bus in the Jerusalem Kiryat Menachem neighbourhood must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. It is yet another deliberate attempt to derail the process towards reconciliation. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Presidency is deeply saddened to learn that so far 11 innocent Israeli civilians have died and many more have been seriously injured as a result of this act of terror. Our profound condolences and sympathy go to the bereaved families, to the many injured and to the Government of Israel. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Also, the Presidency condemns the recent Israeli actions in Gaza and in the West Bank with many civilian casualties, which only fuels more hatred and violence and will not bring security to the Israeli people. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Presidency once again calls upon militant Palestinian groups to lay down arms and unite in a call for a cessation of violence and on the Government of Israel to exercise restraint to avoid further deterioration of the situation. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:11px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The EU stands together with a united international community to assist Israelis and Palestinians alike to move towards reconciliation, negotiations and eventually a peaceful settlement to the conflict. Terror and violence will not deter &#8211; only delay &#8211; these efforts and alienate the two sides further.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:9px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"4px\" \/><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">from <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">OCHA\/RELIEF WEB<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement by the EU Presidency on the Middle East The Presidency of the European Union regrets the renewed circle of violence in the Middle East, which only serves to undermine efforts to promote dialogue on security, reforms and a final settlement. 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