{"id":20743,"date":"2020-07-07T03:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T07:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=20743"},"modified":"2020-07-07T03:22:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T07:22:39","slug":"the-elders-urge-european-leaders-to-stand-firm-on-israeli-annexation-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=20743","title":{"rendered":"The Elders urge European leaders to stand firm on Israeli annexation threats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

A press release from The Elders<\/a><\/p>\n

The Elders have called on European leaders to maintain their resolve against Israel\u2019s plans to annex swathes of the West Bank, and to insist that any such moves would have negative political and economic consequences for bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

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The absence of any direct military and legal moves towards annexation on 1 July \u2013 the deadline unilaterally declared by Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu \u2013 should not be taken as grounds for complacency. Annexation of any part of the West Bank, including illegal settlement blocs, would constitute a flagrant breach of international law.<\/p>\n

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Presenting the Palestinian side of the Middle East, Is it important for a culture of peace?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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In letters to French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, The Elders underscored the damage annexation would cause not only to any hopes of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also to global respect for the rule of law.<\/p>\n

Annexation\u00a0\u201cis fundamentally contrary to the long term interests of both the Israeli and the Palestinian peoples. [It] will not dampen future Palestinian demands for rights and self-determination, but destroying hopes in a two-state compromise will increase the risks of future violence in one of the most combustible areas in the world\u201d, the Elders warned in their appeal to Europe\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n

They called on the EU leaders to consider suspending the bloc\u2019s Association Agreement with Israel if annexation does go ahead in any form, and recalled the UK\u2019s historical and abiding responsibility to the region as the colonial Mandate holder in pre-1948 Palestine.<\/p>\n

The Elders also reiterated their support for human rights defenders and civil society activists in Israel and Palestine, whose voices need to be protected and amplified at this challenging time.<\/p>\n

[Editors\u2019s note: The Elders\u00a0is an international non-governmental organisation of\u00a0public figures\u00a0noted as elder\u00a0statesmen,\u00a0peace activists, and\u00a0human rights advocates, who were brought together by\u00a0Nelson Mandela\u00a0in 2007.\u00a0 They have included Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Gra\u00e7a Machel, Mary Robinson, Ban Ki-Moon, Juan Manuel Santos and Kofi Annan, among others.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DISARMAMENT & SECURITY . A press release from The Elders The Elders have called on European leaders to maintain their resolve against Israel\u2019s plans to annex swathes of the West Bank, and to insist that any such moves would have negative political and economic consequences for bilateral relations. The absence of any direct military and … Continue reading The Elders urge European leaders to stand firm on Israeli annexation threats<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,76],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-20743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disarmament","category-global","tag-global"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}