We are debating this resolution in the context of Israel's increasingly brutal policy of aggression against the Palestinian people.

An example of this is the recent attack on the Jenin refugee camp - 12 dead, over 100 injured, including children, the expulsion of hundreds of families from their homes.

We condemn and demand an immediate end to Israel's violence against the Palestinian people.

The Israeli Government must comply with international law, including the numerous UN resolutions on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, which for decades have determined the creation of the State of Palestine, with its 1967 borders and its capital in East Jerusalem, and the implementation of the right of return of refugees.

It is unacceptable that the words of formal recognition of the national rights of the Palestinian people do not correspond to firm political stands by the institutions of the European Union – including the European Parliament – of repudiation of the policy of occupation and oppression by Israel and of compliance with international law, expression of a posture of connivance that we denounce.

From here we express our solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for their inalienable national rights.