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 Limor Edrey
Last update - 13:34 07/03/2009
Report: EU accuses Israel of `pursuing illegal annexation` of East Jerusalem
By Haaretz Service
Tags: hillary clinton, EU 

A confidential EU report accuses Israel of "actively pursuing the illegal annexation" of East Jerusalem, the British newspaper the Guardian reported early Saturday.

The Guardian reported that the EU document accuses Israel of using settlement expansion, the security barrier in the West Bank, Palestinian house demolitions and discriminatory housing policies to gain control over East Jerusalem.

The report, obtained by the Guardian, is dated December 15, 2008. It acknowledges Israel's legitimate security concerns in Jerusalem, but says: "Many of its current illegal actions in and around the city have limited security justifications."
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The report goes on to say that Israel has accelerated its plans for East Jerusalem, and is undermining the Palestinian Authority's credibility and weakening support for peace talks. "Israel's actions in and around Jerusalem constitute one of the most acute challenges to Israeli-Palestinian peace-making," says the document, EU Heads of Mission Report on East Jerusalem.

The Guardian reports that the EU is particularly concerned about the Old City, where there were plans to build 35 new housing units in the Muslim quarter, as well as expansion plans for Silwan, just outside the Old City walls.

Israel demolished two Palestinian homes on Monday just before the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Eighty-eight more houses are scheduled for demolition, all for lack of permits.

Clinton described the demolitions as "unhelpful," noting that they violated Israel's obligations under the U.S. "road map" for peace.

The EU report goes further, saying the demolitions "illegal under international law, serve no obvious purpose, have severe humanitarian effects, and fuel bitterness and extremism."
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  1.   Illegal Annexation? 05:24  |  Garry 07/03/09
  2.   G-d is not a real estate agent 05:40  |  David 07/03/09
  3.   Spot On David #2 05:54  |  Binyamin 07/03/09
  4.   A timely intervention... 06:49  |  Esther 07/03/09
  5.   Jewish Land 06:59  |  Khaled 07/03/09
  6.   Let`s give East Germany back to Russia 07:10  |  UsedToPostHere 07/03/09
  7.   no. 1 garry 07:17  |  steve 07/03/09
  8.   #2 David 07:17  |  Courcey 07/03/09
  9.   David and Binyamin: too right! 07:19  |  Hannah 07/03/09
  10.   nothing is illegal! 07:24  |  Mark 07/03/09
  11.   Illegal annexation 07:26  |  Daniel 07/03/09
  12.   Wish EU was so concerned about Darfur! 35 houses bought woa! 07:30  |  arthur 07/03/09
  13.   Lets step up and not build more hatered 07:31  |  J Heymann 07/03/09
  14.   European antisemitism 07:39  |  Frank 07/03/09
  15.   Garry - where would you begin? 07:47  |  Palestinian Brit 07/03/09
  16.   Esther...who will intervene? 07:50  |  Palestinian Brit 07/03/09
  17.   East Jerusalem 07:55  |  LNRD 07/03/09
  18.   Britain better to look for herself. 08:04  |  Alex 07/03/09
  19.   reports such as this should ALWAYS be publicized 08:10  |  eric 07/03/09
  20.   Becoming Monsters 08:31  |  a broughton 07/03/09
  21.   G-d is not a real estate agent David 08:35  |  ben 07/03/09
  22.   What is "confidential" about 40 years of Israeli illegal acts 08:36  |  Joe 07/03/09
  23.   the common secret 08:38  |  Joe 07/03/09
  24.   reported by the Guardian 08:49  |  Peter 07/03/09
  25.   To Joe 09:03  |  Garry 07/03/09
  26.   # 10 hey peter in budapest, do you read haaretz much? 09:24  |  eric 07/03/09
  27.   Peter #10... you vilify the messenger... 09:46  |  Esther 07/03/09
  28.   #10 The Guardian and credibility 09:48  |  Manny Goldstein 07/03/09
  29.   # 7 ben 09:52  |  Axel 07/03/09
  30.   # 1 garry 09:54  |  Axel 07/03/09
  31.   Eric #5 09:54  |  JA 07/03/09
  32.   illegal?! so what?! 10:11  |  bashar 07/03/09
  33.   Axel No. 15 10:18  |  Garry 07/03/09
  34.   # 18 garry 10:40  |  Axel 07/03/09
  35.   To esther from TA 10:41  |  Peter 07/03/09
  36.   Jerusalem is Already Part of Israel 10:42  |  Baruch Gold 07/03/09
  37.   Peter appeals to the Peanut Gallery # 10 10:44  |  Clickfool 07/03/09
  38.   Nothing new 10:48  |  fritz t. 07/03/09
  39.   ben number 7 10:50  |  Mark 07/03/09
  40.   Resolution 242 10:53  |  Sam Soul 07/03/09
  41.   Baruch know-it-all 11:02  |  John , Canadian 07/03/09
  42.   common knowledge 11:04  |  peter 07/03/09
  43.   clickfool - Guardian 11:04  |  Peter 07/03/09
  44.   Jerusalem and Baruch Copper 11:05  |  Jean-f. 07/03/09
  45.   NOTHING ILLEGAL FOR ISRAELIS 11:05  |  indrajaya 07/03/09
  46.   when will you ever understand 11:06  |  Hajj 07/03/09
  47.   Jerusalem, all of it, has been the People of Israel`s capital for 11:15  |  Jehudah Ben-Israel 07/03/09
  48.   EU must stop their accusations against Israel. 11:56  |  Vital 07/03/09
  49.   Jewish Land 12:10  |  Khaled 07/03/09
  50.   Is anyone surprised? 12:10  |  Ben 07/03/09
  51.   Axel...the UN has not deemed sudan, china or congo! 12:11  |  Bee 07/03/09
  52.   England Is Actually Part of Normandy 12:12  |  Baruch Gold 07/03/09
  53.   "If you will it, it is not a dream." 12:13  |  sandra chitayat 07/03/09
  54.   To 17 12:13  |  Khaled 07/03/09
  55.   God didn`t give Israel to the Jews. Weapons did. 12:20  |  Michael 07/03/09
  56.   ALL of Canaan is an EVERLASTING possession of the Jews (part 2) 12:22  |  David 07/03/09
  57.   ALL of Canaan is an EVERLASTING possession of the Jews (part 1) 12:23  |  David 07/03/09
  58.   to mush land greed will drive Israel to cease to exist 12:57  |  bn 07/03/09
  59.   Looks like apartheid, sounds like apartheid 12:57  |  Georges H Saab 07/03/09
  60.   The Guardian Report 13:15  |  Jerusalemite 07/03/09
  61.   Arabs actively seeking to annex Jerusalem to 22 countries 13:16  |  x-ray 07/03/09
  62.   purely a matter of security 13:27  |  tony beegood 07/03/09
  63.   Manny Goldstein - the Iraq dossier 13:43  |  Palestinian Brit 07/03/09
  64.   Garry - not only the UN 13:46  |  Palestinian Brit 07/03/09
  65.   The Palestinians of East Jerusalem 13:54  |  Joe 07/03/09
  66.   If you think this report is too obvious then.... 14:16  |  Welshman 07/03/09
  67.   Guardian = False reporters with a radical left-wing agenda! 14:38  |  Truth 07/03/09
  68.   a mr. broughton from San Francisco 15:10  |  The Teacher/Instruct 07/03/09
  69.   # 21 truth 15:13  |  Axel 07/03/09
  70.   more illegal stuff 15:29  |  ahmad 07/03/09
  71.   To Joe #8 15:30  |  Michael 07/03/09
  72.   So what are they going to do about it? 15:35  |  Mark Lincoln 07/03/09
  73.   #18 Gary. Horray...horray...horray for you 15:38  |  John Allen 07/03/09
  74.   Sanctions 15:48  |  Anthony 07/03/09
  75.   #17 bashar 15:48  |  John Allen 07/03/09
  76.   Ben 7 15:51  |  Anthony 07/03/09
  77.   And Israel gets upgraded trade relations as a reward 15:54  |  Truthteller 07/03/09
  78.   baruch 19 15:55  |  Anthony 07/03/09
  79.   A deliberatly leaked report 16:21  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/03/09
  80.   E. Jerusalem never legally belonged to local 16:38  |  17 07/03/09
  81.   to #1 16:44  |  NYC Jew 07/03/09
  82.   accusation 17:00  |  rm 07/03/09
  83.   #2--Israel has the right to all of Jerusalem 17:02  |  don the maccabee 07/03/09
  84.   You Ain`t Serious if you think that All or Parts of Israel 17:07  |  Joseph.E 07/03/09
  85.   G-d doesnt need to be a real estate agent 17:22  |  jj 07/03/09
  86.   Annexation 17:25  |  Bill 07/03/09
  87.   ALL STOLEN JEWISH LAND & Property Must be Returned to Jews 18:07  |  Linda Rivera 07/03/09
  88.   ben on that contract w/g-d 18:08  |  jewish people? 07/03/09
  89.   JEWISH REFUGEES Must be Compensated in LAND & Finances 18:08  |  Linda Rivera 07/03/09
  90.   EU PEE on YOU 18:24  |  mozzi 07/03/09
  91.   mark lincoln,their going to do the same thing they did when arabs 18:25  |  terrornator 07/03/09
  92.   End support for Israeli duplicity 19:07  |  Don 07/03/09
  93.   EU accuses 19:12  |  Shalom 07/03/09
  94.   # 26/17 19:13  |  Axel 07/03/09
  95.   Note, while Israel has been the capital city of the Jewish people 19:16  |  Jehudah 07/03/09
  96.   annexation 19:26  |  rm 07/03/09
  97.   EU 19:43  |  baurat 07/03/09
  98.   Linda 27 19:50  |  Anthony 07/03/09
  99.   linda 28 19:52  |  Anthony 07/03/09
  100.   #2 20:00  |  Mark 07/03/09
  101.   Annexation 20:01  |  Sanity 07/03/09
  102.   perspective 20:25  |  Lea 07/03/09
  103.   Annexation is ALWAYS Legal 20:26  |  Son of Man 07/03/09
  104.   Annexation from war is Always Legal 20:30  |  Son of Man 07/03/09
  105.   Real estate 20:36  |  Michael 07/03/09
  106.   Recognize the evil of expansionism 20:51  |  MA 07/03/09
  107.   Jerusalem is Israel`s capital 21:44  |  Jack Straw 07/03/09
  108.   Jerusalem capital of the Jews 22:26  |  peter 07/03/09
  109.   Realize the evils of expansionism and annexation 22:55  |  Christopher 07/03/09
  110.   why confidential when it is common knowlege 22:59  |  American in NY 07/03/09
  111.   ben # 7 re Gods ownership and covenants have been revoked 23:06  |  American in nY 07/03/09
  112.   # 51 peter 23:21  |  Axel 07/03/09
  113.   # 39 Jehudah 23:24  |  Axel 07/03/09
  114.   # 34 to mossi re: no clues 23:36  |  eric 07/03/09
  115.   # 18 how about the judgement of the u.s. state dept, garry? 23:38  |  eric 07/03/09
  116.   #55 how about it eric 00:04  |  peter 08/03/09
  117.   #55 Axel of course its the issue 00:45  |  peter 08/03/09
  118.   Jerusalem 01:02  |  Bill 08/03/09
  119.   Israel gets upgraded trade relations as a reward 01:44  |  Joan 08/03/09
  120.   # 76 peter 01:48  |  Axel 08/03/09
  121.   # 75 peter 01:59  |  Axel 08/03/09
  122.   Peter # 116 YOU are full of it. How qbout that? 04:31  |  American in NY 08/03/09
  123.   Axel # 121 re Peter and which part he does not understand 04:34  |  American in NY 08/03/09
  124.   #129 how typical Axel 06:30  |  peter 08/03/09
  125.   #121 Axel skips the parts that flummox him 06:39  |  peter 08/03/09
  126.   # 116 yup peter, lol...aipac DOES own congress... 07:20  |  eric 08/03/09
  127.   # 123 wrong again peter! 07:33  |  eric 08/03/09
  128.   Warnings ignored 11:29  |  Michael 08/03/09
  129.   Youv`e know it was illegal for years 16:50  |  Richard Greve 08/03/09
  130.   wrong again eric 17:16  |  peter 08/03/09
  131.   eric and his red-herrings 17:26  |  peter 08/03/09
  132.   Palestinians and peace 01:37  |  David Negev 09/03/09
  133.   illegal annextion 11:59  |  Giorgio Forti 09/03/09
  134.   Peter # 130/131, etc. America does not recognize Jerusalem 14:41  |  American in NY 09/03/09
  135.   Peter from Montreal re American Embassy facts 15:25  |  American in NY 09/03/09
  136.   you`re right peter, it IS a waste of time (4rth try) 21:51  |  eric 09/03/09
  137.   you`re right peter, it IS a waste of time (4rth try) 21:51  |  eric 09/03/09
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