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EU Parliament to host panel meeting on Palestinians' rights
By The Associated Press

A United Nations panel meeting on the rights of Palestinians will take place at the premises of the European Parliament later this week, despite protests by Israel and some European Union parliamentarians, who claim the group organizing it has an anti-Israeli record, officials said Monday.

The August 30-31 panel meeting, to be held under the auspices of the UN's Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, will go ahead as scheduled, European Parliament spokesman Fearghas O'Beara said.

Israel views the committee as a legacy of the 1975 UN General Assembly resolution - revoked in 1991 - that equated Zionism with racism. The committee, chaired by Senegal, has 22 members and 26 observers. Cyprus and Malta are the only members who are also EU member states, according to the UN Web site.

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Ran Curiel, the Israeli envoy to the European Union, has sent a letter asking EU assembly President Hans-Gert Poettering to bar the group from holding the conference.

"The president has received the letter and has replied to the Knesset and the Israeli envoy, explaining to them...the conference is not patronized or supported by the European Parliament, which will only provide the space," O'Beara said.

"Israel is disappointed by the EU decision, but will not take any other action to have the meeting called off," said Sagi Karni, spokesman for the Israeli mission to the EU.

"But we don't think this gathering is contributing to the peace process or reconciliation in the Middle East, quite to the contrary," he said.

Meanwhile, some parliamentarians are still trying to block the conference. Polish conservative lawmaker Boguslaw Sonik, one of several Poles boycotting the conference, has complained to Poettering that it violates the parliament's moral standards.
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  2.   Haaretz journalist, Amira Hass, to betray Israel 14:21  |  Joe 27/08/07
  3.   PRO-ISRAEL FIRST, THEN ORGANIZING A MEETING? 14:22  |  indrajaya 27/08/07
  4.   PRO-ISRAEL FIRST, THEN ORGANIZING A MEETING? 14:22  |  indrajaya 27/08/07
  5.   When Nture Karta and Amira Hass commit treason 14:23  |  Joe 27/08/07
  6.   Excellent!About time the EU,after its long blockade of the 14:55  |  lakshmi 27/08/07
  7.   #1 Mary 15:03  |  Lynn 27/08/07
  8.   ANOTHER SHINDIG ON RIGHTS AND NO RESPONSIBILITIES 15:17  |  PAUL HARRIS 27/08/07
  9.   lakshmi, second try 15:33  |  Lynn 27/08/07
  10.   Palestinian rights 15:51  |  Jerry 27/08/07
  11.   the long way to go 15:56  |  Jean-Luc Ngarambe 27/08/07
  12.   What I do not understand 16:07  |  Martha Hoelzermann 27/08/07
  13.   1 Mary 16:12  |  Martha Hoelzermann 27/08/07
  14.   To PAUL HARRIS 16:13  |  JustWondering 27/08/07
  15.   mary and the contribution to the peace process 16:22  |  scallywag 27/08/07
  16.   indrajaya 16:29  |  scallywag 27/08/07
  17.   lakshmi - you know what`s funny? 16:32  |  scallywag 27/08/07
  18.   " Palestinian" 16:33  |  Dr David I.Gross 27/08/07
  19.   Put Freedom of the press on the agenda? 17:08  |  Polybios 27/08/07
  20.   Are the Palestinian Christians invited? 17:09  |  bobby 27/08/07
  21.   #7 Lynn -- Land grab Israeli Wall 17:10  |  Victor 27/08/07
  22.   indrajaya 17:21  |  scallywag 27/08/07
  23.   #19 VICTOR IS THE ONE WILFULLY IGNORANT 17:30  |  PAUL HARRIS 27/08/07
  24.   #2- Unbelievable 17:33  |  Fed Up 27/08/07
  25.   #18 - Absolutely Correct, but BACKWARDS 17:42  |  Double Click 27/08/07
  26.   #18 We are ALIVE AND WELL! 17:46  |  Fed Up 27/08/07
  27.   #2 Joe, Speaking the truth isn`t anti-Israeli 17:56  |  Dutch 27/08/07
  28.   #24 Fed up, Yes, Israelis seem to parrot much of... 18:16  |  Dutch 27/08/07
  29.   Mud Throwing From Eurostan 18:29  |  P.R.Dictable 27/08/07
  30.   www.eurostan.eu 18:46  |  eurostan 27/08/07
  31.   Europeans hate Jews. This is a part of being European. 18:53  |  no name 27/08/07
  32.   9Lynn&19 Polybios,Lynn, Muslim countries are also part of theU.N. 19:04  |  lakshmi 27/08/07
  33.   No. 15 19:06  |  W 27/08/07
  34.   EU Parliament 19:07  |  Ralph 27/08/07
  35.   Advance to a Politics of Integrity 19:08  |  Truth Magnified 27/08/07
  36.   To the LOONY BIN? 19:22  |  Double Click 27/08/07
  37.   Why in Europe when there is not one Euro member? 20:09  |  Chick 27/08/07
  38.   no name, unfair #26 20:14  |  Polybios 27/08/07
  39.   Only palestinians have `Inalienable Rights` 20:16  |  Chick 27/08/07
  40.   lakshmi and ma`an news 20:18  |  scallywag 27/08/07
  41.   EU Parliament never had one meeting on Kurdish rights 20:20  |  Ken Jurist 27/08/07
  42.   So lakshmi, #27 20:22  |  Polybios 27/08/07
  43.   THIRD ATTEMPT 20:39  |  Chick 27/08/07
  44.   w #29 20:43  |  scallywag 27/08/07
  45.   Providing the space for anti-Israel activities 21:04  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  46.   Good for Mr Sonik and the others 21:06  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  47.   1. Mary: terrorists rights 21:12  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  48.   THIS REMINDS ME OF THE SAME OLD CRAP ABOUT ANTI-ISRAELI 21:13  |  Dutch 27/08/07
  49.   Should have met in Geneva`s UN premises 21:17  |  Tosefta 27/08/07
  50.   3. indrajaya: Why does one have to be pro-jihad? 21:17  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  51.   11. Jean-Luc Ngarambe: the long way to go 21:20  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  52.   EU Parliament, appeasers 21:26  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  53.   is eu honest broker? 21:30  |  paulo2006 27/08/07
  54.   Tough titty, Israel 21:49  |  Clickfool 27/08/07
  55.   12&13: Germans, do us a favour. Shut up. 22:05  |  Andreas 27/08/07
  56.   46 Tosefta: Whichever premises 22:16  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  57.   46 Tosefta: Whichever premises 22:16  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  58.   Lynn,the wall 22:29  |  John 27/08/07
  59.   Many such meetings happen on EU premises 22:32  |  Don Camillo 27/08/07
  60.   Hey Just Wondering 22:33  |  John 27/08/07
  61.   To Chick from Chicago 22:58  |  christa 27/08/07
  62.   55 Andreas 22:58  |  Martha Hoelzermann 27/08/07
  63.   When you start thinking... (KUTW #56) 23:16  |  Tosefta 27/08/07
  64.   63. Tosefta 23:38  |  KUTW 27/08/07
  65.   Jews have only obligations, but no rights 00:55  |  Schtarker Yid 28/08/07
  66.   # 7 Lynn 01:37  |  Mary 28/08/07
  67.   # 13 Mrs. Education 01:41  |  Mary 28/08/07
  68.   # 47 Kim 01:44  |  Mary 28/08/07
  69.   #23: PAUL HARRIS 01:46  |  Victor 28/08/07
  70.   Victor # 21 02:20  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  71.   Lakshmi # 32 02:22  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  72.   # 40 scallywag and Ma`an news 02:24  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  73.   # 41 Ken Jurist and run the UNHRC 02:26  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  74.   # 58 John 02:27  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  75.   Tosefta # 49 03:32  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  76.   #58 John 03:35  |  Lynn 28/08/07
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  78.   What I do not understand - is this Orwell? 04:12  |  Rafi Mordechai 28/08/07
  79.   #62 Martha 04:27  |  Chaim Margalit 28/08/07
  80.   #65 Strange use of words, Schtarker Yid 04:30  |  Johnboy 28/08/07
  81.   Double Click 04:33  |  Dr David I. Gross 28/08/07
  82.   Martha#62 If your example-fig leaf is Poland-you must be a German 05:41  |  a Polish citizen 28/08/07
  83.   79 Chaim Margalit 05:59