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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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1.	Palestinian rights	14:17	\|	Mary	27/08/07

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

77.	Wow, just what the palestinians need- a "panel meeting"!	04:10	\|	Voice of Reason	28/08/07

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	\|	Martha Hoelzermann	28/08/07

84.	EU Parliament should question Arab League`s violations	06:10	\|	Joseph E .	28/08/07

85.	82 a Polish citizen	06:26	\|	Martha Hoelzermann	28/08/07

86.	morality is the major victim of the white man	06:35	\|	arab	28/08/07

87.	Christian prophecy: Europe the Antichrist will persecute Israel	06:46	\|	Joe	28/08/07

88.	# 50, KUTW	07:48	\|	indrajaya	28/08/07

89.	In the eyes of the world Israelis will be nothing more...	09:19	\|	John	28/08/07

90.	88. indrajaya	09:29	\|	KUTW	28/08/07

91.	68. Mary	09:31	\|	KUTW	28/08/07

92.	to KUTW	09:58	\|	indrajaya	28/08/07

93.	scallywag	20:53	\|	realism	28/08/07

94.	david gross 81	20:58	\|	realism	28/08/07

95.	#54, Clickfool....!!	19:55	\|	Silvienne	30/08/07

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