By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--November 30, 2015
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"We reiterate that there is no military solution to the conflict and call on the parties to move towards a political resolution of their disputes based on UNSCR 242 and 338, and the principle of land for peace — which formed the basis for the Madrid Conference of 1991. We reaffirm our support for the objective expressed by President Bush and spelled out in UNSCR 1397, of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side within secure and recognized borders."Attempting to influence any political resolution regarding secure and recognized boundaries -using its labelling requirements to pressure Israeli territorial concessions - could spell the death knell for President Bush's Roadmap and its "two-state solution". The EU is free to pursue any policy it wants--but also must take full responsibility for the consequences of its reprehensible labelling laws and Israel's rapid response. Should the EU now gracefully bow out of the Quartet due to its clearly revealed conflict of interest and one-sided bias--or does it have to be told to go packing by the other members of the Quartet if their impartiality in the peace process is to be maintained? The EU cannot remain a member of the Quartet whilst implementing labelling requirements that favour Arab claims over Jewish claims. The EU now faces swallowing a poison pill of its own making.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com