Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 13231 | 24 June 2013

The situation in the Middle East

Signatories: Ms Fiamma NIRENSTEIN, Italy, EPP/CD ; Ms Deborah BERGAMINI, Italy, EPP/CD ; Ms Rossana BOLDI, Italy, EDG ; Ms Giuliana CARLINO, Italy, ALDE ; Mr Renato FARINA, Italy, EPP/CD ; Mr Giacomo SANTINI, Italy, EPP/CD ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2013 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 11, after the words "should be further qualified as a requirement for "two democratic and pluralist States".", insert the following words:

"When using this definition, it must be taken into consideration that the Palestinian Authority is still undergoing a process to define several essential and institutional aspects of its form of government, while Israel is a democratic State. It must also be taken into consideration that the Palestinian Authority has never agreed with the idea to have Jewish citizens in its territories, while Israel has a population of over 1,650,000 Arab inhabitants with full and equal citizenship rights".