European Parliament
O-000129/2012
(B7-0119/2012)
David Martin  (S&D ),
Blue-card answer to Christofer Fjellner.
– Mr President, very simply, the Palestinians are not holding Israeli children in jails, the Israelis are holding Palestinian children in jails against international law. The Israelis are conducting a blockade on Gaza, which is wholly against international law, they impose collective punishment of citizens, and I could go on. Israel is completely out of sync with international law.
Contrary to what colleagues have been saying today, it is not the greatest democracy in the Middle East. It is not a democracy, because certain people who reside within the Israeli borders are not entitled to vote in that country.

