What Rima spoke about.

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Nov

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, what value do the commitments of States parties to international instruments really have if their implementation depends solely on the will of the Heads of State? The statements by Germany and Hungary expressing refusal to cooperate with the ICC, since it issued arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, have serious consequences for the credibility of the international justice system.…

10

Oct

2024

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The rise of religious intolerance in Europe (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this summer, after the knife attack in Southport, we witnessed the eruption of violent racist riots triggered by rumours about the identity of the aggressor, falsely referred to as a Muslim. What must attract our attention is not only the violence of these riots, but also the speed at which they spread, which reveals a latent racism that fractur…

9

Oct

2024

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Protecting the EU budget and ensuring that EU funds do not benefit entities or individuals linked to terrorist or Islamist movement (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Parliament cannot take on board the language or even propaganda of the Israeli regime regarding the mandate of UNRWA, the UN organisation responsible for assisting Palestinian refugees. Two bills presented to the Knesset are intended, I quote, to put an end once and for all to UNRWA, which is described as a terrorist organization. UNRWA is a band…

9

Oct

2024

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Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in 1959 Iraq passed a progressive law for women's rights, the Personal Status Act. This law, considered one of the most progressive in the Middle East, marked significant advances in gender equality at the time. By transferring jurisdiction over family matters to the State, it set, for example, the legal age of marriage at 18 years. Decades of war later, incl…

9

Oct

2024

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The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas

Madam President, before speaking on the situation of Uyghur political prisoners, I would like to point out that this Parliament systematically refuses to put the situation in Gaza and Lebanon on the agenda. While genocide has been ongoing for a year, the European Union is ruling on all human rights violations worldwide, with the exception of those committed by the Israeli regime. The reason is sim…

8

Oct

2024

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Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)

Mr. Bellamy, your inculture of the subject is one of the sources that prevents us from moving forward on this issue. The question you ask is who the aggressor is and who the aggressor is. The question is what time dimension you are in. This conflict did not begin with the attacks of Hamas and Hezbollah. This conflict began in 1948 and it is precisely because here you have left Israel and abandoned…

8

Oct

2024

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Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Borrell, I am addressing you, Mr Borrell, as a Member of the European Parliament, but also as a child of the Nakba. I hope you realize that Israel's impunity began as early as 1948. "Lebanon must not become a new Gaza." These words are those of the UN Secretary-General, declared undesirable on Israeli soil. 2,000 people killed, including 150 children, more than 10,000…

18

Sep

2024

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The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Belarus the Lukashenko regime is waging war on all dissenting voices in civil society. Lukashenko is running for a seventh term in the next presidential election in early 2025. This summer, Lukashenko successively pardoned political prisoners, most likely in preparation for this election. However, thousands of trade unionists, journalists and po…

17

Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, from the Sykes-Picot agreements of 1916 to the conditions for the creation of the State of Israel, which were already sacrificing the Palestinians expelled from their land, the Palestinian people have been suffering a continuous Nakba for almost a century. History reminds us of the political responsibilities of European countries in this colonia…