EU flag flying above an illegal building erected for Arabs in Israeli controlled Area C. / Courtesy: Regavim
Posted on 03/15/2016 11:08:08 AM PDT by SJackson
EU flag flying above an illegal building erected for Arabs in Israeli controlled Area C. / Courtesy: Regavim
The EU delegation to Israel is claiming diplomatic immunity regarding an attempt of the Israeli NGO Regavim to sue them in Israeli court for funding rampant illegal construction in Area C, the portion of the land under Israeli jurisdiction according to the Oslo accords, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Regavimg launched legal action after using a drone to collect photographs showing EU flags flying above buildings on Area C land. Since the EU is a signatory to the Oslo Accords, this constitutes a flagrant violation of the contract.
But the EU bureaucrats claim diplomatic immunity, meaning they can do whatever they want on Israeli land, with impunity.
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The 1,000 or so documented buildings are awarded to Arabs, as a means of shaving off Israeli owned territory and adding more land to the Arab areas. When Israeli courts issue orders to raze these illegal structures, the EU delegation returns the next day to rebuild them, at European taxpayers’ expense.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg told the Mail: “It is deeply concerning that the EU falls back on diplomatic immunity after breaking planning regulations. The UK Government would take a very dim view of a friendly state doing that to us. Diplomatic immunity is there to protect envoys from unjust treatment, not to protect the high-handed behaviour of arrogant bureaucracies.”
The MP added: “The EU maintains that it is based on fundamental principles of rule of law and support for democracy. But when this clashes with its bureaucratic bungling, neither rule of law nor democracy seem important.”
An EU spokeswoman told the Mail that international humanitarian legislation (she didn’t specify), together with her belief that Area C will eventually end up in Arab hands, allows the EU to proceed with the illegal construction. But when she was asked whether said construction was consistent with the Oslo agreement she would not say.
Regavim argues that the EU is not entitled to diplomatic immunity in this case, citing Article 41 of the Vienna Convention which states that immunity for diplomats is conditioned on their not interfering in the internal affairs of their host State.
Bulldoze them. Case closed
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In the millennia European tradition telling Jews where they can live and what jobs they can do.
Kick 'em out.
Says it all, doesn't it? EU is not a law-abiding organization. Throw them out of Israel...and Britain. Go BREXIT!
....together with her belief that Area C will eventually end up in Arab hands, allows the EU to proceed..
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What people seem to forget is that The EU is well on it’s way to being Muslim Majority. The Muslim minority already has great power and influence.
The Murderous Islamic Radicals have totally infiltrated the EU and are using that as a tool to destroy Israel.
And withdraw diplomatic recognition of the EU.
“The 1,000 or so documented buildings are awarded to Arabs, as a means of shaving off Israeli owned territory and adding more land to the Arab areas. When Israeli courts issue orders to raze these illegal structures, the EU delegation returns the next day to rebuild them, at European taxpayers’ expense.”
Simple solution. Diplomats are immune from prosecution, but they can be designated persona non grata and sent home by the host country, and their actions are not immune from civil remedies.
See my comment #4 :-)
That would be the next step - quite an escalation on the int’l relations scale though. Probably better to take one step at a time.
Amen.
Why bother. Pretty soon the EU will be a quaint historical footnote, like the USSR and NATO.
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