Conference held in EU parliament building in support of West Bank settlements

Jerusalem Post ^ | 09/18/2013 06:04 | Tovah Lazaroff

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Samaria Regional Council Chairman Gershon Mesika and his deputy, Yossi Dagan, were guests at a conference on the harmful impact of the EU’s policies against West Bank settlements held Thursday in the European Parliament building in Brussels.

The parliament has often been hostile on the topic of Israeli activity in the West Bank. But on Thursday, Vice Chairman of the EU Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Italian politician Fiorello Provera, held the conference to help parliamentarians better understand the issue. …

“If Europe thinks Jews will return to the days where we were forced to mark our products—you can forget it. De-legitimization of parts of Israel by Europe is the new anti-Semitism. The old anti-Semitism led to the destruction of our people in gas chambers. We will not allow the new anti-Semitism to hurt us,” (MK Ayelet) Shaked declared. …

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The parliament has often been hostile on the topic of Israeli activity in the West Bank. But on Thursday, Vice Chairman of the EU Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Italian politician Fiorello Provera, held the conference to help parliamentarians better understand the issue... "If Europe thinks Jews will return to the days where we were forced to mark our products -- you can forget it. De-legitimization of parts of Israel by Europe is the new anti-Semitism. The old anti-Semitism led to the destruction of our people in gas chambers. We will not allow the new anti-Semitism to hurt us," (MK Ayelet) Shaked declared.