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Palestine and Israel

Background

IP600 The Arab-Israeli conflict persists owing to the failure to find a fair and
humane solution to the problems of the Palestinian people, including the
refugees in and from Palestine, and appropriate guarantees of security for
Israel.

IP601 Such a solution may be achieved in one state or two within the former
Palestine mandate (hereinafter referred to as Palestine), but as a matter of
fact is achieved in neither. A fair choice needs to be made and accepted by both
Israelis and Palestinians for their common future in Palestine. Exclusive
possession of Palestine by either side is never going to be an achievable and
just solution.  Objectives

IP610 The Green Party supports calls for mutual recognition of the rights of
independent statehood and for recognised, agreed and secure borders for
Palestinians and Israelis in Palestine; a rapid end to the violence and
de-escalation of the arms build-up in the region; implementation of UN
resolutions 194, 242 and 338 which followed the wars of 1948, 1967 and 1973;
international assistance so that the new Palestinian state can develop
self-reliance in land, water, food production, basic services and industries;
long-term exploration of the possibility of establishing a confederation with
neighbouring states, with free and equal access for each state’s citizens.

IP611 We believe that all the interested parties, including the democratically
elected representatives of the Palestinian people, need to talk to each other;
this is a precondition for agreement on a solution acceptable to all parties.

IP612 We recognise the need for confidence building measures to enable such
talks to produce tangible results for both Palestinians and Israelis.

IP613 The Green Party believes that a negotiated solution must include measures
which lead to delivery of the points below: Policies on human rights

IP620 The Green Party believes that all Israelis, Palestinians, and their
families should have and be able to exercise full human and civil rights
throughout Israel, Palestine and the occupied territories in Palestine. Israel
must be subject to the Geneva Convention concerning the rights of individuals
and communities, in the same way that other states are. The resort to
‘collective punishment’ in defiance of those requirements is unacceptable.

IP621 The Green Party calls for the implementation of United Nations Resolutions
194, 242 and 338, which addressed the problems created by Israeli conquests in
the wars of 1948, 1967 and 1973.

IP622 The Green Party calls on the democratically elected representatives of the
Palestinian people to recognise the right of the state of Israel to exist within
recognised, agreed and secure borders.

IP623 The Green Party calls on the Israeli Government and the democratically
elected representatives of the Palestinian people both to commit to replacement
of military force with agreement through diplomacy as a means of resolution.

IP624 The Green Party calls on Israel to repeal its present “law of return”
because it is incompatible with the full exercise of human rights and
discriminates against Palestinians because they are not Jewish. This racial
discrimination symbolises the unfairness of the present arrangements in
Palestine, and will have to be addressed before any solution can be agreed.
Particular issues of conflict

IP630 The Green Party calls on Israel to evacuate the illegal settlements within
the occupied territories of Palestine.

IP631 We call on the government of Israel to dismantle the ‘settlement wall’ in
those territories, which has been condemned by the International Court, which
divides Palestinian territories, and which deprives them of land, water, other
resources and employment. The discrimination against Palestinians practiced by
the Israeli government and settlers in the occupied territories needs to be
addressed as a first step.

IP632 The Green Party calls for an end to all and any illegal deprivation of the
Palestinians in the occupied territories of the land and water resources
pertaining to them.

IP633 We recommend that water resources in Palestine should be shared between
the Palestinians and the Israelis. We call upon the government of Israel to
enter into discussions with the democratically elected representatives of the
Palestinian people to seek such an agreement covering both states in Palestine.

IP634 The Green Party calls on the government of Israel to abandon its claim to
exclusive possession of the whole of the city of Jerusalem as its capital. That
is contrary to the partition of the Palestine Mandate agreed by the United
Nations in 1948. Equal rights should be given to Israeli and Palestinian
citizens of the city, and accorded similarly to the monuments there which are
holy to three religions – Judaism, Islam and Christianity.  International
consequences

IP640 The Green Party calls on the United Nations to implement international
sanctions against those states which refuse to comply with the calls above.

IP641 We call on the government of the United States to use its special
relationship with Israel to halt military and financial support until Israel
enters the dialogue called for above. We call on the European Union to ensure
that agreements of Association with Israel are suspended unless and until an
undertaking is secured that the state of Israel will enter into the dialogue
called for above, and ensures that the human rights of Palestinians are assured
as are those of Israelis.