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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					01/11/2010 &#8211; 04:12 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)&#8211; A  delegation of the European parliament led by British MP Sir Gerald  Kaufman on Sunday met with the Jerusalemite officials and lawmakers who  have been staging a sit-in at the Red Cross headquarters for 123 days in  protest at Israel&#8217;s decision to exile them from their occupied holy  city.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">All members of the delegation entered the  West Bank after an uphill struggle to cross the Jordanian Al-Karama  bridge into the occupied Palestinian territories, except for one British  member called Ayman Abu Awad who was detained at the pretext he hails  from the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The delegation, composed of seven  lawmakers from Scotland, Britain and Netherlands as well as  parliamentary assistants, expressed its solidarity with the Jerusalemite  officials and its serious concern on the future of Palestinians  especially in Jerusalem in light of Israel&#8217;s persistent violations  against them.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The delegation expressed dismay at the  level which Israel&#8217;s legislation has stooped to, where its laws  deliberately target the Palestinians&#8217; presence and their holy sites in  occupied Jerusalem.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Jerusalemite lawmaker Mohamed Totah, one  of the officials facing exile, stated in a news conference held at the  Red Cross headquarters that such visits contribute to conveying what is  happening to the Palestinians in Jerusalem to international public  opinion.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Totah added that the sit-in which he and  his colleagues staged is an effective way to resist the Israeli  occupation and its scheme to uproot the Palestinians from their native  city.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The lawmaker explained to the visiting  delegation the issue of Israel&#8217;s decision to exile him along with other  officials from their city and the impacts of the international  community&#8217;s support for the Israeli occupation.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">For his part, head of the delegation MP  Sir Gerald Kaufman called on Israel to stop subjecting the Palestinians  to its policies which violate their rights and threatens their future.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Kaufman promised that the delegation will  relay the daily suffering of Palestinians and Jerusalemites to the  European union and all international institutions.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7RbKhOkc6dCi%2bV6jKRHmdSFoamhHhxKHQsVTl7DVK%2fDuqd08WO8EYG%2fREXoMJfRIIUhNkp%2bPDn6%2f00CH9fOufpxat8ZM9AfU6Pz%2fUO3K0e70%3d">European MPs visit Jerusalemite officials at Red Cross headquarters</a>.</p>
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