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Mr Bernard SABELLA (Palestine)

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Representative
Representative
FATEH

Palestinian Legislative Council
PS - - Ramallah
Palestine

Working language: English

Mandates

In the political groups

In the Assembly

  • since 20/04/2022 Representative - Palestine
  • from 10/05/2021 to 23/01/2022 Representative - Palestine
  • from 21/01/2013 to 24/01/2021 Representative - Palestine
  • from 23/01/2012 to 20/01/2013 Representative - Palestine

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2024 | 19:09:47 Thank you, Mister President and esteemed members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Let me start with wisdom. There is no victor in war, and all are winners in peace. And when we speak about the current state of affairs in the Middle East, it's the result of an ongoing war and unresolved conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel. The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic. 155 000 expecting mothers have been and continue to go through hell... 27/06/2024 | 18:40:07 Thank you, Mister President. There is no way that anyone can whitewash the entirely man-made disaster created by Israel in its war on Gaza. Whether it is the Interim Report of Damage issued by the Word Bank in March or the recent CNN story of yesterday 26 June 2024. The statistics of devastation cry out for all those with some conscience in this hall and elsewhere. The total destruction, and devastation of Gaza have resulted in the destruction of 70% of housing units. The economic loss is... 18/04/2024 | 17:34:07 Action Against Hunger issued on 9 April that we affirmed an immediate permanent ceasefire. The conflict in Gaza has led to over 1 million people facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity. 81% of households lack access to safe and clean water. In northern Gaza, people go entire days without eating. Famine is preventable if there is an immediate cessation of hostilities and an immediate and permanent ceasefire. The extent of suffering by our people in the Gaza strip is documented by United... 11/10/2023 | 16:14:29 Mister President, distinguished members, The mea culpas and condemnations that Europe expects from the Palestinians and in particular from the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr Mahmoud Abbas, missed the point of the tragedy that we all have been facing and living for a long time in the Holy Land. There is no justification whatsoever for the killing and targeting of any and all civilians and defenceless people, especially children under international humanitarian law and under our... 25/04/2023 | 19:41:52 Thank you. Thank you madam rapporteur for bringing this issue, partners for democracy, to the table at a time when Europe is so concerned with its own problems. It seems that when you look at the agenda of the Council of Europe, it seems that the internal problems of Europe are really the problem. But the report points out that there are other people and other places also. And so thank you for bringing this to attention and to sensitise the members of the Parliamentary Assembly. For us in...

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