Cherrie Heywood: EU parliamentarian: “Hamas is fighting an occupation”

Cherrie Heywood, The Electronic Intifada, 13 November 2008

RAMALLAH (IPS) – The assault on Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat party spokesman for the environment for the north west of Britain and a member of the European Union’s parliamentary delegation to the Palestinian Legislative Council, has delivered a firm political message to the European parliament.

Davies was assaulted when he was taking part, together with several Israelis, Palestinians and people from other countries, in a protest rally against Israel’s barrier that divides Palestinian farmers from their land in the central West Bank village of Bilin.

Davies slammed the United States bias towards Israel, and questioned the EU policy on Hamas.

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