A five member cross-party working group from the European Parliament`s Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, led by Emer Costello, conducted a visit to the occupied State of Palestine (East Jerusalem and the West Bank) from 27 April to 2 May.
The delegation witnessed how Palestinians are denied basic rights and freedoms. The delegation expressed their concern that these actions are part of a strategic plan by the Israelis to force Palestinians off their lands and remove their residency rights, particularly in the Jerusalem area. This policy along with the Separation Wall has resulted in the agreed boundary based on the 1967 borders being pushed back even further, effectively annexing large tracts of Palestinian lands as agreed by the Oslo Accords in 1993.
Here you can read the statement by European Parliamentary Delegation for relations with the PLC.
On 27 and 28 April 2013 Members of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (DPLC) participated in the international meeting, “Freedom and Dignity” in Ramallah, which focused on the situation and political role of Palestinian prisoners.
Following this conference MEPs Emer Costello (S&D, IE) Veronique De Keyser (S&D, BE), Alexandra Thein (ALDE, DE), Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (Greens/EFA,), Georgios Toussas (GUE/NGL, GR) called for the immediate release of Palestinian political prisoners, including all detained Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
They also reiterated the previous call, as expressed in the 14 March European Parliament Resolution calling for a European Parliament fact-finding mission to assess detention conditions of Palestinian prisoners and the practice of administrative detention by Israel. You can read their statement here