Fiamma Nirenstein MP: "All parliaments must counter the threats to a stable Middle East"
Statement by International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) Chairperson Fiamma Nirenstein MP: "All parliaments must counter the threats to a stable Middle East"
Rome — "The recently released International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report has revealed that Iran is at an advanced stage of nuclear weapon development. Due to the repeated threat against Israel and the Western world, and as Chairperson of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, I would like to express my personal concern, and that of my fellow parliamentarians, for the latest developments in the Middle East.
A nuclear Iran is a threat not only to Israel, but to the entire free world. As the IAEA report explains, the current development of nuclear facilities under way in Iran is only explicable by their future usage on Shahab-3 missiles, already in Iranian possession. These missiles have the capability of reaching targets both in Israel and Western Europe. This technology, coupled with President Ahmadinejad’s oft proclaimed millenarian vision, restated on the podium of the United Nations, clearly indicates that the Western world is the sworn enemy of Iran.
In addition to the mounting Iranian threat, there has been an increase in highly aggressive Palestinian political activism that precludes any chance of restarting the peace process. Today, we are faced with the reality of reunification negotiations between Fatah and Hamas, an organization whose aim is to destroy the State of Israel. This is irreconcilable with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ repeated goal of establishing a Palestinian state side by side with the Jewish State of Israel.
Furthermore, the Palestinians have recently taken hostile unilateral diplomatic steps, both in their attempt to become a full member of the United Nations and in their successful bid for full membership in UNESCO. By admitting the Palestinians as full members in the organization, UNESCO has added yet another piece to its steady policy of erasing the immemorial relationship of the Jewish people to its land – Israel.
The International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians believes that these new developments must weigh heavy on the minds of all international institutions and actors. We invite parliamentarians the world over to act against these threats to a balanced Middle East and the world order, tighten the sanctions against Iran and work for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations without the participation of the terrorist group Hamas.”
Media contact:
Fiamma Nirenstein MP
Chairperson, International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians
Vice-president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Italian Chamber of Deputies
Chair, Committee for the Inquiry into Anti-Semitism
Tel: +39 06 676 068 05
Cell: +39 393 805 89 06, +39 338 292 33 20
Email: nirenstein_f@camera.it
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