Members travelling:
- Martina Anderson (GUE/NGL) (Chair of the Delegation)
- Margrete Auken (Greens) (Vice-Chair of the Delegation)
- Roza Thun (EPP)
- Eugen Freund (S&D)
- Patrick Le Hyaric (GUE/NGL)
- Rosa D'Amato (EFD)
- Konstantinos Papadakis (NI).
- To assess situation on the ground and maintain relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and Palestinian authorities and hear the views of civil society.
- To assess EU policy in Palestine, with a focus during this visit on the peace process from the Palestinian perspective, the humanitarian situation, forced displacement of
- Palestinians and demolitions of EU-funded infrastructure, and ways to build on the step taken by the EU to issue guidelines on the indication of origin of settlement products.
- To be the first EP delegation to gain access to Gaza after the 2014 conflict and since 2011. However this objective could not be met as the Israeli authorities rejected the entry authorisation application.
Mission report (EN)
The fact finding mission of the European Parliament to the Palestinian territories
Statement of 4 February 2016
Statement of 10 February 2016
Statement of 11 February 2016
Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP
