  {"id":203821,"date":"2004-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203821"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:39:18","slug":"auto-insert-203821","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203821\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Presidency statement on house demolitions in the Gaza Strip &#8211; EU press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#002060;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Presidency Statement on house demolitions in the Gaza Strip<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0082bf;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Date: 14 May 2004 <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0082bf;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Policy Area: General Affairs and External Relations <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0082bf;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Content Type: CFSP (Common Foreign and Security Policy) Statements <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:5.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:5.5px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland, Mr. Brian Cowen T.D., called on the Israeli government to halt its demolition of Palestinian homes in the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip immediately.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:5.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:5.5px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Minister stressed that, at its meeting on 4 May, the Quartet had called on Israel to take steps to respect the dignity of the Palestinian people and improve their quality of life. 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