Vote for Palestine – Slovenia

Questionaries

1.Will you support measures to exclude Israeli illegal settlements from the EU relations with Israel?

2.And will you support a campaign to exclude goods entering the EU from Israel’s settlements beyond the Green Line?

3.Will you ensure that the EU fully applies the conditionality clause guaranteeing respect for human rights in all its future and current agreements between the EU and Israel? 

4.Will you oppose Israel’s violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, and will you support Palestinians’ right to self-determination?

Results:

Candidate: dr. Igor Lukšič

Party: Socialni demokrati

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. Yes
  5. Comment under answer 3: as long as the blockade doesn’t hurt Palestinians on the West Bank

Comment under answer 4: only on the basis of the agreement acceptable for both parties and on the basis of peace process

Candidate: Jože Pirjevec

Party: Solidarnost

  1. No

  2. Yes

  3. Yes

  4. Yes

  5. I am not sure if the EU is a crucial actor in solving Israeli-Palestinian questions, at least not till it decides to create its own external politics, independently from the USA. I am sure that this needs to happen and I will put my efforts into this.

First question is not very well formulated. If you are asking if illegal settlements must influence relations between EU and ISrael then my answer is correct.

Party: Piratska stranka

  1. No

The question of Israeli illegal settlements is a very important political question and EU carries lot of responsibilities in solving this issue. Larger involvement of EU at the international level is vital for Palestine. EU is already the largest aid donor and it also a strategic partner in solving Palestinian status in UN.

  1. No

By limiting import of Israeli products from Israeli settlements beyond the Green line into the EU we would hurt Israeli as well as Palestinian companies’ access to the market which is vital for them. For a lot of companies as well as Palestinian workers this is existential issue. Most of the workers in these companies are Palestinians, in Israeli as well as Palestinian companies.

  1. Yes
  2. Yes


Party: SolidarnostYes

        1. Yes

        2. Yes

        3. Yes

        4. The party Solidarity has put in its programme a firm support for Palestine and its right to self-determination (as also listed in UN documents), it has stated support for recognition of Palestine (both nations need to address interests of all the citizens without external pressures, in line with 1967 border. We are also determined to create stronger Slovenian external political agenda based on its own struggle for self-determination, providing support also to other nations that struggle for its autonomy and self-determination (like for example Western Sahara).

Party: Združena levica

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. Yes