EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014

Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

FINAL PROGRAMME

9th Interparliamentary Meeting

European Parliament and the Palestinian Legislative Council

7 - 9 December 2009

Jerusalem / / Ramallah1

1 The programme was originally foreseen from 7-10 December 2009 and included meetings in Gaza on 9-10 December, however the Delegation was prevented from entering Gaza by the Israeli authorities Sunday 6 December Individual arrival of participants (through Ben Gurion airport, ) to Intercontinental Hotel, Bethlehem

20.00 Briefing by EU: Mr Nils Eliasson (Swedish Consul), Mr Pablo Platas (Spanish Deputy Consul), Mr Jerome Bellion (European Commission Technical Assistance Office) and Mr Hervé Caiveau (ECHO) Drawing room, Intercontinental Hotel

Intercontinental Hotel Jacir Palace Jerusalem-Hebron Road 00000 BETHLEHEM Tel. +972 2 276 6777

Monday 7 December Bethlehem / Hebron / Jerusalem

07.15 Check-out

07.30 Working breakfast with the Minister of Prisoner Affairs, Mr Issa Qaraqe, and the Deputy Mayor of Bethlehem, Mr George Saadeh Baidar restaurant, Intercontinental Hotel, Bethlehem

08.20 Luggage to be put on bus

08.30 Departure from hotel lobby; transfer to Hebron Guided commentary en route by the Negotiations Support Unit: Al Walajeh village, Gilo settlement, Deheicheh refugee camp, the separation wall, Baqa land reclamation project

09.45 Guided tour of Hebron by the Negotiations Support Unit and the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee

11.00 Meeting with the Hebron Rehabilitation Centre and Israeli organisation "Breaking the Silence" Al Dwaik Palace, Hebron Old City

12.00 Meeting with the Speaker of the PLC, Mr , followed by lunch Hebron

14.30 Departure to Jerusalem

15.00 - 16.45 Guided tour of East Jerusalem by the Negotiations Support Unit: Sheikh Jarrah, settlements, house demolitions, evictions

17.00 Check-in at Ambassador Hotel

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Ambassador Hotel Road Sheikh Jarrah EAST JERUSALEM Tel. +972 2 541 2222

Tuesday 8 December Jerusalem /

08.00 Meet with Negotiations Support Unit in hotel lobby; departure for Jerusalem Old City

08.30 Guided tour of Jerusalem Old City by the Negotiations Support Unit: the different quarters, Temple Mount, Al Aqsa Mosque

11.30 Meeting with Mr Daniel Arghiros and Mr Stefan Szepesi, Office of the Middle East Quartet Representative American Colony Hotel, East Jerusalem

13.00 Departure to Ramallah (meet with PLC staff at Qalandia crossing at 13.30)

14.00 - 15.30 Meeting with the PLC: Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Dr Najat Alasttal, Dr Bernard Sabela, Dr Sahar Qawasmi, Ms Khal Ida Jarran, Dr Abdulrahem Batham Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah

15.30 Lunch hosted by the PLC Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah

16.30 - 17.30 Meeting with the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister, Ramallah

17.45 Joint press conference Governmental Media Center, Ramallah

18.30 Departure to Jerusalem; transfer to hotel

20.00 Dinner with the Chief of Staff of the Presidency, Mr Rafiq El Husseini, PLC member Mr Ahmed Moktab, the Governor of Jerusalem, Mr Adnan El Husseini, the Director of Al Quds Hospital Jerusalem, the former

3/4 Latin Patriarch Mr Michel Sabbah, and the President of Caritas Jerusalem Meridian Hotel, 5 Ali Bin Abi Taleb St, Jerusalem

22.30 Meeting of the Delegation to discuss the Israeli authorities' refusal to allow the Delegation access to Gaza and next steps (news received during the dinner) Ambassador Hotel lobby

Ambassador Hotel Nablus Road Sheikh Jarrah EAST JERUSALEM Tel. +972 2 541 2222

Wednesday 9 December Jerusalem / Ramallah

08.00 Breakfast meeting to prepare press release concerning the refusal of the authorities to allow the Delegation to enter Gaza Ambassador Hotel restaurant

09.30 Finalisation of the press release Conference room, Ambassador Hotel

12.00 Briefing with the Head of the European Commission Technical Assistance Office, Mr Christian Berger Ambassador Hotel lobby

Departure of some participants

15.00 Press conference on the refusal of the authorities to allow the Delegation to enter Gaza Governmental Media Center, Ramallah

Ambassador Hotel Nablus Road Sheikh Jarrah EAST JERUSALEM Tel. +972 2 541 2222

Thursday 10 December

Individual transfer to and departure of participants from Tel Aviv

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