What changed between the resolution motion joint and the adopted text

Changed:L.M. whereas Iran has armed and funded the Houthi rebels, Hezbollah and Hamas; whereas Qatar has long provided financial support to Hamas; whereas questions have been raised by western intelligence services about Qatar’s prior knowledge of Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel;

Changed:1. Calls for a permanent ceasefire and to restart efforts towards a political solution;solution inprovided thisthat context,all demandshostages theare immediateimmediately and unconditional release of allunconditionally hostagesreleased and the dismantling of the terrorist organisation Hamas;Hamas is dismantled; reiterates its unwavering support for a negotiated two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 lines with two sovereign, democratic states living side by side in peace and guaranteed security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states, and in full respect of international law;

Changed:4. Recalls that Israel has the right to defend itself within the limits of international law, which outlines that all parties to a conflict must distinguish between combatants and civilians at all times and that attacks must only be directed at military objectives and that civilians and civilian infrastructure must not be targeted in attacks; deplores Hamas’s abuse of Palestinian civilian infrastructure, its combat operations in densely populated civilian areas, building of tunnels and use of human shields;

Changed:7. Reiterates its call for an end to the occupation of the Palestinian territories; recalls that Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law; calls for the de-escalation of tensions in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; strongly condemns the rise in extremist settler violence committed against Palestinians and calls for restrictive measures to be imposed on extremist settlers who violate human rights and international law; calls for Hamas’s senior political leadership to be added to the EU terrorist list, including Ismail Haniyeh, Khaled Mashal, Khalil al-Hayya and Mahmoud Zahar, in order for their funds and financial assets in EU Member States to be frozen;

Added:8. Is appalled that Hamas’s leaders have accumulated huge wealth at the expense of Palestinian civilians who have mostly been living in poverty;

Changed:13.14. Reiterates that respect for human rights and democratic principles constitutes an essential component of the EU-Israel Association Agreement;Agreement as well as of the EU’s relations with the Palestinian Authority;

Changed:14.15. Reiterates the EU’s strong support for the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ); calls for those responsible for terrorist acts and for violations of international law to be held to account and calls, to that end, for all possible war crimes to be investigated; reiterates that deliberate attacks on civilians are serious violations of international law, as is the forcible transfer of populations; demands justice for the victims of unlawful killings and sexual torture by Hamas during the 7 October 2023 attacks; takes note of the case brought by South Africa against Israel at the ICJ;

Changed:16.17. Strongly condemns the strikes by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the rockets launched by Iran from Syria against Israel following the 7 October 2023 attacks; is extremely concerned about the hundreds of strikes in southern Lebanon and northern Israel that have taken place since then;

Changed:19.20. Condemns, in the strongest terms, the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping off the coast of Yemen; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the crew of the Japanese-registered vessel Galaxy Leader, including Romanian and Bulgarian nationals, who have been held since 19 November 2023; calls on the Member States to make immediate and concerted efforts to address these attacks, including by creating a naval operation under the common security and defence policy, in close cooperation with regional actors and international partners; welcomes the US-led ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ to safeguard Red Sea shipping and freedom of navigation, which must be ensured at all times;