PARIS, May 10 (IslamOnline.net) - Pro-Palestinians French activists have drawn up a self-styled slate to run in the European Parliament’s elections on June 13, so that the Palestinian cause would take center stage at the European theatre.

Dubbed "The Euro-Palestine Slate," the list includes 15 prominent rights and civil society activists, who will take their case to the Europeans and highlight the daily sufferings of the Palestinians.

"The slate has come to light, thanks to the growing pro-Palestinians current in Europe, in general, and France, in particular," Dr. Christophe Oberlin, a surgeon and the leader of the group, told IslamOnline.net Sunday, May 9.

The 52-year-old rights activist said he has had hands-on experience of the appalling conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories as he led six medical and aid convoys to hospitals there.

"I think we stand a good chance to give voice to what is going on in the occupied Palestinian territories," Oberlin said.

"I carried out some one thousand surgeries for injured and handicapped Palestinians."

Chief among the signatories are Mirelle Cherechevsky, the daughter of Rabbi Ibraham Cherechevsky, Jean Claud Ponsin, Roger Salamon and Maurice Rajsfus, the descendent of a French Jewish family.

Oberlin said the Euro-Palestine’s platform calls primarily for ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinians territories occupied in the 1967 war.

He said the end of the occupation would serve as a stepping stone to a political solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The platform is also based on energizing the weapon of boycott as an option to force Israel to respect the rights of the Palestinians, he added.

But he underlined that making the European Union to live up to its responsibilities towards the Palestinians is least but not last on their agenda.

"We want to silence voices that Europe has nothing to do with the Palestinian problem and cross the message that Europe is not a mere economic bloc," Oberlin said.

He went on: "Europe is also a political bloc governed by a set of values and principles, chiefly respecting human rights and international conventions."

And he wondered, "Why can’t Europe deal with Israel as it does with Turkey on human rights?"

He said there are some good signs for the success of the campaign, despite cut-throat competition from the Socialists and the ruling Union Pour un Movement Populaire (UMP) party.

Another good sign, he added, is the solidarity gathering for the Palestinian cause, which brought together some 15,000 people.

"Bearing this in mind, I think our participation won’t be symbolic whatsoever," Oberlin said.

He played down possible anti-Semitism charges, saying the effort is a "struggle against racism".