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Al Habib

lines on the record: 294
first: 2008-12-18
most recent: 2019-11-04
sittings or episodes: 40
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“The remarks by the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset just a few days ago, in which he called for the expansion of the territories occupied by the Israeli regime to include territories on the east bank of the Jordan river, displayed once again the dangerous, aggressive and expansionist policies that this regime harbours for the entire region. The international community's failure to stop the Israeli crimes against Palestinians and others in the region has only emboldened the regime to continue with its inhumane and criminal behaviour. Concrete and resolute measures by the international community and by the Security Council are imperative in order to stop this vicious cycle of Israeli aggression and violence. The time to act is now. The international community should not continue to turn a blind eye to these abhorrent crimes.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Statements by officials of the Israeli regime, together with the policies and practices of that regime in the past several months, have yet again shown that it has no belief in, or respect for, peace. Under the slogan of peace, it only tries to mislead others in order to buy time and pave the ground to further pursue its aggressive policies. Israel's intransigent insistence on the pursuit of its illegal campaign of colonization and settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territories on the absurd and false pretext of so-called natural growth shows its vicious intention to continue to expand its occupation of the Palestinian territories rather than heed the international community's calls to stop it.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of international law, the Geneva Conventions and Security Council resolutions, the Israeli regime insists on its illegal occupation of the occupied Syrian Golan, on its criminal settlement activities and on the alteration of the legal, physical and demographic status of the occupied Syrian Golan. It also continues its aggression against Lebanon through its continued occupation of Lebanese territories, violation of Lebanese airspace on a daily basis and the deployment of spy networks in the country. The reports of the Secretary-General on resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1701 (2006) note that violations of Lebanese airspace, and defiance of the provisions of Council resolutions, including resolution 1701 (2006), have become a matter of routine policy by the Israeli regime.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source
“One and a half million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are subject to collective punishment and are facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as they are deprived of their most basic goods and health care services as a result of the inhumane Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Continuation of this brutal siege has not only worsened the already dire humanitarian crisis in the Strip but also made reconstruction in the wake of the devastation caused by the Israeli aggression against Gaza a few months ago - the rebuilding of even the most urgently needed basic infrastructures - impossible. The aggressive and expansionist Israeli policies and practices against Lebanon and the occupied Syrian Golan have also continued.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source
“At the same time, and despite United Nations resolutions and the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, the construction of the illegal apartheid wall is continuing unabated, bringing more and more brutal damage to Palestinian lives, livelihoods, lands, freedom and property. The Palestinian people are suffering from daily humiliation, hardships and deprivation caused by criminal and racist Israeli policies and practices, including the continued existence of at least 613 checkpoints and other obstacles to the movement of persons and goods throughout the West Bank.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The defenceless Palestinians continue to be subject to some of the most vicious measures ever employed and to abhorrent war crimes perpetrated by Israelis, as a result of which dozens more Palestinian civilians have been killed or injured and more and more have been displaced. In violation of the most basic principles of international law, human rights law and international humanitarian law, and in clear contempt for and defiance of the unambiguous calls made by the international community, the Israeli regime's illegal colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories continues, the demolition of Palestinian homes and properties and confiscation of Palestinian lands have intensified, and the construction of settlements and settlement infrastructure, as well as the transfer of Israeli settlers, have increased.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Allow me to begin, Sir, by joining other speakers in congratulating you on the skill with which you have presided over the Security Council this month and in thanking you for having convened this timely open debate. I also wish to extend our thanks to Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing to the Council this morning. Like every single other day in the past six decades, the period under review has been witness to an unabated bloody campaign and racist and aggressive policies and practices by the Israeli regime.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171Resumption1 (2009) · source
“On this occasion, let us think of a new beginning in our serious efforts within the international community to help the Afghan people and Government to continue their journey towards peace, stability and prosperity. They are a great nation. They will make it.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“Iran has hosted 3 million Afghan refugees over the past three decades and has shouldered a heavy burden in that regard. Fifteen thousand Afghan students are currently studying at Iranian universities, while 250,000 students are attending Iranian elementary and secondary schools as well as high schools. They are enjoying the same facilities and opportunities as those from which our own students and children benefit. Finally, as members may know, at this very hour we are approaching the Iranian new year, or Nowruz, as we call it. This traditional occasion is celebrated not only in Iran, but also in some other parts of the world, particularly Afghanistan. Nowruz means a new day, a new beginning.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“The Presidents of our two countries have visited each other's capitals, and President Karzai just recently visited Tehran to attend the tenth summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization. On the sidelines of the summit, very constructive bilateral and trilateral meetings were arranged at the level of heads of State, including a trilateral meeting among Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan and another meeting that included the presence of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Iran is actively engaged in the reconstruction process in Afghanistan. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in building basic infrastructure, roads, railroads, bridges and telecommunication facilities, in capacity-building and on educational services and facilities.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“We in the international community need to coordinate our endeavours, to learn from our past experiences and to redouble our efforts in order to help complete the journey that we started by helping the Afghan people and Government seven years ago. For its part, the Islamic Republic of Iran has spared no efforts to extend its full and sincere cooperation in that regard, and we stand ready to continue on that path. We have been an important part of the international and regional efforts to help Afghans over the past several years. Iran attaches great importance to regional initiatives in that regard, and we have also contributed to the international efforts aimed at helping to alleviate the Afghans' suffering. We have excellent bilateral relations with Afghanistan.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“As mentioned in the report at hand, such initiatives as effective eradication efforts, coupled with alternative-livelihood programmes, increased incentives for good governance in the relevant provinces, the destruction of drug laboratories, the countering of corruption and more serious prosecution of drug traffickers are among the measures that can help counter this daunting challenge. The coming elections for the presidency and the provincial councils, planned for the summer of 2009, are of paramount importance on the Afghan political scene. We hope that the State-building process that started with the Bonn Agreement will continue to move forward with the help and support of the international community.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“Iran has fought a costly and deadly war, with utmost determination, against the drug traffickers originating in Afghanistan, and we will continue to be unwavering in our fight against this menace. Neither the gravity of the task nor the enormous human and material costs inflicted on our nation have been or will be able to break our determination in this important fight. We, however, expect others in the international community to join us more seriously in this endeavour and to pay more attention to this threat.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“It is a bitter fact that the results of aid efforts continue to fall short of popular expectations. Poppy cultivation, drug production and trafficking in narcotic drugs in Afghanistan continue to be among the most serious and immediate threats about which we have been constantly and gravely concerned. The narcotic-drugs-related menace has hugely damaged the stability, security and development of Afghanistan and has also had appalling consequences for the entire region and beyond. We appreciate the efforts made by the Afghan Government to fight this threat, but we are of the view that their efforts and those of the international community - particularly those of countries with a military presence in Afghanistan - continue to fall short of what is needed.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“Any efforts to bring about reconciliation should be purely Afghan-led and under the full control and ownership of the Afghan Government. In addition, only those groups that recognize, respect and adhere to the constitution of Afghanistan can be considered in that process. We believe that if the insecurity in Afghanistan is to be effectively addressed, more serious and concrete efforts should be made to strengthen the Afghan National Army and Police, and Afghans should be given the chance, through the Afghanization process, to have full ownership and control over all issues related to their own country. Moreover, as mentioned in the report, at this time of hardship the people of Afghanistan need to and expect to feel the results of the international community's assistance in their day- to-day lives.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“If history is any guide, as grave as these challenges are, they will not be able to break the determination of the Afghan people and Government, who are resolutely striving to surmount these problems. As an immediate neighbour with deep historical, religious and cultural ties with our Afghan brothers and sisters, we share and feel their pain in their difficult times as we share theirjoys in their successes. We have a vital interest in an Afghanistan that is stable, secure and prosperous - an Afghanistan at peace with itself and with its neighbours. In our view, incorporating terrorist elements into the political structure of Afghanistan runs counter to the agreement reached among the members of the international community and will in no way help to resolve the current situation. Categorizing extremists as "good" or "bad" is not helpful.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“Heightened insecurity, poppy cultivation, drug production, drug trafficking, a spike in food and commodity prices and the consequences of drought are among the challenges that Afghanistan continues to face today. As the report at hand indicates, 2008 ended as the most violent year in Afghanistan since 2001, and the attempts by extremists and terrorists to destabilize previously stable areas have, unfortunately, worsened. Nevertheless, we are confident that despite the gravity and magnitude of the various challenges facing them, our Afghan brothers and sisters will maintain their commendable efforts to seriously address these threats and will continue their journey towards peace, stability and development.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“In the past several years, many efforts have been made by Afghan officials and the Afghan people, assisted by the international community, to foster and strengthen their newly established democratic mechanisms, to bring about peace, stability and development and to take their destiny into their own hands. Undoubtedly, much has been accomplished. Yet, a great deal more remains to be achieved. We are concerned that, despite all the efforts made, insecurity has increased over the past two years in Afghanistan, and terrorist activities, which are perpetrated mostly by Al-Qaida and the Taliban, have inflicted many losses and costs on the great nation of Afghanistan.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“Allow me, Sir, to thank you for having convened this meeting and to congratulate you on your skilful stewardship of the Council's work this month. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kai Eide, and his colleagues in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their valuable and tireless efforts in Afghanistan at this crucial juncture. As we have stressed in the past, the Islamic Republic of Iran supports the central role of the United Nations in Afghanistan, and that commitment has been displayed yet again in the recent fruitful visit of Mr. Kai Eide to Tehran. We have carefully studied the latest report of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan (S/2009/ 135) and share the view that the year 2009 is very important for Afghanistan and for its partners in the international community.”
2009-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6094 (2009) · source
“Even that resolution, as imperfect and belated as it is, is being totally ignored by the Israeli regime, as are many other previous United Nations resolutions, to which its response had been contempt and defiance. We strongly condemn all of these Israeli violations of international law and urge the Security Council to force the Israeli regime to put an end to such practices and to its aggression. The international community should act swiftly to end impunity and to bring the Israelis responsible for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and numerous other serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law to justice. The Council has a vital and urgent responsibility to discharge in this regard in order to end these Israeli atrocities and crimes against humanity immediately.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Security Council was first prevented by some permanent members from taking any action, and when it took action belatedly, the resolution it adopted, resolution 1860 (2009), did not address the expectations of the international community in, inter alia, forcing the Israeli regime to stop its atrocities against the Palestinians and withdraw from Gaza, or even in strongly condemning the Israeli regime's crimes against humanity and devising a mechanism for holding Israeli officials accountable for the war crimes and genocide that they have committed and continue to perpetrate against the Palestinian people in general and in the Gaza Strip in particular.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“This carnage must be stopped immediately, and the Israeli war criminals should be brought to justice for the crimes that they have perpetrated and continue to perpetrate and for the outrageous and brutal pain and torment that they have inflicted and continue to inflict on the innocent people in Gaza. Despite its commitment to the full and effective implementation of its resolutions on the protection of civilians in such circumstances, the Security Council has thus far taken no effective action to stop this genocide against Palestinians.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Those revealed so far are really just the tip of the iceberg, and many other such atrocities are simply never reported because the international media are facing an Israeli ban and cannot cover the heartbreaking tragedies in Gaza. The international community has no doubt that the Zionist regime is violating the basic principles of international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law and defying the most fundamental values for which the civilized world stands. Israeli forces are blowing away women and children in Gaza without a moment of remorse. As a result of those atrocities, many innocent civilians, including little children, have died horrible deaths, and the bodies of many others have not been recovered from the rubble because the Israeli military is shooting at anyone who attempts a rescue.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Even United Nations workers and the United Nations premises where innocent civilians take shelter are not immune from Israeli attacks, as we witnessed in the recent attack on schools of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which claimed the lives of more than 40 people and wounded many more civilians, most of them children. Savage acts, such as forcing women, small children and other civilians out of their homes and then massing them all into a small place and machine-gunning or shelling them, are examples of the rampant atrocities being repeatedly committed by the Israeli forces in Gaza.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The humanitarian aid sent to the people of Gaza is being turned away by the Israeli regime and prevented from reaching its destinations, as in the case of an Iranian relief ship carrying 2,000 tons of basic medical and food supplies destined for Gaza, which was intercepted and prevented from continuing on its way to Gaza by the Israeli regime yesterday. We condemn that unjustifiable move and hope that the Security Council will exert pressure on the regime to cease and desist from such unlawful actions.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The 1.5 million people of Gaza have been under a crippling siege and a brutal blockade for more than 18 months now and continue to be deprived of the most needed medical supplies and the most basic necessities - including even bread and drinking water - and are, at the same time, being massacred in the most horrendous and brutal ways, with nowhere to run, nowhere to hide and nothing to eat. Whole families are being eliminated in cold blood by the Zionist forces, and women and children, along with other civilians, are being deliberately targeted and massacred.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Rather than making generalities about today's important topic, I, like many previous speakers, would prefer to address one of the most serious examples in that regard: the untold losses and suffering that the Zionist regime has inflicted on the defenceless civilian population in Gaza. We also hope that the current tragedy in Gaza will be duly reflected in the outcome of today's Council meeting. Over the past 19 days, Palestinian civilians have been deliberately targeted and brutally mass-murdered by the ruthless Israeli war machine, which is callously shattering lives and livelihoods in the Gaza Strip. The abhorrent Israeli carnage and Israel's war crimes in the Gaza Strip are continuing unabated.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. A] Habib (Islamic Republic of Iran): At the outset, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate at this critical juncture. I would also like to thank Mr. John Holmes, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his comprehensive briefing today. The issue under consideration is of paramount importance, and this meeting is all the more important because it is being held at a time when the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are being subjected to one of the most heinous brutalities ever committed against civilians in the history of humankind.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Indeed, if the Security Council continues to fail to discharge its responsibility to stop the carnage, the Member States are fully ready to ask the General Assembly to take up the issue on the basis of its resolution 377 (V) - the "Uniting for Peace" resolution. I do not wish to take the valuable time of the Council to address the absurd statement made by the Israeli representative in the Council yesterday, in which certain baseless allegations were raised against my country. Suffice it to stress that these are despicable tactics that seek to distract attention from Israeli crimes at a time when the whole world is united to counter those crimes. These unworthy tactics have not worked in the past and will not work in the future.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The international community must hold that regime accountable for its crimes and for the damages it has inflicted on the defenceless Palestinians, and should mobilize its efforts and resources to reconstruct the infrastructure in Gaza. The stalling tactics of some permanent members to obstruct any action by the Security Council and to render the Council incapacitated are neither acceptable nor justifiable, and are tantamount to complicity in the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. The Security Council must be allowed to take action and to stop this unbridled State terrorism.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It is long overdue for the Security Council to live up to its responsibilities to stop these atrocities. The Security Council must take urgent and effective measures to stop this carnage and to help ease the sufferings of the people in the Gaza Strip. Every minute matters, since each entails more crimes by the Israelis and more losses for the innocent Palestinians. The Council must act and it must act now. The Security Council should adopt a binding resolution calling for an immediate end to the Israeli attacks and aggression against the innocent Palestinian people in Gaza; immediate Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the lifting of the blockade; the opening of the crossings and the urgent provision of humanitarian assistance to the people there.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Israeli war machine must be stopped from shattering more lives and livelihoods, and the Israeli war criminals should be brought to justice for the crimes they have perpetrated, and continue to perpetrate, and for the outrageous and brutal pain and torment they have inflicted and continue to inflict on the innocent people in Gaza. As mentioned by some speakers yesterday, a whole population is being massacred only because it resists occupation and State terrorism and simply because it has exercised its right to vote, which is the most basic principle of democracy. The credibility of the international community and of the United Nations is at stake and has been challenged once again by the Israeli regime's war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It is actually targeting every value that the civilized world stands for and every principle of international law that is clear to the world community. Mosques, hospitals, schools, United Nations buildings, medicine and food stores, and even the farms and private houses of the people are callously bombarded and women, men and children slaughtered in their beds, in their homes and everywhere on the streets. To cover up all these crimes, the media is not allowed access to the area by the Israeli regime to cover the tragic developments in the Gaza Strip. This savagery should be stopped and it should be stopped immediately.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It is appalling that, in the twenty-first century, the civilized world should witness an entire population under crippling blockade, starved, deprived of the most basic supplies, including bread and drinking water, and slaughtered in the most horrendous ways, having been left with nowhere to go, nothing to eat and no safe place to take shelter. Even the places that the United Nations has provided for this innocent people to escape Israeli brutalities are savagely attacked, as the world saw in yesterday's Israeli attack on schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, killing more than 40 people, many of them children. The Israeli regime is targeting every human being, every house and every infrastructure in Gaza.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The world community is witnessing with outrage and anguish the perpetration of some of the most blatant examples of crimes against humanity and genocide committed by an irresponsible and brutal regime that knows no boundaries in violating the most basic principles of international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law. It would seem as if the life of that criminal regime depends on creating and perpetuating bloodshed, and as if it feeds on nothing but war crimes, aggression, occupation and State terrorism. The people of Gaza continue to be subjected to untold sufferings that are unprecedented in the recent history of humankind.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. A] Habib (Islamic Republic of Iran): I wish to begin by thanking you, Sir, for having convened this meeting at this difficult juncture and by wishing you success in your presidency of the Security Council this month. As many speakers have mentioned yesterday and today, despite the enormous anger and worldwide anguish shown by the international community, the abhorrent carnage and the crimes against humanity committed by the Zionist regime against the innocent Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are continuing unabated, and every day we witness a new face of this vicious aggression and crime. As a result of this atrocity, hundreds of civilians have been cold- bloodedly massacred in Gaza and thousands wounded, most of them women and children.”
2009-01-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6061Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Needless to say, it was another example of that regime's futile efforts to divert attention from its own State terrorism and atrocities in the region by engaging in smear campaigns against others. It was also unacceptable to hear the delegation of Croatia, in its national capacity, making certain unwarranted references to my country. That is, in our View, irresponsible, since those references, which amount to baseless allegations and are rejected, have been made on the basis of some distortions fabricated by the Israeli regime.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Israeli regime not only continues its abhorrent crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories with full impunity, but it also persists in its intimidation and harassment of United Nations agencies and human rights officials and in its vicious threats against the nations who show sympathy to the innocent Palestinian people. The unconditional support extended to the Israeli regime by a permanent member of the Council cannot but be regarded as explicit support for the war crimes and unlawful activities persistently pursued by the Israeli regime. I wish to conclude by rejecting the baseless allegations that the representative of the Israeli regime made in her statement against my country.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Israeli regime continues its brutal occupation of, and unlawful acts in, the occupied Syrian Golan, too. It also continues to occupy parts of Lebanese territories and persists in its daily violation of Lebanese airspace, in blatant breach of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). There are other showcases of the Israeli regime's contempt for the Council and for its decisions, and they should be addressed in a serious manner. Undoubtedly, inaction on the part of the Security Council, which is in turn due to the unqualified support extended by a permanent member of the Council to the Israeli regime, has emboldened that regime in its war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source
“It is long overdue for the United Nations and the Security Council to take urgent and meaningful action in order to counter these atrocities and war crimes against the Palestinian people and to help alleviate the suffering and pain of the people in the Gaza Strip. Silence on the part of the international community is not an option, nor is it justifiable. Hundreds of thousands of people, including women and children, are looking to the United Nations and the international community at large in anguish and disillusionment while constantly subject to the threats, intimidation and abhorrent crimes of the Israeli regime. We should not leave them alone. The Security Council must live up to its responsibility and move quickly to protect the innocent civilians facing collective punishment in the Gaza Strip.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source
“They are deprived of the most basic goods, medical supplies and services that are necessary to keep them alive. The Israeli regime has turned a deaf ear to numerous calls by the international community and is practically eliminating a whole population before the eyes of the world community in a criminal move that has been termed a crime against humanity by United Nations human rights officials. For the founders of the United Nations it would have been certainly impossible, a few decades ago, to imagine that in the twenty-first century a whole population would be subject to such horrendous crimes against humanity and starved to death by a criminal regime while the Security Council remained idle. But it is unfortunately happening now.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The recent shocking and condemnable events in Al-Khalil, where extremist Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes and orchards and killed Palestinian civilians in cold blood, display a pre-planned campaign of terror and intimidation in order to make life there even more miserable for the innocent Palestinian civilians. The world community is today witnessing the unprecedented tragic situation that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are facing as a result of the atrocious crimes of the Israeli regime. The international community is witnessing the perpetration by the Israeli regime of some of the most horrendous crimes ever committed against innocent people in the history of mankind. More than 1.5 million people in the Gaza Strip are starved, massacred and subjected to collective punishment.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Military attacks against Palestinian civilians and property, the demolition of homes and other property, targeted killings, the unlawful construction and expansion of settlements, colonization measures, the transfer of settlers, the imposition of a permit regime and of other severe restrictions on movement in the occupied Palestinian territories, and the construction of the unlawful apartheid wall are a few examples of the criminal Israeli activities that have continued unabated and have even accelerated. Moreover, all forms of inhumane and unlawful measures are imposed on the Palestinian civilian population, particularly in the Gaza Strip. Israeli settlers' heinous violence, terrorism, harassment and racist acts against Palestinian civilians, their properties and agricultural land have increased.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source
“I wish to begin by extending our thanks to you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate at such a critical juncture. The situation on the ground, particularly in the Gaza Strip, has reached a disastrous point and the people living there are subject to untold Israeli crimes and are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe unprecedented in the past several decades. In the past several weeks, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has further deteriorated as a result of the continued illegal Israeli policies and practices.”
2008-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6049Resumption1 (2008) · source