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Al-Kidwa

lines on the record: 724
first: 1992-01-06
most recent: 2004-10-06
sittings or episodes: 59
sources: un-security-council

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“With regard to occupied East Jerusalem, Israel, the occupying Power, has not contented itself with isolating the city from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and with its ongoing attempts to Judaize the city and change its demographic composition. It has built a similar wall up to 8 kilometres long - which could be called the northern wall of Jerusalem - which has resulted in the confiscation of 800 dunams of Palestinian land from the villages of Al-Ram, Kalandia and Kufr Aqab. All of that is part of the plan for a Greater Jerusalem that extends deep into the occupied territory to include the illegal Israeli settlement of "Maale Adumim". Similar plans are in store for the city of Bethlehem.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“The confiscation of the Palestinian land on which the wall has been built and of the Palestinian land isolated between the wall and the armistice line has had destructive effects on the lives of more than 200,000 Palestinian civilians in 65 villages and towns on both sides of the wall. Among other things, it has partially or completely separated those civilians from their land and water resources and from the rest of the Palestinian people. In addition, severe restrictions have been placed on the movements of some of them. These restrictions include the complete walling of the city of Qalqilya and the control of entry and exit into and out of the city through one gate, which is open for only a few hours a day for the city's 40,000 inhabitants.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“In its first phase, this expansionist wall has already resulted in the confiscation and destruction of approximately 15,000 dunums of land for just the footprint of the wall alone, which also involved the uprooting of more than 100,000 trees and the destruction of 30 kilometres of water networks. Moreover, because the wall has cut deep into Palestinian territories - up to 6 kilometres from the armistice line - it has isolated more than 105,000 dunams of Palestinian land. If the wall is not removed, the fate of that land will be its illegal, de facto annexation by Israel.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“It declared, in April 2003, the completion of 27 kilometres of the expansionist wall and then, by the end of the summer, the completion of the entire first phase of about 150 kilometres. The wall is composed of several components, including, in some areas, concrete walls 8 metres high with fortified guard towers and, in others, several fences, including electrical ones, containing all or most of the following: trenches, dirt paths, two-lane paved patrol roads, barbed wire, sensors and "no-go" areas, making the width of the wall anywhere from 70 to 100 metres. I hope that Council members will take a look at the two pictures distributed with our statement today.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“For several months it succeeded in avoiding any real response by the international community to this action because of the secrecy surrounding the planning of the wall and the false impression it created about compliance, albeit relative, with the armistice line. In addition, of course, to the continuation of its bloody military campaign against the Palestinian people and the continuation of its media and political campaign against the Palestinian Authority and leadership, different immediate priorities were imposed on the Palestinian side and on the international community. Under this cover, Israel, the occupying Power, actually concluded what it refers to as the first phase.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“With the continued building of this expansionist wall - if the international community permits the continuation of such a crime - Israel will have effectively transferred large numbers of Palestinian civilians and will have confined the rest of the Palestinian people in several walled bantustans with additional secondary walls inside them. It will, of course, also have effectively destroyed the possibility of the existence of an independent, sovereign State of Palestine and the potential for achieving a political settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in line with the two-State vision, based on Security Council resolution 242 (1967) and the armistice line of 1949, known also as the line of 1967. Israel, the occupying Power, began building the first phase of its wall in the northwest areas of the occupied West Bank in June 2002.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“Israel, the occupying Power, is committing an immense war crime against the Palestinian people - a crime that has the magnitude of a crime against humanity - by building an expansionist wall in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem. This has involved the confiscation and destruction of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land; the destruction of the livelihood of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians; and the illegal, de facto annexation of extensive areas of occupied Palestinian land.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“This is the result not of a natural disaster, but of human evil - the evil of the Israeli occupation. Amnesty International has described the events that took place in Rafah as a war crime. Nevertheless, the occupation forces today returned once again to the area and issued military orders to deport 15 Palestinian citizens from their homes in the occupied West Bank to the Gaza Strip. This is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and of numerous Security Council resolutions. The Council and the international community must deal with all these matters and other, similar ones, at a subsequent stage.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): It is indeed difficult for the international community to keep pace with the successive crimes committed by Israel. Before I deal with the question before the Council today, I cannot but refer to the crimes committed by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Rafah refugee camp and around the city in the last few days. We had sent two letters to you, Mr. President, about this matter. The occupation forces killed eight Palestinians and wounded more than 70. According to a report by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), it completely demolished nearly 120 houses, and 50 houses were partially destroyed. This led to the evacuation of about 1,500 Palestinian citizens from their homes. Rafah now looks as if it had been struck by an earthquake.”
2003-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4841 (2003) · source
“Israel must also stop linking its dirty acts to the international community's struggle against terrorism. Israel must also cease its illegal campaigns, including its building of a wall around our country; its threatening the life of the Palestinian leader, elected by the Palestinian people; and its intimidation of Arab countries, including sisterly Syria.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“We speak today as the victims of systematized Israeli aggression and of the bloody Israeli campaign against us of the past three years, including repeated war crimes. We are victims of settler colonization, expansionist policies and the denial of our national right to an independent Palestinian State with its capital in East Jerusalem. Despite long years of colonization, we take the position of responsibility in standing against all illegal acts undertaken from our occupied territories against civilians in Israel. On that basis, the Palestinian leadership condemned the suicide bombing that took place yesterday in the city of Haifa and called for the full and immediate cessation of such acts. On the other side, Israel must admit that such acts are the consequences of colonization and of its policies and actions, and not vice-versa.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Today's action may be added to the long list of acts of Israeli military aggression against many Arab countries, and confirms Israel's determination to use aggression and force and to violate international law. We vigorously deplore and condemn this most recent Israeli aggression against Syria and call upon the Security Council to join in vigorously condemning it. We call upon the Council to demand that Israel cease such acts of aggression and such violations of international law, as set out in the Arab draft resolution that has been placed before the Council. The Israeli aggression threatens to extend the cycle of confrontation to the entire Middle East, adding to the great dangers that we already face in that region.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and to convey our appreciation to your predecessor, Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry. As members of the Council know, Israeli warplanes attacked a site north of Damascus, the capital of sisterly Syria. There is no doubt whatsoever that this marks new Israeli aggression against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria. It is a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the norms of international law. In the course of this action against Syria, Israel also violated Lebanese air space- which constitutes aggression against yet another Arab country.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“I will speak with my broken English and my bad voice today. I just wanted to remind you that today is the twenty-first anniversary of the massacre of Sabra and Shatila. You remember, that? You remember, Mr. Sharon? Just for the record.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“We will not be intimidated by what has happened. We are encouraged by the positions of many Council members who have done their best to preserve the role of the Security Council, in keeping with the Charter, and who have attempted to maintain a reasonable, balanced and moderate political position that will be in the interest of the peace process in the region. Finally, I wish to thank all the Member States that co-sponsored the draft resolution and those who that voted in favour of it.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“As for President Arafat and the Palestinian leadership, I wish to reiterate that the Palestinian people will not accept outside interference, particularly if the interfering parties are considered unfriendly by our people. The Palestinian people will not accept any interference regarding who is going to be politically isolated or who is going to retain his position. Serious consequences may follow the use of veto, such as the possibility of wrong interpretation by Mr. Sharon's Government in Israel, and the United States alone will bear the responsibility for that. It is also regrettable that the United Kingdom and Germany chose to abstain in the vote for reasons that remain incomprehensible to us. I wish to reassure the Council once again that we will not refrain from working with it. We will return to it, perhaps in the near future.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“It did not inform us, a Permanent Observer Mission, of that, not even as a courtesy. Therefore, that delegation did not make any direct proposals for amendments and did not conduct any discussions with us. That, I believe, raises a question about what has transpired so far. Generally speaking, it is regrettable that not only has the position of the United States of America been biased in favour of Israel for so many years, but also that it has been transformed into a position that accepts Israeli logic and positions almost completely, to such an extent that it has basically become a heavy, dark shadow over the entire process that does not permit the United States to play an unbiased role in the Arab- Israeli conflict or to act as an honest sponsor of the peace process.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): For the record, during the years that I have worked here I have never seen the Security Council invite us to sit at the Council table while an specific issue is being deliberated. Then the Council decided to conduct the vote in our absence. I do not know the reason for that, but I understand that that has not been the usual practice at any previous meetings. We, with the Arab Group, co-sponsored a draft resolution that was very moderate. We thought that it would be adopted and would have broad support, amounting to 14 votes. However, in light of what we have been told or has been stated publicly by Member States, I would like to assure the Council that the United States delegation did not declare that it would use its veto power.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“At any rate, speaking outside the Chamber between the morning and afternoon sessions of this meeting of the Security Council, the representative of Israel stated that the Council had been hypocritical. He also decided that the Permanent Observer of Palestine did not represent the Palestinian people. I hope he does not decide at the end of this meeting to withdraw official status from all of us.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“There have also been attacks against airports, like the Beirut airport, the downing of airplanes, including a Libyan airliner; the sinking of the USS Liberty; the assassination of many members of the Palestinian cadres; the targeting of Arab civilian targets in the Golan; and the assault on the Bahr Al-Bakar school, among other incidents. However, the worst war crime in modern history is the transfer of over 400,000 settlers to Palestinian territories in order to colonize them: a colonialist settler movement at the beginning of the twenty-first century. That is to say nothing of the long list of war crimes that have been committed during the last three years, foremost of which are extra-judicial killings.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“His statement was also replete with falsehoods and misrepresentations of the facts, particularly with regard to President Yasser Arafat. I will not even attempt to answer those points. However, the representative of Israel speaks on behalf of a Government whose Prime Minister and many of whose members have been accused of war crimes. Prime Minister Sharon, in particular, was responsible for the Sabra, Shatilla, Kibya and Khan Younis massacres. Some of Israel's leaders were responsible for introducing terrorism to the region in the first place. One can ask the United Kingdom, the Power that held the Mandate in Palestine, about that. One could also refer to Count Bernadotte, who was also in Palestine. The list is very long. Many official massacres have been committed, including those at Deir Yassin and Kufr Kassem, among other places.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): We had hoped that the Security Council would today have been able to listen to an exposition of serious positions from both the Palestinian and Israeli parties. We have tried to do our best and have kept to the agenda. However, Israel's statement has fallen to low levels that are improper for this international forum. Such a statement could nevertheless assist the Council in adopting a more strongly worded resolution. That statement represents a flagrant challenge to the international community and reflects Israel's arrogance of power based on automatic protection of Israel. The Israeli representative's statement also included racial allusions to the entire Palestinian people. That comes as no surprise, given the mentality of occupation and colonialization.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“It is being built on Palestinian land and involves the de facto confiscation of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land and the destruction of the lives of thousands of Palestinians. The continuation of such a wall will effectively end, once and for all, the vision of two States. The building of the wall must therefore be stopped, and the wall must be brought down. We will call on the Council to take the necessary measures in this regard at a later stage. For the time being, however, we must take the necessary measures to prevent the situation from being further inflamed to ensure that no harm will be inflicted on our President. Once more, this needs to be undertaken in compliance with international law, with respect for the national dignity of our people and their democratic choices and, ultimately, to preserve the option of peace.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“During the intervening period, the conditions have dramatically deteriorated and the situation is much more dangerous than before. We believe that, regardless of what happens to the peace process, the Security Council has responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, for defending the Charter and international law and for defending its own relevant resolutions and not allowing their violation. I want specifically to refer to the Council's resolutions affirming the illegality of the Israeli settlements and demanding that such activities by the occupying Power cease. Now there is also the expansionist wall, which imposes a new and decisive challenge to the Council. That wall is not being built in accordance with the armistice line of 1949, which is also known as the 1967 border.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“We must also, through the Quartet and perhaps also with the help of the Security Council, build the agreed-upon monitoring mechanism and have a real international presence - maybe even international troops - as the Secretary-General has proposed in the past and as France is currently proposing. Such bold steps are required if the current tragic situation is to be brought to an end and a return to the path of peace ensured. I would like once again to reiterate the Security Council's responsibility with regard to the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the situation in the Middle East in general. It has been almost nine months since the last time the Security Council dealt with the situation - that is to say, since the United States veto last December.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“It is time to stop inventing other reasons for the current crisis, such as the internal Palestinian situation or other issues, however important they may be. The revival of the road map will require new and serious implementation, beginning with the very first step, coupled with a decision to face up to the realities and prevent both sides from evading their responsibilities. The Security Council could - indeed, should - play an important role in this respect. It must provide strong support for the road map and officially order the two sides to comply with its provisions and to implement them.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“It is time to admit that the essential problem is the position of Israel, which is insisting on a policy of settlement building, refusing to end the occupation of Palestinian land and failing to accept an independent sovereign State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital. Without a change in that position, there will be no peace process and there can be no implementation of the road map or of any other initiative. In turn, such a change, when it takes place, will open the road to the implementation by the Palestinian side of its obligations, including the cessation of all violence and the provision of real security. It is time to face reality and to stop covering the Israeli positions or running away from confronting those positions while hoping that the process will remain alive, even if in appearance only.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“What is shocking about all these events is that, in spite of their detailed knowledge of these events and their presumed role as mediator, some have accepted the logic and positions of Mr. Sharon and his Government almost entirely and have been repeating the Israeli arguments and lies. This is not only painful, but highly irresponsible, and if it continues it will lead to horrendous consequences. All of this must be brought to an end before it is too late. There must be a complete departure from Violence and the logic of a military solution. We must return to the negotiating table, and the road map must be revived and implemented in a real and honest way. In order for this to happen, however, we cannot continue in the old way.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Furthermore, it continued its killings of Palestinians, including extrajudicial execution, as well as its attacks, destruction and arrests. It continued with all of these actions, despite repeated warnings from many parties, until they led to the suicide bombing in West Jerusalem on 19 August. That was followed by the extrajudicial execution by Israel of Mr. Ismail Abu Shanab and the demise of the truce. Since then, the insane escalation has continued. The occupying forces have committed at least eight extrajudicial executions, which undoubtedly constitute war crimes that should be condemned and stopped. On the other hand, Hamas carried out two suicide bombings, in West Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, which constitute terrorist attacks that should also be condemned and stopped.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“In spite of that, and with a great deal of effort, the Palestinian Government and the Palestinian leadership, with assistance from the Arab Republic of Egypt and other countries, were able to obtain a unilateral declaration by all Palestinian groups to cease all acts of violence. Indeed, there was a very high degree of compliance with such a declaration of ceasefire or truce. What did the Israeli Government do? It continued with its confiscation of land, its settlement activities and the construction of the expansionist wall. It did not even exert a serious effort to remove the so-called unauthorized outposts. Moreover, Israel also maintained the checkpoints, the siege and all of the policies and measures that are destroying the socio-economic conditions of the Palestinian people.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“That was perfectly in line with his vision, but not with the vision outlined in the road map. He further refused to declare an immediate end to violence against Palestinians everywhere. What, then, is left for the Palestinian side from the road map? A Palestinian State in the form that Mr. Sharon desires, an Israeli rejection of the ceasefire and a return to the Israeli logic that it is the Palestinian side only that has to take the necessary steps. We found ourselves in a situation that had nothing to do with the road map, especially in the light of the attempts to sidetrack the role of the Quartet and to reduce the monitoring mechanism agreed upon in the road map to something that has nothing to do with either the monitoring or the mechanism.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The Israeli leadership was to issue an unequivocal statement "affirming its commitment to the two-State vision of an independent, viable, sovereign Palestinian State living in peace and security alongside Israel, as expressed by President Bush, and calling for an immediate end to violence against Palestinians everywhere". During the summit at Aqaba, the Palestinian leadership, represented by then Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, did implement the first stated step. He even went a step further than the text of the road map required. However, the Israeli leadership, represented by Mr. Sharon, rejected the first stated step. Mr. Sharon mumbled something about a Palestinian State, but he did not declare his acceptance of an independent, viable and sovereign Palestinian State.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The Israeli Government accepted the "steps" in the road map and attached 14 reservations or "concerns", effectively undermining most of it. In spite of that, the United States of America promised to take these "concerns" into consideration during its implementation. On the other hand, the Palestinian side accepted the road map without reservations. The time then came for both sides to take the first essential step set out in the road map. The Palestinian leadership was to issue an unequivocal statement "reiterating Israel's right to exist in peace and security and calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end armed activity and all acts of violence against Israelis anywhere".”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The second thing is the undermining of international legitimacy, the ignoring of relevant United Nations resolutions and even the termination of the legacy of negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides aimed at achieving a reasonable settlement based on the international conscience - all coupled with intensive efforts to destroy any real international initiatives to salvage the situation. That is why the Mitchell recommendations were destroyed and buried, and that is why the road map was emptied of its contents on the way to its burial. What really happened to the road map? The Israeli Government tried to stall its presentation, and it succeeded in that attempt for a while. Then, when the road map was presented, the Israeli Government never accepted it.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The first is the breaking down of the Palestinian national movement and the destruction of its leadership, since it would never accept such schemes. That is why we see such a vicious campaign against Yasser Arafat, the national leader of our people, and the attempts to get rid of him. That is also why Israel did not give anything to the former Prime Minister, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, since it was understood that he, too, would never accept the schemes of Mr. Sharon and his Government, and that is also why Israel has not welcomed the Prime Minister- designate, Mr. Ahmed Qurei - all proving that what Israel truly wants is the destruction of the Palestinian national leadership.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“To all that, we can add the refusal by Israel to divide Jerusalem between the two sides and the rejection of any rights for Palestine refugees. Those are the facts, and everything that Mr. Sharon has said or done has been in line with, and at the service of, such a vision. That is why the expansionist wall is being built: to wall in the aforementioned bantustans and to eliminate any potential for a real settlement. That is also why settlement activities - including the illegal transfer of Israeli settlers to our land - are continuing. And that is why Israel proceeds with its military escalation and destruction, and why it has worked so vigorously to reverse the situation to the pre-Oslo conditions 10 years after its beginning. But achieving such a dreadful and racist vision requires two main things.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Sharon and his Government represent a threat to the stability of the region. They reject real peace, and they insist on the use of force and on a military solution. Mr. Sharon has publicly said - for those who want to hear - that he does not want a lasting and permanent settlement and rather seeks only long-term transitional arrangements. Clearly, Mr. Sharon's vision is the imposition of a number of walled and separate bantustans, confining the Palestinian people to less than half of the West Bank and to slightly more than half of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians could find a way to connect those bantustans and to call it a Palestinian State if they wish, while Israel keeps the rest of the Palestinian land and continues its colonization and gradual annexation.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“For that reason, we specifically called on the Security Council - as did the Arab Group through its Chairman, the Permanent Representative of Sudan - to take the immediate necessary measures in that regard. We appreciate the fact that members of the Council addressed the matter last Friday, and we urge the Council to take action on the draft resolution before it today. The negative Israeli reaction to the press statement read by the President of the Council on behalf of members - as well as to positions taken by the whole international community - reaffirms the need for stronger steps to be taken by the Council in response to this existing danger. Only yesterday, the Vice Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Ehud Olmert, made an announcement to the effect that killing Yasser Arafat was definitely an available option. Indeed, Mr.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“At this critical juncture, it must be firmly and unequivocally stated that the land of Palestine and its people are not the property of the occupying Power and that to carry out such an action or even to constantly reiterate such a threat would be considered an assault on the Palestinian national dignity; it would mean the end of the Palestinian Authority and would signal the actual demise of any peace process between the two sides. In addition, it should be recalled that international law - specifically the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 - is clear in its prohibition of such a war crime. We believe that the international community must take decisive and swift action in order to prevent the occupying Power from carrying out such an illegal, insane act.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month and to welcome you to the United Nations. I should also like to thank the sisterly delegation of Syria for its excellent stewardship of the Council the past month and to congratulate His Excellency Ambassador Fayssal Mekdad on assuming his new duties as Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic. Last Thursday, the threats of Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people and the Palestinian leadership reached a new level with the decision by the so-called Israeli security cabinet to "remove Yasser Arafat" and to request the Israeli army to draw up a plan for the expulsion of the elected President of the Palestinian Authority.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Nothing angers Arab and Palestinian citizens more than the double standards we have come to experience, or sometimes the absence of any criteria when the situation has to do with us Arabs and Palestinians, and therefore there is a need to put an end to that. We have good reason not to believe that this will happen, and hope that we are wrong.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Therefore we cannot but express our concern over what is described as the conceptual basis of what is happening, and not only at the developments on the ground. We in Palestine are concerned over what is happening, because there is a real fear that Mr. Sharon and his Government - one of the primary beneficiaries of the war - will escalate their bloody military campaign against our people and take additional illegitimate measures on the ground. We call on the Security Council to remain attentive to the situation in the Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, in the coming weeks.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We stress the importance of Iraqi unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity. We condemn any attempt to erode Iraq independence. We must fully respect the Geneva conventions, not only those relative to the protection of prisoners of war but also those relative to the protection of civilians. We welcome the renewed interest in and importance attached by some to those conventions, and we call for their full respect at all times, in compliance with the legal commitments undertaken by the High Contracting Parties. Change, even for the better, cannot come from outside, nor can it be imposed on peoples, particularly through the use of military force. Nor can political systems be imposed from outside. This was one of the basic principles of the international system until now.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Our people stand side by side with our other Arab brethren, and we stand, therefore, in full solidarity with the Iraqi people, who are suffering as a result of the military operations being carried out by forces led by the United States. Our people are becoming increasingly angry and frustrated and feel hostility between themselves and those whom they deem responsible for whatever is currently happening, in addition to what has happened throughout the years. We support the resolutions adopted by the summits of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Arab Summit, as well as the decision of the Council of Ministers of the League of Arab States. We call for an immediate cessation of the military operations against Iraq, and we call for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraqi land.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“It is also a fact that the majority of the members of the Security Council, not to mention the majority of the Members of the United Nations, were against this war and had called for time to be given to the inspections regime to fulfil its mandate under resolution 1441 (2002). Furthermore, this war will have far-reaching and profound repercussions for the Middle East region and for the system of international relations, including on the United Nations itself. The international community must therefore give in-depth consideration to the issue, so that we can promptly arrive at a solution that will mitigate such destructive tendencies. The Palestinian people - given the long suffering that they have experienced under occupation and aggression - cannot but oppose the use of force in settling international disputes.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the destructive war that is being waged against Iraq and its repercussions, including, naturally, the tremendous humanitarian suffering of the fraternal Iraqi people. We hope that the Security Council will be able to put an end to what it taking place and that it will shoulder its responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security, as mandated by the Charter of the United Nations. It is an established fact that this war is being waged outside the context of the United Nations and without any authorization by the Council.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Despite all this, we have not yet lost hope for changing both the situation and the Israeli policy and for reaching a just and comprehensive peace in the region, based on two States, Palestine and Israel, living side by side.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Fourthly, the representative of Israel claims that the Palestinian side uses its children as human shields. That is very racist, as well as unacceptable. It reflects a sick mentality. We hope that Israel's representatives and leaders will overcome such thinking in the future. Finally, we once again hope that the international community will truly stand up against the culture of illegal impunity by confronting the war crimes and all other crimes committed by the leaders of Israel as part of the official State policy of successive Israeli Governments, particularly in the last 28 months. We hope such a stance will be taken because it is the only thing that could lend real credibility to the statements of the international community on this issue.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Secondly, Israel's claims that it has mitigated the suffering of our people are ridiculous. I need only refer to the report of the Secretary-General on the humanitarian situation. Thirdly, the claim that Israel, the occupying Power, has not targeted civilians or children is also a lie. When an Israeli warplane drops a one-ton bomb on a residential area of Gaza, that act constitutes a deliberate murder of civilians. Two days ago, when an Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a certain car in a highly populated area in Gaza, resulting in the death of two children, aged 14 and 15, it was a deliberate murder of civilians. Israel, the occupying Power, has deliberately murdered civilians through the excessive and indiscriminate use of force.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) (spoke in Arabic): I am sorry to once again take up the Council's precious time, but I would like to make the following brief points in response to the second intervention by the Israeli representative. First, any attempt by Israel to depict its criminal acts against our people as a reaction to acts of violence by Palestinians is a false attempt. Suffice it for me to refer to the continuation of the occupation for more than 35 years and to the transfer by Israel of 400,000 settlers to that land, in grave violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and many Security Council resolutions, in order to occupy the land and to prevent the Palestinians from exercising their rights. The occupation, its abhorrent practices and settler colonialism are what led to the violent reaction by our people, not the contrary.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source