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Gahrah

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2006-06-30
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2006-06-30
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  1. “They should ensure that all prisoners on both sides are released and that the provisions of international resolutions are implemented so as to ensure the establishment of a Palestinian State with Arab Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference and the land-for-peace initiative, and in implementation of resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), the road map and the Arab peace initiative.”

    2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source

  2. “The continuation of the tension and the violence in the occupied territories would not have continued if the road map had been implemented, the Arab initiative accepted and international resolutions implemented on the ground. Saudi Arabia appeals to the international community, including the Security Council and the Quartet, to ensure that there is an immediate end to the Israeli aggression against Gaza and to compel Israel to withdraw its forces.”

    2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source

  3. “It is starving the Palestinian people and depriving them of clean drinking water and the most basic living requirements so as to bring them to their knees and force them to 34 accept the fait accompli created by a shameful and unjust occupation. The Government of Israel would not have continued its acts of aggression if it were not for the negative stance of the international community and the failure of the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities and ensure that its resolutions were implemented. The Israeli Government would not have disregarded resolutions of international legitimacy unless is knew that it could get away with its claim that it was acting in self-defence and that its acts of terrorism were legitimate and acceptable.”

    2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source

  4. “Israeli terrorism in Gaza is not only the result of the capture of an Israeli soldier; it is part of the Israeli plan to destroy the Palestinian Government, which was legitimately, democratically and transparently elected, as witnessed by all. The purpose of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians is to prevent them from reaching agreement among themselves, so that Israel can then claim that it has no partner for peace. The Israeli aggression lays bare the reality of the situation. Israel claims that its withdrawals are genuine; in fact, they are a deceptive attempt to keep the people who remain in the territories under siege. Israel is continuing to destroy the Palestinian infrastructure and the daily lives of the Palestinian people.”

    2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source

  5. “It continues to isolate them, to prevent them from gaining their livelihoods. It prevents the payment of Palestinian wages. Through extermination groups called "special units", it continues its assassination of activists and Palestinian leaders. The Palestinians are only exercising their legitimate right to resist. The Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza is a flagrant violation of international law and of agreements that have been reached. The kidnapping of Palestinian personalities - ministers and representatives - is a terrible crime and a violation of international norms, international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.”

    2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source

  6. “The Israeli claim that the Palestinians are solely responsible for the escalation of tension in the region because of Palestinian acts of resistance against the Israeli occupation and their taking of an Israeli soldier is unacceptable. The Palestinian resistance has suffered the loss of many victims, including members of families who were merely promenading on the beach of Gaza without having committed any act of aggression against Israel. Five people in one family were killed by Israeli artillery from land and from the sea. A small child cried out to the conscience of the international community, but that cry received no response. Not even an international investigation commission was dispatched, nor was there an explicit condemnation of that shameful act. Israel continues to besiege the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people.”

    2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source

  7. “Mr. Gahrah (Saudia Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the start I would like to associate myself with those who have congratulated you, Madam President, on your presidency of the Security Council this month. We would also like to thank you for your prompt response to the request to hold this meeting. The delegation of Saudia Arabia would like to associate itself with Algeria and the statement it delivered on behalf of the Arab Group, and with Malaysia's, statement on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Once again, the Government of Israel reasserts its aggressive nature and continues its terrorist practices. Its aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is a form of terrorism that must be rejected. It is totally unjustified and is clear in its aims and objectives.”

    2006-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5481 (2006) · source