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first: 2000-04-19
most recent: 2002-10-17
sittings or episodes: 24
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“In the afternoon, Palestinian terrorists shot and killed Yosef Ajami, an Israeli civilian who was driving his car to Baka al-Gharbiya. And in the evening, Israeli policeman Moshe Hizkiyahu was killed as he responded to a report of a suspicious individual near the Umm el-Fahm Junction. As Officer Hizkiyahu approached, the man blew himself up. Two others were wounded in the attack, for which Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. These attacks come after a six-week period of relative quiet resulting from the extraordinary efforts of Israeli security forces. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have intercepted or thwarted scores of attempted attacks, including one in which a truck filled with hundreds of kilograms of explosives was seized, more than enough to bring a skyscraper crashing to the ground.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“As workers and shoppers were going about their business, a Palestinian terrorist boarded a public city bus and detonated a powerful explosive charge that ripped through the crowded downtown district. When the dust settled, five Israeli civilians lay dead and more than sixty others were wounded, several of them seriously. The Tel Aviv bombing followed a day of hell in which three Israelis were killed and three wounded in three separate incidents. Early in the morning, security forces discovered the charred body of David Buhbut. Buhbut, who was reported missing on Tuesday night, had gone shopping in an Arab village near his home. He was abducted and tortured for several hours, and his body was discarded in a dumpster where it was later found.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“Mr. President, at the outset I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency for this month and to extend my congratulations to Ambassador John Negroponte on the outstanding manner in which he guided the deliberations of the Council last month. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, for his permanent contribution and concerted efforts to bring an end to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and to anchor peaceful coexistence in the Middle East. The Security Council is meeting just days after a Palestinian suicide bomber turned an ordinary Tel Aviv street into a scene of horrific carnage.”
2002-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4614 (2002) · source
“Terrorism, whether inspired by Syria or executed by the Palestinians, must be fought relentlessly and unconditionally or all our efforts will be in vain.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Israel maintains that all aspects of resolution 1402 (2002) must be implemented together, including a meaningful ceasefire that is bolstered by genuine steps on the part of the Palestinians to end terrorism and incitement and to cooperate with General Zinni in the implementation of the Tenet plan and the Mitchell report, which Israel has accepted, but which the Palestinian side continues to reject. In the absence of full and faithful implementation of resolution 1402 (2002), including all the necessary steps required of both sides, we will be unable to create the proper conditions under which the parties can return to a political process, as called for by the Security Council. Unfortunately, it is not only the Palestinian leadership that is encouraging the intentional killing of Israeli civilians.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Still, we have not forgotten that ultimately Israelis and Palestinians must find a way to live together in peace. It is that consideration that continues to inspire a measure of Israeli restraint. We did not respond following the suicide bombing that killed 15 in Rishon Lezion in order to give the emerging diplomatic initiatives a chance at success. We have welcomed the efforts of responsible parties, including the "quartet", to help move Israel and the Palestinians back to a constructive path.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“He pretends to partake of the fruit of peace, but he is nourished by the practice of terrorism. This duality imperils Palestinians and Israelis alike, allowing terrorist networks to thrive while undermining the faith of both peoples in the possibility of peace. Under such circumstances, what does the Palestinian leadership and the international community expect us to do? Are we supposed to sit back and watch as recognized terrorists freely roam the streets, planning the murder of Israelis? Are we supposed to sit idly while those forces that are supposed to be fighting terror are instead practising terror? Shall we simply ignore the fact that forces under Chairman Arafat's control are manufacturing weapons and explosives while he disingenuously condemns their actions in the media? Of course, we cannot.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Those two organizations - internationally recognized as terrorist organizations committed to the destruction of the State of Israel, dedicated to murdering Israeli civilians as widely as possible and completely opposed to any peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Middle East - should have been dismantled in accordance with agreements reached between the parties and resolutions of the Security Council. Rather than arresting their leaders and confiscating their weapons - as is his obligation - Chairman Arafat has instead bestowed unprecedented legitimacy upon them by treating them as acceptable political partners. Though these incidents are unbelievable, they are not altogether surprising. Chairman Arafat remains, as he has always been, caught between his history of terrorism and his aspiration to be a statesman.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Despite the protestations of the Permanent Observer of Palestine, the discovery of the explosives confirms the necessity of taking action to protect Israeli citizens from the threat of terrorist attacks. Unfortunately, the only thing separating the next Palestinian suicide bomber from his Israeli victims is the pre-emptive actions of the Israeli security forces. The second incident was Chairman Arafat's unbelievable invitation for Hamas and Islamic Jihad to join his Cabinet.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“More than 10 powerful explosive charges in various stages of production, along with bags of explosives, documents and Israeli army uniforms, were discovered in the building. The Permanent Observer of Palestine, in his letter to the Secretary-General dated 10 June 2002, responded with a strongly-worded condemnation not of the clear intention of official Palestinian elements to carry out terrorist attacks Israeli civilians but of the Israeli operation that foiled that plan. Can there be any evidence more damning than that the very force charged with fighting Palestinian terrorism is constructing and operating explosives laboratories for Palestinian suicide bombers?”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Rather than holding the Palestinian side accountable for deliberately misleading the Council and flouting its resolutions, it seems that today we are continuing the ritual of intense scrutiny of Israeli actions while wilfully ignoring Palestinian actions. Palestinian duplicity reached unprecedented heights with two unbelievable incidents in the past two weeks. The first occurred in Ramallah, where, just a few weeks after the publication of documentary proof of the financial and logistical support provided by high officials of the Palestinian Authority to known terrorists, Israeli forces discovered an explosives laboratory in a building belonging to Force 17, Chairman Arafat's personal security force.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“I do not believe it redundant to stress again that Israel has taken extensive measures in fulfilment of its obligations under resolutions 1402 (2002) and 1403 (2002). One needs only to exercise the slightest scrutiny or open a newspaper to see that the Palestinians have not taken even one step and that Chairman Arafat has yet to lift a finger to fight terror. This is why we find ourselves in the current predicament. This was in part predictable. Through most of April and May, attention was focused solely on ensuring Israeli compliance with the resolutions of the Council, while the Palestinians succeeded, by making utterly false and misleading allegations, in deflecting attention from their failure to take even minimal steps to end the campaign of terrorism.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Israel is appalled by the conduct of the Syrian Government, its obstruction of the path to peace in the region and its subversion of any efforts for reconciliation between Israel and its neighbours, all the more so in the light of the fact that the international community has entrusted it with guiding the work of the Security Council in the defence of international peace and security. Responsible members of the international community who truly wish to see a peaceful conclusion of the conflict in our region must demand that Syria immediately halt its support for the terrorist groups to which it grants safe harbour in its territory and abide scrupulously by its international obligations under Council resolutions.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Moreover, they serve to unmask the unbearable contradiction between, on the one hand, the very nature of the Syrian Arab Republic's sponsorship of terrorism and its practice of State terrorism and, on the other, its membership on the Council - let alone its Council presidency. But Syrian contempt does not end with its sponsorship of Palestinian terror. Its disregard for the basic humanitarian values extends to its occupation and foreign domination of Lebanon as well. In this forum and in others, Syria has time and again accused Israel of war crimes. Such a heinous allegation cannot for one moment erase from the collective memory of the international community the real war crimes and mass murder perpetrated by the Syrian regime against its own citizens in the city of Hama in 1982.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“The glorification of suicide attacks is a common feature of its political discourse, as typified by the broadcast of Radio Damascus; On 9 May 20002, this radio station stated, "The wonderful and special suicide attacks, which were executed by some of the sons of the Palestinian nation, is a practical declaration before the whole world of the way to liberate Arab Palestinian land from Israeli colonialism." Such activities testify to Syria's utter contempt for the provisions of international law and for the anti- terrorist objectives of the Council and the international community.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“The terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, which claimed responsibility for the 5 June bombing in a statement released by the organization's headquarters in Damascus, is but one of numerous terrorist organizations based in the Syrian capital. Hezbollah terrorists based in the south of Lebanon, with the consent and support of the Syrian regime, continue to launch cross-border assaults in direct violation of Council resolutions.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“On other occasions, it was organizations and individuals who are recognized for their terrorist activities and whose arrest Israel has repeatedly requested, but who continue to freely roam the streets, at liberty to plan and to carry out attacks at their discretion. The situation persists despite the presence of tens of thousands of Palestinian security personnel who are more than capable of bringing them to justice and who are legally obligated to do so. On still other occasions, terror has emanated from other regimes beyond our borders. The Government of Syria, whose Permanent Representative currently occupies the presidency of the Council, continues to support and to encourage acts of Violence against Israeli civilians.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“On the same day, Palestinian terrorists attempted to blow up a truck at the Pi-Gliloth petroleum and gas storage facility in Herzliya - an attack that, had it succeeded, would have entailed not only a massive civilian catastrophe, but a severe environmental one as well. On 7 May, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded pool hall in Rishon Lezion, killing 15 Israelis and wounding nearly 60 others. On 27 April, three Palestinian terrorists entered the community of Adora and went door to door, entering private residents and opening fire on those inside. The terrorists murdered five-year-old Danielle Shefi as she lay in her bed, and three other Israeli civilians. The long and tragic list goes on. Many times it was Chairman Arafat's forces that were responsible.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“As those engaged in the war on terror know, to succeed against terrorists, they must be thwarted before they reach the civilian population centres that they so brutally target. The devastating impact of Palestinian terror continues. On 5 June, a Palestinian suicide terrorist driving a car packed with explosives blew himself up alongside a public bus near the northern town of Afula, killing 17 Israelis and injuring over 30. On 27 May, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a crowded shopping centre in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva, killing two Israelis - an 18- month-old baby girl and her grandmother - and wounding more than 50. On 23 May, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in the centre of the Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, killing two Israelis and wounding more than 40 others.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Those obligations included adherence to a meaningful ceasefire; an end to all acts of violence, terror and incitement; cooperation with Special Envoy Zinni; and the implementation of the Tenet work plan. To this day, we still await any steps taken by the Palestinian leadership towards the fulfilment of its obligations. Not a single day has passed since the adoption of resolution 1402 (2002) in which Palestinian terrorists have not attempted to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians. On many days, they have succeeded. On days when they have failed, it has only been as a result of the preventive actions of Israeli security forces that have successfully thwarted dozens of attempted attacks. What some have taken to calling "incursions" are in reality preventive actions that have saved countless innocent lives.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“In the days between 30 March and 4 April, the Council adopted two resolutions on the situation in the Middle East - resolutions 1402 (2002) and 1403 (2002) - in which it first and foremost reiterated its earlier calls for a meaningful ceasefire and placed specific demands on both parties to help bring this about. For Israel's part, we withdrew our troops from Palestinian cities, including Ramallah; successfully negotiated a peaceful end to the stand-off at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem; and redeployed our forces to the perimeters of population centres so as to enable the Palestinian leadership to assert its authority and fulfil its obligations.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552 (2002) · source
“Israel fully understands that the Palestinians are, and will always be, our partners and our neighbours and that only through dialogue and negotiations, conducted in a spirit of nonviolence and mutual recognition, can we reinvigorate the spirit of peace and reconciliation that will yield a just and lasting solution to the conflict in our region.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“The Council should focus not only on Israel's actions, but also on the Palestinian side's blatant and continuing refusal to agree on a meaningful ceasefire, to end terrorism and incitement and to cooperate with General Zinni, as called for in resolution 1402 (2002). Only action by both sides can move us towards an end of violence and terrorism and towards a political resolution. Finally, certain members of the international community are now working to determine how best to restart a political dialogue. Prime Minister Sharon will be arriving next week in Washington, where he will discuss his ideas and his proposals on how to breathe new life into the peace process.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“The choice of whether to prevent or to promote terrorism is entirely in Chairman Arafat's own hands. For the sake of peace in the region, it is imperative that he not incite his people to hatred and to violence, but rather that he act as a force for peace. I would also like to point out that Israel has taken substantial steps towards the implementation of resolutions 1402 (2002) and 1403 (2002) and has proceeded with its withdrawal from Palestinian cities. The implementation of Palestinian responsibilities under resolution 1402 (2002), however, has yet even to begin. Failure by the Palestinian side to fulfil the requirements set out by the Security Council will impede our progress towards a resumption of political dialogue.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“A number of Palestinians have been released from the Church in recent days, and we are hopeful that a full and non-violent resolution of the stand-off will be reached very shortly. We have reached a satisfactory, non-violent resolution of the situation at the Ramallah compound. The Government of Israel agreed to a proposal made by President Bush that the incarceration of those responsible for Cabinet Minister Ze'evi's murder and other terrorist operatives given refuge in the compound take place in Palestinian territory, under United States and British supervision, so as to avoid impunity and prevent the application of what is by now the well- recorded revolving-door policy adopted by the Palestinian Authority. Chairman Arafat is now able to move around at will and to exercise his full authority as the leader of the Palestinian people.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“I hope that Council members can appreciate the sense of dismay that has been generated among many Israelis by the Security Council's failure to adopt resolutions that respond adequately and decisively to the countless deliberate terrorist atrocities against Israelis. With regard to the situation at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the Palestinian side has sought to portray as an Israeli siege what is in reality a hostage crisis. Armed Palestinian terrorists, in violation of basic humanitarian norms, have taken over a religious shrine, fired from it, prevented the individuals inside from leaving and desecrated the sanctity of that holy place, as confirmed by three Armenian monks who managed to escape from the scene. Fortunately, negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli representatives have been constructive.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“Had the international community known two weeks ago what is known today about the nature of the events in Jenin, it is doubtful that a fact-finding effort would have been considered appropriate. I believe the Council might also wish to consider why massacres such as those that have claimed the lives of hundreds of Israeli civilians - including that on Passover eve - in pizza parlours and in discotheques do not also merit the most serious international attention. Would it not be fair, beyond the condemnation of Palestinian suicide bombings as "morally repugnant", to investigate such deliberate massacres of Israeli civilians or to examine Chairman Arafat's direct involvement in such attacks? Is the Palestinian terrorist campaign immune from humanitarian law or from serious international scrutiny?”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“Those casualties stem from the fact that armed Palestinians fired from populated areas and built a terrorist network in the very midst of the civilian population, with blatant disregard for the safety and well-being of Palestinian civilians. The accusations that hundreds or thousands of civilians were killed in J enin - made just a short while ago in this very Council - have been shown to be deliberate acts of misinformation. We have even received reports that Palestinians have dug up bodies buried elsewhere and reburied them in mass graves in Jenin to bolster their claims of Israeli atrocities. I believe that these facts might serve to caution the Council against accepting every allegation as fact and heeding every call for an investigation.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“A member of Islamic Jihad who was responsible for building and hiding explosive devices in Jenin was interviewed by Al-Ahram Weekly and related how Palestinians in J enin prepared themselves to trap and ambush Israeli soldiers. He said: "We had more than 50 houses booby- trapped around the camp. We cut off lengths of main water pipes and packed them with explosives and nails. Then we placed them about four metres apart throughout the houses - in cupboards, under sinks, in sofas". Another, senior member of Islamic Jihad, Tabaat Mardawi, told CNN that 1,000 to 2,000 bombs and booby traps were spread throughout the camp. Although there were unintended civilian casualties in the gun battle in Jenin, as there are in any conflict, those deaths, regrettable and saddening as they may be, do not constitute a massacre.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“Indeed, today it is reported that Palestinian officials themselves are now putting the number of people killed in the Jenin camp at 56, and presenting the events in Jenin not as a massacre but as a fierce battle. That finding was disclosed to reporters by the Director of Chairman Arafat's Fatah movement for the Northern West Bank, Kadoura Mousa Kadoura, after a team of four Palestinian-appointed investigators had visited the camp. Although we will surely be accused of quoting out of context, it is still necessary to relay the words of a Palestinian gunman who fought in the battle in Jenin, which have confirmed this.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“Those reports have confirmed Israel's position that what occurred in Jenin was an intense battle between the Israeli military and Palestinian terrorists, that weapons were widespread in the camps, and that many buildings had been booby- trapped with explosive devices. From the very beginning, Palestinian statements were overly alarmist, which is actually quite symptomatic of their hyperbolic discourse regarding Israel's actions in general. With respect to the alleged massacre in Jenin, Palestinian spokesmen had initially claimed that thousands of bodies were buried under the rubble; then the figure was reduced to hundreds; and now they must face the unfortunate outcome of the fierce battle that took place: 47 Palestinian gunmen killed, 23 Israeli soldiers killed, as well as seven Palestinian civilians, whose deaths we profoundly regret.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“The six points of concern which the Israeli Cabinet raised, and sought to resolve, stem directly from those established guidelines and from operative paragraph 2 of resolution 1405 (2002), which set out the parametres for the Secretary General's initiative. I should like to point out that while we understand the international community's wish to develop an accurate, thorough and balanced report on the recent events in Jenin, we should not ignore the reports of the international press and of representatives of independent organizations present in Jenin that have surfaced in recent days.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“United Nations fact-finding principles, as set out in General Assembly resolution 46/59 of 1991, stipulate that the fact-finding report be limited "to a presentation of findings of a factual nature". The resolution includes provisions regarding confidentiality, the right of States "at all stages of the fact-finding process" to express their views, the obligation for the fact-finding team to respect local laws and regulations and to engage in its mission in cooperation with the parties concerned. Israel had a right to expect that the United Nations would accept the very guidelines and practices it itself has established regarding the conduct of fact-finding missions. It is these considerations that lie behind Israel's reservations regarding the mandate of the fact-finding team.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“Israel's position is that any fact-finding team must have its objectives and parameters clearly established prior to its departure to the region. In Israel's view, the principles governing the operation of the team should have been based on both the language of operative paragraph 2 of resolution 1405 (2002) and on established United Nations guidelines for fact-finding. Resolution 1405 (2002) determined that the team must "develop accurate information", not reach any legal conclusions or make recommendations. In calling for an examination of events, Israel did not think it too much to expect that the team address the activities of both sides, including the use of a United Nations-administered camp as a centre for terrorist activity, in violation of international humanitarian law and Security Council resolutions.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“At the outset, I would like to extend to you, Sir, my congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, on his outstanding performance. As Council members are aware, constructive discussions were held one week ago between United Nations officials and an Israeli delegation regarding the parameters for the Secretary-General's initiative to establish a fact-finding team with regard to recent events in the Jenin refugee camp. Since the presentation of the Secretary-General's initiative and the adoption of resolution 1405 (2002), considerable disinformation and confusion have been generated regarding the mandate of the fact-finding team.”
2002-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4525 (2002) · source
“If there is any factor in the modern Middle East whose practices resemble such ideologies, who demonstrate a total disregard for humanity, who are obsessed with the murder of innocent men, women and children and who make no distinctions among the targets of their rage, it is the Palestinian suicide bombers. Among their victims have been survivors of the Holocaust, who escaped Hitler's campaign of mass murder, rebuilt their lives in the State of Israel and fell victim to the spiritual progeny of these ideologies.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The fact is that Israeli soldiers are under strict orders to avoid causing harm to civilians and to engage only against armed Palestinians. I should also like to express my total rejection of remarks from speakers that have equated Israeli practices with some of the most reprehensible deeds of the Nazis. Such analogies are absolutely indefensible and offensive. Can anyone accept a parallel between the genocide of 6 million Jews and the Israeli campaign against terror? Is this kind of repulsive analogy a part of legitimate debate in the Security Council? Even Israel's harshest critics, if they are honest and decent, do not level accusations of this type.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Yet, some Member States still chose to present a one- dimensional reading of resolution 1402 (2002), feeling no compulsion, out of a basic sense of fairness, to call for a concomitant Palestinian implementation of Security Council resolutions. I would also like to respond to allegations that the deaths incurred on the Palestinian side were mostly Palestinian civilians. I cannot help but wonder at the source of this information. Such a claim can be credibly made only if one considers armed Palestinians as civilians, a consideration that clearly runs counter to the provisions of international law. I reiterate that claims regarding large-scale Palestinian civilian casualties are completely unsubstantiated.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Clearly, Mauritius does not find Palestinian suicide bombings that have claimed hundreds of innocent human lives since the beginning of the Oslo process to be very impressive. Nor did Mauritius think to assess this inhuman practice in terms of international humanitarian law. We do believe, however, that statements of members of the Council which stipulated that the demand for Israeli withdrawal does not mean an acceptance of Palestinian suicide bombing were a far more accurate reflection of the situation in the region. As members will by now know, Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Palestinian cities of Tulkarm and Qalqiliya, while there is no indication of any Palestinian willingness to implement their obligations under resolution 1402 (2002) in a reciprocal fashion.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It leads him to arrest terrorists one day and release them through his revolving door the next. It is precisely this duality - this revolving policy towards peace and terrorism - that must be resolved if Israel is able to believe that the Palestinian leadership intends to conduct negotiations in good faith and if we are to conclude a genuine and lasting agreement with our Palestinian neighbours and partners. I turn now to statements made by other representatives, to which we are always extremely attentive. We were dismayed, however, by the excessively one-sided statement made yesterday by the representative of Mauritius, who turned a completely blind eye to the practices of Palestinian terrorists. In a seemingly Manichaean view, it appears that there is one party that is totally guilty and one that is totally innocent.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“They cannot be ignored or dismissed by theatrical rhetoric. I will be sending a letter in this regard to the Secretary-General shortly. I have no doubt that in the coming days, we will see that Israel's claims of official Palestinian complicity in the murder of innocent Israelis is not as "silly" or "stupid" or "absurd" as the Permanent Observer of Palestine now claims. It is unfortunate, but it appears as if the duplicity for which Chairman Arafat is now so well known has pervaded much of the Palestinian Authority. Chairman Arafat's duplicity allows him to reach out in peace with one hand, while he incites violence and terror with the other. It allows him to appeal to the highest ideals of the international community, while he consorts with the lowest and most disreputable elements of the Palestinian terrorist campaign.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Furthermore, no sane person can imagine in the circumstances this sort of 'military cooperation' between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Palestinian Authority, which have both denied any involvement." Yet we all know now that responsibility for the weapons about the Karin A ship rises to the highest echelons of the Palestinian Authority, even to the Chairman himself. Clearly, Israel's allegations at the time were not quite as absurd as the Permanent Observer of Palestine would have had us believe. We are in a similar situation today. Israel has come into possession of a substantial quantity of documentary proof that support and financing for terrorist operations have been supplied by the Palestinian Authority and by Chairman Arafat himself. These are the facts. They are known to all.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Permanent Observer of Palestine called Israel's claims of official Palestinian responsibility for that shipment "absurd" and claimed that no reasonable and sane person could believe it. In the second paragraph, he writes - and I quote from the official text: "The Israeli story defies logic and any common sense. No sane person could imagine this quantity of weapons to be successfully smuggled into Gaza through the many serious barriers, including the Israeli naval siege, irrespective of any talks of floating devices and the like. Neither could any sane person imagine the possible use of weapons such as Katyusha rockets against Israel from a place such as Gaza, without catastrophic results.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“At this time, I would like to make some comments regarding certain statements that have been made so far. I would like to begin by responding to the irresponsible statement made yesterday by the Permanent Observer of Palestine, who referred to Israel's statement, at the outset of this debate, with a series of derogatory and quite frankly undiplomatic terms that have no place in a serious discussion of this nature. I could not help but be reminded of the use by the Permanent Observer of Palestine of similarly irresponsible language in his letter of 9 January 2002 to the Secretary-General, contained in document S/2002/39, in response to Israel's interception of 50 tons of sophisticated and illegal weapons bound for the Palestinian territories.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Let it be clear to everyone that the cause of the instability along the northern border is the acts of aggression by Hizbullah, with state support, and that Israeli is doing its utmost, while reserving its rights to respond, to prevent Hizbullah's attempts to broaden the confrontation from succeeding. Despite calls from across the international community, nothing has so far deterred Hizbullah from its course. As the Secretary-General declared in his recent statement before the Council, "The Government of Lebanon will be aware that it is responsible for any hostile actions taken from its territory". (S/PV.4506, Resumption 2, p. 6) I appeal to the members of the Council to act immediately to compel the responsible Governments to end their support for Hizbullah and to prevent the widening of the current conflict in the Middle East.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“Since Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in May 2000, in full compliance with resolution 425 (1978), the widespread attacks in the Mount Dov region near Mount Hermon and close to Moshav Avivim have been carried out live on Lebanese television. Seven Israeli soldiers have been wounded. In addition, this afternoon the Secretary General of Hizbullah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, pledged that attacks against Israeli targets would continue. These illegal and unprovoked cross-border attacks constitute an urgent threat to regional peace and security and are being carried out by terrorists intent on escalating the Palestinian conflict into a broader regional confrontation.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“Since the Council last convened, cross-border violations by the Hizbullah have continued without respite. There has been no movement from the Governments that supports Hizbullah - Lebanon, Syria and Iran - to heed the call of the Secretary-General and the international community or to prevent attacks across the Blue Line. Two days ago, five people were wounded in the village of Ghajar during a heavy missile and mortar bombardment from Lebanon. Among the wounded were three children and an infant. Yesterday, Hizbullah fired mortar shells, anti-tank missiles and rockets at civilian and military targets in northern Israel in one of the heaviest bombardments since Israel withdrew.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“This morning, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, delivered an important statement to the Israeli Parliament again expressing the wishes of all the citizens of Israel to arrive at a peaceful settlement of the conflict with our Palestinian neighbours. Prime Minister Sharon welcomed the fact that such an important Arab leader as Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has, for the first time, acknowledged Israel's right to exist within secure and recognized borders. He described our willingness to engage in negotiations and our search for a partner for peace and declared his willingness to talk to any responsible leader in the region any time, anywhere and without preconditions. Before I conclude, I would like to reiterate my Government's urgent concern regarding the situation along Israel's northern border.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“These findings attest to the importance of Israel's military operations, which are being conducted in such a way as to minimize, as much as possible, any harm to Palestinian civilians. Our concerns in that regard have extended the duration of the operation, but they are both a legal and a moral necessity, and proceed from the recognition that the Palestinians are our neighbours and partners and will remain so. The majority of those killed have been Palestinian fighters who either fired on Israeli troops or were actively engaged in terrorist activity. Israel has never and will never intentionally target civilian areas. We must be careful not to accept unfounded claims to that effect as fact, as is often the case.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source
“One document attests to the fact that the Palestinian Authority, under Chairman Arafat's signature, provided ongoing funding for the Al-Aqsa Brigades in the Bethlehem region by transferring monthly salaries to the organization's activists and funding for memorial ceremonies, posters and other materials to publicize and glorify the deeds of suicide bombers. An additional letter details an ambitious plan to build a factory for manufacturing heavy weapons. The cost to establish the factory was estimated in the document at $100,000, and operating costs were estimated at $15,000 per month. Those figures included the purchase of machines needed to process the metal required to manufacture weapons such as rockets and mortars.”
2002-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510 (2002) · source