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Mansour

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first: 2006-03-30
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“A territorial solution and fulfilment of rights are what will resolve the conflict, ending the Israeli occupation of our land and realizing Palestinian national aspirations and rights, including to self-determination and freedom and a just solution for the Palestine refugees, in conformity with international law, the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Madrid principles and the Arab Peace Initiative. The Security Council has a role and responsibility to foster such a just and peaceful solution, consistent with its mandate under the Charter of the United Nations. Resolution 2334 (2016) is the most recent articulation of the Council's positions, decisions and determination in that regard and reflects the long-standing international consensus on the issue.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“There can be no discussion of countering extremist terror and stabilizing the region without recognizing that fact, as well as the imperative of addressing the root causes of our region's conflicts, in order to fully resolve them and allow us to enter a new era in the Middle East. That said, it is beyond clear that the Palestinian- Israeli conflict is about the denial of a people's inalienable rights and a prolonged foreign occupation; it is not a conflict arising from incitement or terror.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“We align ourselves with that statement, as well as with the statements to be delivered on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. We meet at a time of simmering crises, rising tensions, and declining optimism about prospects for Middle East peace. At the heart of the instability in our region remains the Palestine question, a grave injustice that continues without remedy, causing misery to millions, and that continues to pose a threat to international peace and security. The persistence of that injustice also continues to fuel perceptions of bias and double-standards and to be exploited by extremist elements as justification for their vile actions and as a recruitment tool.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“At the outset, I congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, confident of the United States' skilled guidance of the Council's important work. I also express our appreciation to the United Kingdom for its leadership of the Council in the month of March. I thank the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his briefing to the Council. Before making my national statement, I wish to note that, while the State of Palestine is Chair of the Group of Arab States for April, the Council of Arab Ambassadors has decided that Jordan, in its capacity as host and president of the 2017 Arab Summit, shall deliver today's statement on behalf of the Arab Group.”
2017-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7929 (2017) · source
“In this year marking 70 years since the partition, 50 years since the onset of Israel's occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, which remains under an inhumane Israeli blockade, and 50 years since the Security Council's adoption of resolution 242 (1967), we will either save the two-State solution or we may have to bury it. Let us seize this opportunity to usher in a new era for Palestinian-Israeli peace, Arab-Israeli peace and global peace.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) is the way back from the brink, providing the means to ensure an end to the Israeli occupation, the realization by the Palestinian people of their right to self-determination in an independent, sovereign, contiguous and viable State of Palestine, living side by side with Israel on the basis of the 1967 borders and in peace and security, and a just solution to the plight of the Palestine refugees. The international community must act now to revive the possibility of peace.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The Paris Conference underscored the urgency, inter alia, of restoring a credible horizon for meaningful peace negotiations and reaffirmed the role of multilateral diplomacy for addressing challenges in the Middle East and beyond. We hope it will serve as impetus for continued global efforts for peace, including in terms of the efforts of the League of Arab States, the Quartet, Egypt and the Russian Federation, as well as the significant statement made on 28 December 2016 by the United States Secretary of State. The 1967 borders are the delineating line between conflict and peace. We are fast approaching a point of no return.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“We said yes to Paris, yes to Moscow and yes to resolution 2334 (2016), just as we said yes to the 1967 borders as a historic compromise, and to the terms of reference of the peace process as per international law, the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Madrid principles, the Arab Peace Initiative and Quartet road map, which were all opposed, ignored or violated and undermined by Israel. That is why international involvement is indispensable. In that regard, we welcome the convening by France of the Middle East Peace Conference on 15 January to harness international support to preserve the two-State solution and promote peace.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“We also reaffirm our readiness to continue cooperating with all international and regional efforts to advance just peace and appeal for the intensification of such efforts and support to the parties, as called for by the resolution. We understand the need for negotiations and have repeatedly engaged in good faith in direct negotiations, to no avail. Palestine has supported every single recent peace effort, while Israel has rejected those efforts and reprimanded countries initiating or supporting them.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“We look forward to the publication of his periodic reports and to serious consideration by the Security Council as we seek to continue moving towards a peaceful solution. In that connection, we wish to laud Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for declaring the pursuit of peace the hallmark of his administration and express our confidence in his leadership and our full commitment and cooperation to that most noble end. Of course, the Palestinian Government pledges its respect for resolution 2334 (2016) and its commitment to peace, international law, the two-State solution, non-violence and to combating terrorism. Furthermore, we reaffirm the readiness to abide by our obligations to the best of our ability, bearing in mind the very serious obstacles we face under Israel's occupation.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“In that regard, we highlight the call upon all States in paragraph 5 to distinguish between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. In that regard, the Council rightly reaffirmed that it will not recognize any changes to the 4 June 1967 lines, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed to by the parties through negotiations. We appeal to all States to uphold their obligations not to assist in the perpetuation of the illegal situation and to accord full respect to the Council's decision. In that regard, neither the existence nor the lack of bilateral negotiations can exempt States and international bodies from assuming their responsibilities. The Secretary-General is also requested to report to the Council every three months on the implementation of the provisions of the resolution.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Settlement construction and expansion, the construction of the wall, the displacement of Palestinian civilians and all other such illegal actions must stop and be reversed. That must take effect immediately. Salvaging the two-State solution is dependent upon it, as is the prospect for peace. It is time for the full implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) and all of its provisions. Follow-up must begin immediately and all must uphold their obligations, including each and every member of the Security Council. It is their resolution, and it is their duty to ensure that it is fully implemented. The demands and obligations upon Israel, the occupying Power, are clear and it must be held accountable. The Security Council must implement its resolutions, without exception. States also have clear individual and collective responsibilities.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The absurd notion being entertained by some quarters in Israel, including by the Prime Minister and his Cabinet, that instead of abiding by the law, the law can be twisted and distorted to bless Israel's illegal actions must be exposed and dismissed. It must be firmly stated that halting settlement activities should never be seen as a concession or precondition; it is about fundamental respect for the law. The law prohibits all activities aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of occupied territory, all of which resolution 2334 (2016) unequivocally reaffirms. The demand on Israel to cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and abide by its legal obligations is explicit.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The adoption of resolution 2334 (2016) represents a turning point. It is a moment of truth. Israel, the occupying Power, must choose between occupation and peace. They are mutually exclusive and cannot coexist. It is time for Israel to choose whether the two- State solution will become reality or whether history will be set on a different course. In that regard, the international community has repeatedly affirmed that settlement activities are illegal, are destroying the two-State solution and call into question Israel's commitment to achieving a just, negotiated peace. Resolution 2334 (2016) has made clear once again that the law cannot accommodate unlawful policies and schemes; on the contrary, it is Israel that must change and must comply with the law.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Read the Charter of the United Nations, beginning with the purposes and principles defined in Article 1, including the maintenance of international peace and security in conformity with the principles of justice and international law and upholding the right of peoples to self-determination, and Article 2, stipulating, inter alia, that all Members shall abide in good faith with the obligations assumed under the Charter and shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the Charter. Recall also Article 6, which states that a Member persistently Violating Charter principles may be expelled from the Organization. Compliance with Security Council resolutions is thus clearly obligatory, regardless of whether it is under Chapter VI or VII.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Yet that is also the very same reason that the Israeli Government, which has always sought to impose might over right, has so fiercely opposed the resolution, preferring instead to persist with its empty rhetoric and legal acrobatics to justify its continuing illegal colonization of the Palestinian land and oppression of the Palestinian people, in flagrant contempt of the law and the international community. The will of the Council, and of the international community as a whole, to stand by the resolution and implement its provisions will be an indicator of whether the two-State solution can be saved or not and whether peace will be possible or not. To the few appalled by the fact that the Security Council dared to adopt resolution 2334 (2016), we say: read the resolution and its clear call for peace.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“The opportunity to underscore the law's applicability and strengthen its respect must therefore not be lost in the commotion of noise by Israel, the occupying Power, or its intimidation of those seeking to uphold it, as heard so aggressively in this Chamber on 23 December (see S/PV.7852) and thereafter by Israeli officials, who have reacted to resolution 2334 (2016) with extreme hostility and rejection. The stakes are too high - the possibility of peace in the present, but also our collective future - and must be prioritized. We believe it is precisely for that reason that the grounding of resolution 2334 (2016) in the law and its commitment to peace has been so widely and strongly welcomed.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“In that way, the Council's adoption of the resolution has not only revived hope in peace prospects but has, more broadly, revived convictions in international law and the Council's own credibility. That is no small feat against a backdrop of crises undermining belief in international law, especially among younger generations. For them, ongoing injustice and the failure to bring them peace, security and prosperity only further deepen despair and anger and heighten their vulnerability to radicalizing forces.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“That is at the core of the unanimous welcome for the resolution, with the exception of Israel and a few of its supporters, to whom it must be again clarified: resolution 2334 (2016) is not anti-Israel; it is anti-settlements, anti-violence, anti-human rights Violations. As such, resolution 2334 (2016) is clearly pro-peace, pro-international law and pro-two-States, and thus pro-Palestine and pro-Israel. Moreover, resolution 2334 (2016) cannot by any sense of reason be characterized as one- sided. The law - on which the resolution is firmly based - is universal and fair and can never be biased. That is a fact and the lifeline of our international system.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“Analysis has emerged from all corners of the globe, both on the resolution's content and the broader circumstances leading to its adoption by the Council with near unanimity. While widely viewed as long overdue, it has been deemed extremely necessary. The majority have stressed the resolution's significance, politically and legally, and the chance it provides for rectifying course to salvage the two- State solution on the 1967 lines and to open a path towards ending the Israeli occupation that began in 1967, justly resolving the question of Palestine in all aspects and ultimately making Palestinian-Israeli peace a reality.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“We also renew our deep appreciation to the countries and delegations of Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela upon the completion of their Council terms, during which they served with exemplary dedication and skill, contributing to the Council's efforts to address the many critical issues on its agenda, including the question of Palestine, as most recently reflected in the important action taken by the Security Council, on 23 December 2016, with the adoption of resolution 2334 (2016), which, inter alia, reaffirms in unequivocal terms the principles that are at the heart of Palestinian-Israeli peace and are a matter of international consensus. In the few weeks since its adoption, much has been said about resolution 2334 (2016).”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“On behalf of the State of Palestine, I extend our warm congratulations to the friendly country of Sweden on its election to the Security Council, and we thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate under Sweden's presidency. We thank the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his briefing at the outset of this debate. I also extend our sincere congratulations to the other newly elected members of the Council - Bolivia, Ethiopia, Italy and Kazakhstan 4 and wish them all success, confident in their commitment to upholding their responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations.”
2017-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7863 (2017) · source
“We therefore urge intensification of international and regional efforts to achieve, without delay, an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, based on the relevant United Nations resolutions, the 1991 Madrid Conference terms of reference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet road map, whereby the Palestinian people will realize their rights and justice, including ajust solution for the Palestine refugees on the basis of resolution 194 (III), and can finally live in freedom and dignity, exercising their inalienable right to self-determination in their independent, sovereign and contiguous State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in peace and within secure and recognized borders.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“We recognize fully the Arab States' efforts in the context of the Arab Peace Initiative, which remains a cornerstone for peace, and the efforts of France, the Quartet, Egypt and the Russian Federation. We hope that those collective efforts, with international support, will be fulfilled. We remain firm in our belief that peace - the central purpose of the Organization - is more than worthy of both international legislation and action.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“We hope this global call for a cessation of Israeli settlement activities and violations will serve to compel compliance with the law, de-escalate tensions, bring an end to the violence, including all acts of terror, provocations and incitement, and reverse the negative trends on the ground. That is vital for salvaging the prospects for peace. With the Council leading by responsible action, including follow-up of the reports requested of the Secretary-General on the resolution's implementation, we hope that the coming period will be one of serious effort to set the course for a credible political horizon and help the parties advance towards a peaceful solution.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“Resolution 2334 (2016) represents a necessary step for addressing one of the most critical aspects of the longest issue on the United Nations agenda, a 70-year open wound, precluding peace and stability in our region, with far-reaching consequences, not least of which is fuelling the anger and despair that injustice breeds, especially among youth, who see no present or future, and undeniably fuelling much of the radicalism and extremism plaguing our region and world. The Security Council must stand firm by that decision, stand by the law and stand on the right side of history. It should not be cowed by negative threats or spin; the Council is doing the right thing by adopting resolution 2334 (2016).”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“We have heard it loud and clear in the gleeful boasts by some Israeli officials that "the two-State solution is dead" and "there will be no Palestinian State". We witness it in the constant Israeli schemes, including Knesset ploys, attempting to pervert the law to accommodate the unlawful and the pretexts used to expropriate and colonize our land and deepen the occupation. We witness it in Israel's blatant contempt of the global demands to comply with its obligations under the law, as is expected of every single other State in the international community, and to finally commit to the path of peace. But today the Council has said, "enough". And we thank Council members for that.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“Convictions in the rationality, feasibility and fairness of the two- State solution have been destroyed, as reflected in the growing negative sentiments among Palestinians, whether those besieged and inhumanely blockaded for nearly a decade in the Gaza Strip, or those enduring the colonization onslaught and daily settler terror in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, or those in the diaspora, including in our refugee camps across the region, whose patience in awaiting justice and a peaceful solution is legendary, yet now so frail. To the audacious claims of bias, we say that the only bias taking place is that against the law, against reason and against the vision of two States as the most viable solution to this prolonged, illegal occupation and disastrous, tragic conflict.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“The fact is that only Israel is doing the bashing - of the Council and the entire United Nations system - members heard what the Israeli representative said - of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. For five decades, despite resolution 242 (1967), calling for Israel's withdrawal from the territories it occupied in 1967, and all the resolutions thereafter, Israel has persisted full force with its occupation. Its illegal settlements and the wall have severely fragmented our land, undermined its contiguity and isolated East Jerusalem - the heart and capital of our State and de facto Israeli annexation of which the international community has never recognized and continues to reject.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“Claims of bashing are beyond being offensive, because in reality today's action may be too little too late. After years of allowing the law to be trampled upon and the situation to spiral downward, today's resolution 2334 (2016) may rightly be seen as a last attempt to preserve the two-State solution and revive the path to peace to keep hope alive. For many, that seems virtually impossible at this point as Israel, the occupying Power, has been permitted to entrench its occupation and a one-State reality with absolute impunity, at times even being rewarded for its violations and intransigence. Against that backdrop, one Council resolution in nearly eight years is not disproportionate; it is shameful. But today's vote rectifies that record and sets us on a new course.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“However, this step requires vigilant follow-up, if it is to be meaningful, so as to stem further deterioration and salvage the two- State solution from relegation to history's archives. Urgent efforts are needed to reverse the dangerous, negative trends on the ground and to advance our collective efforts to end the Israeli occupation that began in 1967, and achieve freedom, rights and justice for the Palestinian people, including the Palestine refugees, leading to Palestinian-Israeli peace and security, as well as the goal of Arab-Israeli peace. No "bashing" is taking place, as repeatedly claimed by the Israeli Government - not by Palestine, not by the Council, nor by any who have time and again urged the Council to act in the interest of peace and security.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“We have not been alone in our appeals; they have been echoed by Security Council members themselves and by the States, organizations, international civil servants and civil society that have come before the Council to implore it to act, including specifically to address the illegality of Israeli settlement activities in occupied Palestine, including East Jerusalem, and the erosion of the two-State solution based on the 1967 borders and the prospects for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace. That the Council has finally chosen to act is significant. Let me repeat: that the Council has finally chosen to act is significant, after years of paralysis, as is the fact that the resolution has been adopted with overwhelming majority support.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“Over the years we have made countless appeals to the Council to uphold its duties under the Charter of the United Nations, convinced of its central role and the primacy of international law, and insisting on the need for concerted action to confront Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people and relentless colonization of our land under its half-century foreign occupation. Our appeals have sought, in the short term, to alleviate the suffering of our people, a defenceless civilian population denied of their rights, dignity and humanity. However, our appeals have also been calls for the Council to contribute to the cause ofpeace in the long term - peace for Palestine, peace for Israel, peace for the Middle East region and peace for our world.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“They have acted in line with their constant calls for action to redress the unjust situation, firm in their responsibilities as Council members. We also thank Angola, as well as the Non-Aligned Movement caucus members, for their abiding support. Of course, we also thank our brothers in Egypt, the Arab representative on the Council, for all efforts exerted throughout the process. Let me also thank all those who applauded the adoption of resolution 2334 (2016) here in the Chamber, and the millions who have applauded in all corners of the globe, especially those in the State of Palestine.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“Resolution 2334 (2016) adopted today reaffirms the Council's decades-long position that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Palestine, have no legal validity, constitute flagrant breaches under international law, namely the Fourth Geneva Convention, and constitute a major obstacle to peace, gravely diminishing the viability of the two- State solution based on the 4 June 1967 borders and the possibility of realizing it. We express our appreciation to all the Council members that supported the resolution. They have adopted the resolution on behalf of the entire international community, reflecting the long-standing global consensus on the matter. We must also express our gratitude to the four co-sponsors - Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuela.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I express the State of Palestine's sincere appreciation for the principled efforts you have exerted, in both your national capacity as well as in Spain's capacity as President of the Security Council for this month. The Council's action, while long overdue, is timely, necessary andimportant.”
2016-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7853 (2016) · source
“That is coupled with an intensification of all other violations, which gravely undermines the situation on the ground and deepens the suffering of our people, who continue to be denied their rights and freedom by the illegal occupation, and ushering in of the impending destruction of the two-State solution. The Council must act and should adopt a draft resolution forthwith. That is a minimal expectation. And we appeal to the Council to shoulder its political, legal and moral responsibilities in order to revive the prospects for peace. Let us not be deterred by the cynics or by the bullying, including those who have the audacity to call our legitimate, diplomatic efforts "terror" - it is a ludicrous argument that we reject, and the Council should do so as well. Such arguments must be rebuked and flatly rejected.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“We also reaffirm our support and cooperation with efforts by the Arab States to advance the Arab Peace Initiative, including in cooperation with the Quartet members, whose efforts over the recent period are fully recognized, along with the Russian and Egyptian efforts to promote dialogue and help parties overcome the deadlock. However, none of the efforts can absolve the Security Council from its responsibility. On the contrary, it is imperative that the Council play its role in order to reaffirm international law, thread together these collective efforts and chart a way forward. In the years of the Council's silence - it has been 22 years - Israeli settlement activities have quadrupled.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“The consultations aim at determining a clear course of action to confront the main obstacle to peace and open a political horizon in which a genuine political process can be sustained and expedited for the achievement of a just, peaceful and durable solution. We are doing that responsibly, being guided by international law and the necessities of peace, and are acting in full cooperation with regional and international partners. Recognizing the dangers of a continuing stalemate and the explosive situation on the ground, we reaffirm our support for the French initiative to mobilize international action for Palestinian-Israeli peace. We concur fully with the urgency of the political horizon and the calls for an international peace conference.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“Settlement activities make up the main means by which Israel willfully, wantonly and systematically - it involves almost every branch of the Israeli Government - continues to forcibly expandd its presence and entrench its illegal occupation of Palestine. Those are among the means by which it is able to control and oppress the Palestinian population. They are directly endangering the two-State solution based on the pre-1967 borders. How can anyone speak of preserving the two-State solution and progressing towards peace without addressing that matter? It is for that reason that, with our Arab partners, based on a decision by the Arab Ministerial Committee, we have launched consultations with all Security Council members.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“After all this time, we remain convinced of the primacy of international law and its role in resolving the conflict and ending the injustice. We remain committed to peace and the achievement of a just solution that will ensure the rights of our people, including the right to freedom and self-determination in their State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and secure lasting peace and coexistence between Palestine and Israel and mutual security for our peoples. We therefore continue to seek Security Council action that is consistent with its pledge to use all applicable diplomatic, political and legal tools to advance those goals. Our current efforts are focused on the Israeli settlement regime, which is something that everyone recognizes as the central pillar of their illegal occupation.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“The political horizon must be firmly based on the long-standing terms of reference based on the relevant United Nations resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 194 (III), among others, the Madrid land-for-peace principle and the Arab Peace Initiative, and must be undertaken within clear parameters and a defined time frame for the conclusion of an agreement. Again, we say in the Chamber, the conflict is not intractable. The solution has long been known; what is missing is the political will that we need. In truth, the Council's paralysis, coupled with the maliciousness ofIsraeli actions, its contempt for the law and obstruction of any initiative to resolve the conflict are not only regrettable and frustrating, but would test anyone's resolve and conviction in the rule of law. But we will not be deterred.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“Moreover, the international community must determine what actions can stop the downward spiral, stabilize the situation and revive peace prospects. While we echo the Quartet's calls to reverse negative trends and promote confidence-building measures, we must also emphasize the need to restore the political horizon that has been perilously absent for too long. Efforts to foster conditions conducive to meaningful negotiations will fall short, yet again, without a credible political horizon to move us forward. We must learn the lessons of the past.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“How can we not question Israel's intentions when every policy and measure fragments our land and undermines our State's viability, taking us farther away from the two-State solution, and when its policies and measures violate every human right of our people and deny them any semblance of human dignity, intensifying hopelessness and despair and shaking their convictions in the law and in the possibility of peace? Faced with continued defiance by the occupying Power, words are no longer enough. Let me repeat - words are no longer enough. The global calls for the cessation of Israeli settlement activities and crimes against the Palestinian people must be backed with serious, practical measures to compel Israeli compliance with the law. There must be consequences if Israel continues to violate international law.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“In that regard, I must take a moment to appeal for urgent support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which is leading the efforts of humanitarian organizations to alleviate the plight of the Palestine refugees in Gaza and throughout the region, providing them with sustenance, stability and a measure of hope in the midst of intense turmoil and conflict. The Agency needs immediate support to help it to overcome the debilitating funding crisis it faces, which if unresolved will have far- reaching negative consequences. As our people suffer the endless horrors of such an unlawful, inhumane occupation every day, how can we believe Israel's claimed commitment to peace?”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“At the same time, we witness ongoing provocations and extremist incitement against holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem and Al-Khalil, especially at Al-Haram Al-Sharif, daily military raids in our cities and towns, villages and refugee camps, where Palestinian civilians are assaulted and traumatized by the occupying forces, often resulting in the death or injury; arrest and detention of our civilians, particularly young men and even children, and the beginning of the tenth year of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, where 2 million Palestinians are being collectively punished and besieged, threatened repeatedly by Israeli forces and enduring extreme deprivation and isolation, which has imposed a dire humanitarian crisis and socioeconomic conditions that are at their lowest point since 1967.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“O'Brien, the non-stop confiscation of Palestinian land, expansion of Israeli settlements, threats by Israeli officials to annex our land, and constant settler violence and terror, all committed with impunity.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“Plans were also revealed for a new settlement, east of the settlement of Shiloh, on lands of the Palestinian village of Jalud, along with other illegal schemes concerning so-called settlement outposts, further damaging the contiguity and integrity of our land. The recent period has also seen measures aimed at the forcible transfer of Palestinian Bedouin communities from in and around occupied East Jerusalem, including in the sensitive E-l area, such as the community in Khan Al-Ahmar, along with ongoing threats to demolish Palestinian homes, schools and other civilian structures in Susiya village and to forcibly displace the population. Those are just a few examples from a year during which we witnessed the unprecedented demolition of Palestinian homes, as mentioned by Mr.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“In the report and in recent statements, the Quartet deemed the situation unsustainable and called for a reversal of the negative trends on the ground to salvage the two-State solution and create the conditions for meaningful negotiations on all final status issues - refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, borders, water and security - and for tangibly advancing that solution. The Israeli response to the report, despite the lip-service paid, came in the form of more settlement activities and provocations. Since the report's issuance, plans have been approved for the construction of over 2,000 units in Israeli settlements in Occupied East Jerusalem, the Bethlehem and Nablus areas and elsewhere in occupied Palestine.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source
“The Security Council has clear responsibilities, and, once again, we therefore call for urgent action to address the ongoing crisis and injustice. The 1 July Quartet report (S/2016/595, annex) concluded that Israel's continuing policy of settlement construction and expansion, designation of Palestinian land for exclusive Israeli use and denial of Palestinian development, including the high rate of demolitions, are steadily eroding the two-State solution and entrenching a one-State reality - a reality that any objective observer could only describe as apartheid.”
2016-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7792 (2016) · source