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“However, I must stress that at the core of that commitment is our obligation to preserve the dignity of the Palestinian people and to ensure justice for them. Essential to that is the fulfilment of their national aspirations and rights, including the right of our refugees to return and the right to self-determination in our independent State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Before concluding, I wish to refer to two additional issues. On the internal Palestinian front, we continue to strive for an end to the political division. Active efforts are being made, under the leadership of President Abbas with regional support, to achieve reconciliation. We are grateful for the international community's support of unity, which is a national interest of the Palestinian people and which we hope can soon be realized.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“We strongly hope that Secretary of State Kerry succeeds in his efforts, along with other regional and international partners, to launch a credible peace process. Those efforts must include the Security Council. The Council cannot remain passively on the sidelines, abdicating its responsibilities vis-a-vis the achievement of a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the establishment of peace and security in our region. Furthermore, in that context, we support the efforts of the Arab ministerial delegation that will soon visit various capitals, including Washington, DC, with the aim of promoting a political horizon. For our part, I once again in this Chamber reaffirm the commitment of the Palestinian leadership to a peaceful settlement in accordance with the two-State solution.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“What is needed is the political will to take action on that basis in order to overcome the prevailing obstacles and to advance serious negotiations so as to resolve all core issues within a set time frame. For that to happen, Israel cannot continue to be absolved of its legal obligations. It must be held accountable. The tangible efforts of the international community to compel Israel to abide by the law are long overdue and should not be considered optional. They are vital to stabilizing the situation and to giving peace a chance. The political impasse is unsustainable. Efforts to simply manage the conflict are unacceptable, as evidenced by the mounting pressure and protests in the occupied Palestinian territory against the backdrop of instability in the region.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“Partial or temporary remedies will not help; all of those critical issues require a political solution. As stated at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians, convened in March 2013, by Norway's Minister for Foreign Affairs, efforts to solve Palestine's acute economic problems are essential, but will only be meaningful within the framework of a negotiated two- State solution. That is true of all the problems and crises that persist and are symptoms of the larger problem: the continuation of the conflict and the absence of a just solution. The basis for that solution is clear and present in the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, the Madrid principles, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet road map.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“He and all other Palestinian prisoners and detainees should be released and returned to their families and communities and not be exiled from Palestine. Also, we reiterate our call for an end to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, which continues to debilitate and disfigure the Palestinian society, inflicting severe socioeconomic and humanitarian hardship, isolation and repression on our people, as recently highlighted by the humanitarian coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory and others. While recognizing the global financial crisis affecting all, that blockade is totally obstructing Palestinian economic subsistence and must end. It is an unjust situation for our people to bear, as well as for the donor community, which is constantly asked to pay the price for Israel's illegal occupation measures.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“Likewise, the plight of Samer Issawi, whose hunger strike has lasted for over 260 days in protest of his re-arrest and detention without charge, has galvanized Palestinian sentiments and remains of high concern. We salute from this podium Issawi's courage, victory and brave resilience in demanding his freedom and the resilience of all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centres. While noting yesterday's positive developments in the case ofIssawi, we reiterate our appeal to the Secretary-General and all concerned members of the international community, including the European Union, the Russian Federation and the United States as the other members of the Quartet, to continue their efforts to compel Israel to release Issawi.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“Sensitivities surrounding that issue are high, not least because of the illegality of their capture and the occupying Power's inhumane treatment. Currently, 4,900 Palestinians are in Israeli captivity, among them are 235 children, 1,200 persons needing urgent medical treatment and 168 persons held under administrative detention without charge or trial. Dozens more Palestinians continue to be arrested and detained every week in Israeli military raids throughout the country. The brutality of their imprisonment has drastically raised tensions, particularly following the torture killing of Arafat Jaradat in detention in February and the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh due to medical neglect last month, prompting widespread civilian protests.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“Accordingly, Israel must also accept the global consensus that negotiations begin on the basis of the 4 June 1967 borders and that only by negotiation can that border be adjusted between the two sides. Those steps would contribute to diffusing the situation, building the necessary trust and fostering the appropriate atmosphere for the launch of negotiations. A further imperative is the release of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees in conformity with prior agreements and consistent with international law and humanitarian principles. As indicated in our letters to the President of the Council in past months, their plight remains a priority for the Palestinian people and their leadership, with 17 April recently commemorated as "Prisoners Day".”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“That would constitute a serious signal from Israel that it is ready to negotiate in good faith an end to the occupation. There is a global consensus on the illegality of Israel's settlement campaign. Moreover, everyone is in agreement - colonization, expansionism and annexation are entirely incompatible with ending occupation and making peace. Israel's leaders must realize that peace cannot just be spoken of from lofty podiums to appease the international community, while the occupation continues to be entrenched. They must demonstrate they are ready for peace and act to make it a reality. That requires a halt to all settlement activities and acceptance of the principle of withdrawal from the lands forcibly seized in 1967, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“We have thus sincerely engaged in follow-up meetings with United States Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as meetings with the Arab ministerial follow-up committee, including at the Arab Summit in Doha. In that regard, the Arab commitment to peace, reaffirmed for over a decade in the context of the Arab Peace Initiative, is unquestionable. Yet, we know that intention alone cannot overcome the serious obstacles posed by Israel, the occupying Power, which have repeatedly undermined and actually sabotaged past efforts for peace. We thus believe the following elements are imperative for facilitating a meaningful political process and the success of any forthcoming initiative. Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, must cease.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“With each passing day, an opportunity is lost to reverse the damage done by Israel's nearly 46-year military occupation and to instead promote genuine peace, security and coexistence between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples. The Palestinian leadership has therefore welcomed recent efforts by concerned parties to revive the path of peace, including the important visit of United States President Barack Obama to the region in March. We welcome the priority accorded to resolving the conflict, the renewed commitment to a just peace and the efforts to create an atmosphere conducive to progress. We have repeatedly proven, in word and deed, our commitment to finding a political path forward for the achievement of peace.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“At the same time, the belief that peace can soon be realized is also diminishing, as expressed in growing Palestinian civilian protests against the occupation. Israel's violent suppression of peaceful protests continues to cause casualties, further aggravating the situation, as do ongoing Israeli settler terror and havoc against Palestinian civilians and their land. The combination is highly toxic and requires immediate remedy. Urgent action is needed to salvage the prospects for achieving a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 4 based on the long- standing parameters that are well known to everyone in the Chamber, parameters that form the foundation of the two-State solution and the essence of a historic compromise, which the Palestinian leadership has committed itself to and the international community widely supports.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“While many, in speaking of that impasse, have referred to the status quo and its unsustainability, we must face reality. There is no status quo. The situation has in fact never ceased to change, and regrettably not for the better. Israel continues to pursue illegal policies aimed at altering the demography, character and geographic nature of the territory, directly endangering the viability and the very possibility of a two-State solution based on the pre-1967 borders. That is being done systematically and deliberately, in grave breach of international law. As land confiscations, settlement construction and human rights violations continue, the prospects for achieving that solution are diminishing.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“Mr. President, I am honoured to address the Security Council today, and I congratulate you and your friendly country Rwanda on your presidency and skilled leadership. We would also like to express our appreciation to the Russian Federation for its leadership of the Council in March. And I thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on developments in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the region. We are already four months into this year and the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem - the territory that constitutes the State of Palestine - remains precarious, as the political impasse persists and conditions on the ground continue to worsen.”
2013-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6950 (2013) · source
“At this very critical juncture, we renew our appeal to the international community to support our legitimate efforts to achieve the national rights of our people, including to self-determination and to return, and realize the independence of the State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital - achievements that will undoubtedly usher in a new era in a Middle East that has long sought peace, stability and security.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“We therefore reiterate our call on the international community, including the Security Council, to do its part to uphold the Charter, to uphold international law, to uphold United Nations resolutions and to uphold the collective responsibility to Palestine. The Palestinian people continue to await justice and to seek their independence and freedom, the fulfillment of their inalienable human rights, and peace and security - the same desires shared by all peoples of our region and the world.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“Furthermore, we stress that this initiative is neither an alternative nor contradictory to the peace process, to which we remain committed. We believe that enhancement of the status of Palestine in the United Nations system is our right, consistent with the long- standing historic international covenant with Palestine. Yet, at the same time, we fully understand the need for, and remain ready for, negotiations between the two sides to achieve ajust resolution of all final status issues, Jerusalem, the Palestine refugees, settlements, borders, security and water. Thus, last week President Abbas publicly declared the Palestinian leadership's readiness to proceed to peace negotiations with the Israeli Government immediately following the adoption of such a resolution by the General Assembly.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“It is our intention to engage all concerned Member States as we seek the broadest support for this important multilateral initiative, and we hope that it can be acted on by the Assembly as soon as possible. We believe that this effort is positive and constructive, in line with relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and consistent with the goal of the peace process - that is, the two-State solution of Palestine and Israel living side by side in peace and security on the basis of the pre-1967 borders. In fact, we believe that this effort constitutes a significant contribution to actually preserving the two-State solution, at a time when Israel is incessantly and recklessly undermining that solution and the prospects for achieving a just peace.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“In early September, President Abbas once again met with Arab foreign ministers in Cairo to consult on the way forward. That resulted in Arab endorsement of Palestinian efforts to secure non-member State observer status for Palestine in the General Assembly during the sixty-seventh session as an interim step, in light of the obstacles before Palestine's application for full membership, due to the situation in the Security Council. We have now embarked on wide consultations towards that end, including the establishment of an Arab ministerial committee and a similar committee here in New York, to assist with consultations with the geopolitical groups.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“Those include Israeli actions that have debilitated economic activity and development, including continuing restrictions on the movement of persons, goods and commercial flows, which have undermined the Palestinian Authority's efforts on the ground, undermined donor support for crucial development projects, and contributed to the grave financial crisis we now face. Indeed, despite all these challenges, as reaffirmed by President Abbas before the General Assembly (see A/67/PV.12), the Palestinian leadership remains committed to the pursuit of a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement by peaceful political, diplomatic and non-violent means. Thus, our efforts have continued to salvage the two-State solution and to create an environment conducive to the resumption of credible, fair negotiations between the two sides.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“It has consistently acted in good will for the sake of peace, repeatedly reaffirming its adherence to the long- standing parameters of the peace process embodied in Security Council resolutions, the Madrid principles, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet Road Map, and to the two-State solution on the basis of the pre- 1967 borders. All of this has been steadily pursued despite the countless illegal actions to the contrary by Israel, the occupying Power, and the serious obstructions it has imposed.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“This is a matter of urgency because, in the midst of turbulent crises wracking the region that are also affecting our refugees in the diaspora, the instability and steep decline of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, portend an explosive situation that must be prevented at all costs. On its part, the Palestinian leadership has continued to act with utmost responsibility to serve its people, uphold its legal obligations and international commitments, and preserve security and calm.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“We reiterate our demands for the lifting of the inhumane Israeli siege on our people and for respect for international humanitarian and human rights law and the protection of the Palestinian civilian population. In sum, the political, humanitarian and security situation being faced by the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation remains grave. We remain adherent to our conviction that action by the international community is imperative to preventing the crisis from deepening. Serious efforts must be made to overcome the paralysis in the international community, including in the Security Council, especially with regard to ending Israel's impunity and compelling its compliance with international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, and with the relevant United Nations resolutions.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“The potential for an escalation of settler terror remains dangerously high, as Israel continues to provide excuses and protection for that depraved lawlessness, rarely holding settlers accountable for their vicious crimes. The recent period has also witnessed another series ofIsraeli military assaults against the Gaza Strip. Missile airstrikes and artillery bombardment of Palestinian civilian areas have continued, killing and injuring dozens of people, including children and women, and destroying homes and infrastructure. Such attacks are traumatizing our people, who also continue to suffer the multitude of social, economic, humanitarian and psychological impacts stemming from the continuing illegal blockade and Israeli military aggression against Gaza.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“Illegal, destructive actions by the settlers have, of course, not been confined to occupied East Jerusalem. Regrettably, fanatical settlers also continue to rampage throughout the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory. They constantly terrorize and harass Palestinian civilians, including school children, elderly persons and farmers. They launch attacks against Palestinian property and agricultural land, with particular ferocity unleashed against olive groves and orchards, with hundreds upon hundreds of trees being torched and uprooted, destroying the livelihoods of thousands of families. Moreover, settlers continue to commit violent acts of desecration against mosques, churches and monasteries in our land, defiling those properties with racist, hateful and provocative slogans that are inflaming tensions and inciting religious enmity.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“Those vile actions have led to several confrontations, including between Jewish extremists and Palestinian worshippers at Al-Haram Al-Sharif, raising alarm throughout the region and the Islamic world, as stressed by His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas and His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan before the General Assembly. Those serious concerns have led the Palestinian leadership to call for an emergency high-level meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, as well as of the Al-Quds Committee, chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, to determine the necessary measures to address those deplorable actions and to protect the holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem from acts of aggression by the occupying Power and its extremist settlers.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“We reject all such illegal Israeli measures in the Holy City and demand their immediate cessation, while we reaffirm once again that East Jerusalem is an integral part of the Palestinian land occupied since June 1967 and is the heart and capital of the State of Palestine. At the same time, we draw the Council's attention to the rising instability and pressure in occupied East Jerusalem following an escalation of attacks on Muslim and Christian holy places by Israeli settlers and other extremist Jewish groups. Recent months have witnessed repeated attempts by extremists to take over Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, as well as acts of violence and desecration against mosques and churches in the city.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“That deliberate land grab continues, under the same old and some arrogant new, empty pretexts, all aimed at the de facto annexation of more Palestinian land and the further blurring and breaching of the pre-1967 borders, on which the two-State solution is founded. Occupied East Jerusalem in particular remains a central target of that illegal settlement campaign, as the occupying Power persists with attempts to artificially and forcibly alter the natural demography, historic character, legal status and Palestinian-Arab identity of the city in order to cement its illegal de facto annexation, which remains unrecognized by the entire international community to this day.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“In grave breach of numerous provisions of international humanitarian law, the occupying Power persists with its expansion of settlements and construction of so-called outposts, with thousands more units built and planned this year alone; its construction of the wall, which is dissecting and isolating East Jerusalem and walling in Palestinian communities in separated enclaves; its confiscation of vast tracts of Palestinian land, especially fertile agricultural land and areas above water wells and basins; and its demolition of Palestinian homes and displacement of Palestinian families, in particular from East Jerusalem and other vulnerable communities, such as in the southern hills of Al-Khalil and villages in what is often referred to as Area C of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“Thousands of Palestinians remain captive in Israeli jails, subject to deplorable conditions and gross human rights violations, with recurring hunger strikes a matter of the utmost concern. All the while, Israel has continued its illegal colonization of the occupied Palestinian territory, further fragmenting its unity and contiguity and gravely impairing the efforts for socioeconomic rehabilitation and development, compounding the humanitarian crisis. Despite all the appeals and demands by the international community, including by the Security Council in numerous resolutions and by the Quartet, for an immediate and complete halt to settlement activities, Israel has not only continued but intensified its expansionist, colonial drive in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“Feltman, the physical and political viability of which is being severely, if not permanently, undermined by the illegal measures being carried out by Israel, the occupying Power, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Alarming developments in this period have sharply raised tensions and further destabilized the situation on the ground. Extremist Israeli settlers continue to wreak terror and destruction. Military attacks and raids by the Israeli occupying forces, in particular against the Gaza Strip, including over this past weekend, continue to cause civilian casualties and the destruction of property, threatening to fuel another deadly cycle of violence.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“We regret, once again, that we are unable to report any positive developments to the Security Council. Since our last open debate, in July (see S/PV.6816), the political process has remained deadlocked and the situation on the ground has sharply deteriorated. Israel's flagrant flouting of the law has obstructed the resumption of peace negotiations and intensified hardships for the Palestinian people in all aspects of life. It has also thwarted the Palestinian leadership's efforts to strengthen national institutions and realize the legitimate aspirations and rights of our people. That has, in turn, diminished hopes in the peace process and in the prospects for achieving the two-State solution, as indicated by Mr.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“I wish to begin by congratulating you, Sir, and your friendly country, Guatemala, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also express our appreciation to Germany for its wise stewardship of the Council last month. I thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing to the Council today and reiterate our appreciation to Mr. Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator and Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing last month (see S/PV.6835) and for his efforts on the ground on behalf of the United Nations and within the Quartet. Let me also add that we agree with the conclusion of the statement by Mr. Feltman. Let me also welcome the new Ambassador of Pakistan among us, His Excellency Mr. Masood Khan.”
2012-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6847 (2012) · source
“Tragically, 5 June marked 45 years since the onset of the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian and Arab lands in 1967 - 45 years of suffering and oppression in addition to the two prior decades of grave injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people. Our people have waited long enough for their inalienable rights to be realized and to live their lives free from occupation and in their own State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The time is now, and the international community should spare no effort to achieve the vision of two States, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and security, which would represent a historic achievement for our peoples, our region and the global community, and not just a tragically missed historic opportunity with far-reaching and ever more tragic consequences.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“No Palestinian can accept continued settlement construction and the ongoing colonization of Palestinian land, whether in occupied East Jerusalem or in any other part of the occupied Palestinian territory. The international community, which has clear obligations under the Charter, United Nations resolutions, and international conventions and covenants, including its obligations as high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, must live up to those obligations and muster the political will to compel Israel to abandon its expansionism, colonization and aggression against the Palestinian people and their land, and instead pursue peace and take the hand of peace that has for so long been extended to it by the Palestinian leadership.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“But there must be genuine and credible negotiations based on the pre-l967 borders, with minor adjustments accepted by both sides, and based on adherence to, and respect for, international law, United Nations resolutions, including Security Council resolutions, and in line with Israel's obligations under the Quartet road map. That is not a Palestinian condition, nor, for that matter, is it a Palestinian position; rather, it is the position of the entire international community. Settlements run counter to the formula of land for peace, on which the entire Middle East peace process is built. Israel's illegal actions continue to undermine all efforts to resume the peace process, including via direct negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, on the basis of the well-known parameters.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“The only conclusion one can come to is that, as long as Israel is allowed to act with impunity and in violation of international law without repercussions, little will change, and the possibility of achieving a two-State solution based on the pre-1967 borders will not be possible. As President Mahmoud Abbas stated recently at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012, held in Istanbul in June: "Our region needs bridges of cooperation, peace and dialogue rather than walls and settlement expansion". He cautioned that time was running out for the historic peaceful compromise we seek. President Abbas has also repeatedly said that negotiations remain his first, second and third option for arriving at a peaceful settlement.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“Indeed, despite the good faith and intentions of the Palestinian side, the Israeli side continued its deceitful behaviour, taking advantage of a flawed negotiation process and of the total asymmetry of the situation on the ground, where the occupying Power subjugated the occupied territory to its might and will in every respect. In fact, from 1993 to 2000, the number of settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory doubled. Today there are more than 500,000 illegal settlers in about 150 illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in addition to some 100 outposts erected with the tacit approval of the Israeli Government.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“How can Israel or the international community ask the Palestinian side to engage in negotiations on ending the occupation in order for them to finally gain their independence in their own State when the occupier continues to defy all agreements and provisions of international law and United Nations resolutions and to take more and more land, totally impairing the viability of the Palestinian State? Here, we must recall that, for 20 years throughout the height of the peace process, Israel persisted with the colonization ofPalestinian land and with the entrenchment of its occupation.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“How can Israel speak of a two-State solution - or peace for that matter - while it continues its illegal policies and practices, stealing more Palestinian land, scarce water resources and agricultural land, and destroying homes, civilian infrastructure and historical and religious landmarks, as well as separating Palestinian communities and even families through the construction of its settlements, the separation wall and its vast system of roads meant only for Jewish settlers, in addition to the multitude of other violations of international law and human rights it commits on a daily basis?”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“Not coincidentally, the so-called Levy report was published on the anniversary of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004 (A/ES-l9/273), which determined, inter alia, that, as an occupying Power, Israel is bound by the Hague Regulations, the Fourth Geneva Convention, as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child - which are all applicable in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. The Court also reaffirmed that, in view of the provisions of Article 49, paragraph 6, of the Fourth Geneva Convention, "the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (including East Jerusalem) have been established in breach of international law".”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“We continue to call on the international community to be firm in its condemnation and rejection of all of Israel's illegal settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and to put a stop to them, regardless of the unjustifiable pretexts and justifications given by the Government of Israel. In this call we are also referring to attempts by the occupying Power to try to legalize its illegal acts, as it has tried to do with the Levy committee report, a right-wing, Israeli Government-appointed committee that has made erroneous conclusions and recommendations to the effect that Israel should legalize outposts - a recommendation that defies international law and the international consensus on Israel's illegal settlement campaign.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“Colonization of occupied territory through the transfer of citizens of the occupying Power is strictly prohibited by Article 49, Section 6, of the Fourth Geneva Convention, is considered to be a grave breach under Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions and constitutes a war crime under Article 8, Section 2 (a) (iv) and (b) (viii), of the Rome Statute. Moreover, the illegality of that practice and the demands for its complete cessation and reversal have been repeatedly reaffirmed by the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council and the Economic and Social Council, as well as by the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“In addition, during the same time frame, Israeli occupying forces raided the Al-Makhrour area of Beit Jala, a predominately Christian community west of Bethlehem, and carried out the demolition by bulldozer of two Palestinian homes and a water well, a road and 53 utility poles, cutting off electricity to at least 12 Palestinian families in the area, to facilitate the expansion of the illegal settlement of Har Gilo, entrench Israel's network of settlements from occupied East Jerusalem towards Al-Khalil in the south and further restrict the area for the future natural development of Palestinian cities, towns and villages. To be clear, all settlements and settlement-related infrastructure, including the separation wall, are illegal, no matter where they are constructed in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in East Jerusalem.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“Moreover, there is the construction of 2,500 more units in Gilo, a massive settlement on the outskirts of occupied East Jerusalem near the city of Bethlehem, as well as the construction of 114 units in the Efrat settlement, also near Bethlehem. Add to that the construction of a 300-unit settlement in a declared military compound near the settlement of Beit El, adjacent to the city of Ramallah. An announcement has also been made of plans for the construction of another 84 units in the Kiryat Arba settlement, located in Al-Khalil, where hundreds of extremist Israeli settlers have been deliberately transferred into the midst of 200,000 Palestinians, who are daily subjected to terror, violence and intimidation.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“I wish to recall to the Council some ofIsrael's illegal settlement activities in the recent period, reflecting the occupying Power's ill intentions to continue rather than end its belligerent military occupation of our land. First is the construction of 1,121 units in the illegal settlement of Har Homa, in Jabal Abu Ghneim in the southern part of occupied East Jerusalem, about which the Council met 15 years ago but tragically failed to stop. There are also the construction of 180 units in the illegal settlement of Giv'at Ze'ev, 117 units in the Ariel settlement, 92 units in the Ma'ale Adumim settlement, 144 units in the Adam settlement and 180 units in the settlement of East Talpiot, also known as Armon Hanatsiv. All of those illegal settlements are also in or near occupied East Jerusalem.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“Throughout that time, Palestine has submitted numerous letters informing the Security Council of Israel's gross violations and appealing to the Council to speak with one voice and to act to persuade Israel to cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in and around East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley, and to act to end the rampant settler terror and violence against the Palestinian people and their properties. Regrettably, the Council has failed to find the political will to act, and the illegal Israeli settlement campaign, including constant provocations and settler rampages, continue throughout the occupied Palestinian territory unabated and unpunished.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“However, it is unquestionably clear that the continuation of illegal Israeli settlement activities and the vast network of related infrastructure, including more than 500 internal checkpoints, roadblocks and other physical obstacles, which exist primarily to "protect" the illegal settlers and facilitate their movement while impeding Palestinian movement and all aspects of life in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are the largest obstacles to peace. Since the Council's last debate on this issue in April (see S/PV.6757), Israeli announcements of settlement building have continued unabated, inflaming tensions and mistrust, further poisoning the environment and undermining any prospects for the revival of a negotiated peace process.”
2012-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6816 (2012) · source
“In that regard, I am referring to article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and article 50 of The Hague Regulations, which are recognized by the international community as customary international law. The blockade is also a violation of the population's basic human rights. The international community must not relent in demanding that Israel, the occupying Power, act in accordance with its obligations under international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention and relevant United Nations resolutions, including resolution 1860 (2009), to end the blockade of Gaza and to cease its human rights violations and bring an end to the travesty against our people. With the myriad of human rights violations committed by the occupying Power on a daily basis, it is a challenging task to keep our statement focused on one issue.”
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“In addition to living in constant fear of such military attacks, the population of the Gaza Strip continues to suffer grave hardship as a result of the inhumane blockade imposed since June 2007 by the occupying Power, which has now entered into its sixth year. The cruel blockade clearly constitutes collective punishment of the over 1.6 million Palestinian civilians living there, more than half of them children, in a deliberate and grave breach of international law, specifically the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the occupying Power from collectively punishing protected persons and prohibits pillaging and reprisals against them and their property.”
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