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Moubarak

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1995-02-28

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1998-06-30

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1. “There can be no doubt that the crisis in which the peace process now finds itself derives from the fact that Israel is insisting on acting within the framework of a policy aimed at maintaining its hold over the territories and maintaining peace at the same time. The difficulties being put forward by Israel over its withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories, the continuation of its campaign of arrests and the intransigent policies it is pursuing - whether in the Palestinian territories lying to the south of Lebanon or in the indiscriminate bombing of cities and villages within Lebanon itself and the blockade of Lebanese ports - all reaffirm this policy, which we categorically reject.”

   1995-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3505Resumption1 (1995) · source

2. “A governmental commission has adopted recommendations requesting an intensification of settlement activity. The Government has rejected all attempts to move a limited number of settlers, no more than 400, from the Hebron area - which now has more than 80,000 inhabitants - although their presence gives rise to security risks and human rights violations are proliferating from one day to the next. The most striking example of this was the massacre at the Al-Ibrahimi Mosque, which claimed many innocent victims who had gone to that holy place to pray. Lebanon has on many occasions reaffirmed its respect for the Madrid framework for establishing peace in the Middle East, but we have always emphasized that any settlement not based on Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories will never lead to a just and lasting peace in the region.”

   1995-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3505Resumption1 (1995) · source

3. “It is continuing the annexationist policy proclaimed by past Israeli Governments. This policy is in flat contradiction to the concept of peace and the will of the international community to stop the settlement policy. Reality has proven that what is put out on television and through the media is nothing but propaganda, and that settlements have now become extremely numerous: their number as increased by 5-10 per cent since the beginning of the peace process, while the settler population has gone up by about 15 per cent. The Israeli Government has proclaimed that the city of Jerusalem is exempt from any limits on the number of settlements, and has extended the city limits until they take in about a quarter of the West Bank which, for practical purposes, reaffirms the continuation of the settlement policy.”

   1995-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3505Resumption1 (1995) · source

4. “The Security Council, the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights have on numerous occasions emphasized Israel's duty to implement and respect the Geneva Conventions, but Israel has not recognized the relevant resolutions and has defied the will of the international community. It is up to its old tricks and is intensifying its practice of expanding and establishing new settlements, particularly around the city of Jerusalem, which highlights the fact that Israel in no way intends to implement a genuine, comprehensive and lasting peace in accordance with the Madrid framework. The Israeli settlement policy in the occupied territories is not new, but is an integral part of an already established policy based on the fact that Israel does not recognize itself as an occupying Power.”

   1995-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3505Resumption1 (1995) · source

5. “The long-hoped-for peace - and my country has associated itself with this peace process within the framework of the Madrid Conference - now faces a serious threat because of the intransigence of the Israeli Government, its categorical refusal to implement the relevant United Nations resolutions concerning that region, notably in particular, those relating to the settlements, and its flouting of the provisions of international law and relevant international conventions, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The Fourth Geneva Convention forbids occupying forces to violate the demographic integrity of occupied territories.”

   1995-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3505Resumption1 (1995) · source

6. “Mr. Moubarak (Lebanon) (interpretation from Arabic): On behalf of the delegation of my country, I have pleasure in extending to you, Mr. President, congratulations on your conduct of the work of the Security Council during the month of February. Once again the Council is obliged to consider a most sensitive question that has a great impact on the future of peace in the Middle East. I refer to the question of creating Israeli settlements in occupied Arab territories.”

   1995-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3505Resumption1 (1995) · source