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1. “Finally, we reaffirm our demand that all parties comply fully with their obligations under the Charter of the United Nations, international humanitarian law and international human rights law — including that obliging them to protect civilian populations — as well as the many relevant United Nations resolutions, especially resolution 2334 (2016). We further call on both parties to show maximum restraint and refrain from unilateral actions that may contribute to violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and in Israel.”

   2023-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9425 (2023) · source

2. “We urge Israel to end its demolition of Palestinian- owned properties, prevent the displacement and eviction of Palestinians, in line with its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, refrain from establishing new settlements in the West Bank and halt the authorization of new outposts in the occupied Palestinian territories. We reiterate our position that a path to lasting peace and stability in the Middle East can be achieved only through an internationally negotiated two-State solution, with Israel and Palestine living side by side based on the 1967 borders.”

   2023-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9425 (2023) · source

3. “Secondly, the Council should support the restoration of mechanisms that facilitate more regular and sustained contact between both sides in order to address key issues, including the economic, social and security concerns of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory and security coordination between Israel and Palestine aimed at reducing terrorist capabilities. Last but not least, the international community should support the crafting of a coordinated package of short-term investments to help the Palestinian Authority restore access to basic education, health and social services, create employment opportunities for young people and women, repair basic infrastructure and strengthen the Authority’s fiscal stability.”

   2023-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9425 (2023) · source

4. “We believe that the destruction of infrastructure and property in both the occupied Palestinian territory and East Jerusalem, along with the continued settlement activities, is reshaping the demographics on the ground, seriously imperilling the viability of a two-State solution and contributing to a downward spiral. In that regard, we would like to briefly highlight three points. First, we urge for a relaunch of serious political talks, supported by the international community, to address key territorial and security issues, including those related to settlements and settler violence.”

   2023-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9425 (2023) · source

5. “We have noted Israel’s efforts to improve its relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, the Sudan and Morocco under the framework of the Abraham Accords, as well as the prospect of a historic peace deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia. We encourage the deepening of Arab-Jewish relations to forge a broader reconciliation between Judaism and Islam, two of the major faiths in the Middle East. The positive developments notwithstanding, we remain deeply troubled by the increasing violence, including acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction. Among them are attacks in the occupied West Bank and Israel, settler-related activities in the Gaza Strip and the persistent expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.”

   2023-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9425 (2023) · source

6. “We are grateful to Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing to the Council on the overall situation in the Middle East, with an emphasis on the implementation of the provisions of resolution 2334 (2016). Ghana has been following the recent positive developments in the Middle East with keen interest. During the general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session we welcomed the commitment made by the leaders of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to working closely with neighbouring countries, the United Nations and the international community in order to prevent further violence, resolve their differences and embrace a path of genuine peace with a view to putting a definitive end to the Arab- Israeli conflict.”

   2023-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9425 (2023) · source

7. “The Council therefore has an enduring responsibility to support Israel and Palestine to find the peace that will enable them to live side by side, with their interests protected by their adherence to international law.”

   2023-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9400 (2023) · source

8. “We encourage the direct engagement of the parties in order to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights, while ensuring the security of the State of Israel. We hold that any agreement that settles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will ultimately require the leaders in Jerusalem and Ramallah to engage with one another. We therefore urge the parties to sustain communications and de-escalate the situation on the ground. Finally, as we have stated before, the fate of Palestine and Israel has been woven together by history and the Council’s previous decisions. It is evident that the only acceptable solution continues to be a two- State solution based on bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, as envisioned by the Oslo Accords.”

   2023-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9400 (2023) · source

9. “We are equally concerned about the sharp increase in violent attacks on unarmed Israeli civilians, which have resulted in fatalities, the kidnapping of innocent Israelis in Jerusalem and other Israeli settlements, and the regular firing of rockets into Israeli communities that have harmed innocent Israeli citizens. We would like to reiterate our position that attacks by terrorist or militant groups against innocent Israeli citizens will not advance the cause of Palestine. The Security Council must act to protect all civilians. Last but not least, we urge for an abatement of the increasing number of provocative remarks and acts and the adoption of radical policies on matters that affect the well-being of both Israeli and Palestinian citizens.”

   2023-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9400 (2023) · source

10. “That mode of operation, while aimed at ensuring the security of Israel, has led to the greatest number of Palestinian fatalities and injuries to children and unarmed civilians and has contributed to the current situation of insecurity in the region. We therefore call on the Israeli security forces to undertake all security operations in a transparent manner, exercise restraint and adhere to the principles of proportionality and distinction during their security operations in the West Bank and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.”

    2023-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9400 (2023) · source

11. “Furthermore, we share the concern of UNICEF about the demolition of Palestinian-owned properties across the West Bank in the past 12 months, and we also reiterate our call for Israel to stop the advancement of settlement activities, halt all evictions from and demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures and respect Palestinian children’s right to education. Secondly, the increasing frequency and intensity of security operations by Israeli security forces using sophisticated weapons and live ammunition have been accompanied by the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure and private property and the arbitrary arrest and detention of mostly Palestinian young people in Gaza, Jenin and other refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian territories.”

    2023-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9400 (2023) · source

12. “It is regrettable that 30 years after the Oslo Accords, Israelis and Palestinians are farther apart on reaching an agreement than ever before. We hold that the two-State solution remains the only realistic path for a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine and urge action to address three issues that undermine the viability of the two-State solution. First, we must help stop the interminable cycle of violence and the increase in settler-related clashes, which have been the norm over the past eight months. As reported by the United Nations, the past eight months have seen the highest number of settler-related incidents across the Middle East, compared to all of last year. As the United Nations indicates, 591 settler- related incidents resulting in Palestinian casualties, property damage or both were recorded in the first half of 2023.”

    2023-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9400 (2023) · source

13. “I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, which gives much cause for concern. We regret that the period under consideration witnessed some of the worst violent clashes in recent times and that, despite the overwhelming desire around the world for peace in the Middle East, especially in the occupied Palestinian territories, the actions on the ground manifest the contrary. We join others in condemning the surge in acts of violence by both sides against civilians, including acts of terror. As we look forward to the thirtieth anniversary of the Oslo Accords on 13 September, Ghana remains deeply concerned about the lack of progress in finding a just and lasting solution to the protracted dispute and the achievement of a two-State solution.”

    2023-08-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9400 (2023) · source

14. “However, realizing the goals of the Middle East peace process requires the Council and the wider international community to sustain the engagement of the parties, whose good-faith efforts are required to resolve this decades-long conflict.”

    2022-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9116 (2022) · source

15. “As an occupying Power, the Israeli Government has a responsibility to protect the civilian population; guarantee complete, unhindered and secure access for humanitarian assistance to the vulnerable, in particularly the elderly, women and children; and facilitate the free movement of humanitarian workers throughout the occupied territories. In conclusion, we reaffirm our position that violence cannot be a tool for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that the path for lasting peace and stability in the Middle East runs through the internationally negotiated two-State solution, with Israel and Palestine living side by side on the basis of the pre-1967 borders.”

    2022-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9116 (2022) · source

16. “Achieving peace requires deliberate actions aimed at building trust. In that regard, we urge the parties to de-escalate the existing tensions and generate the political momentum required for direct negotiations. We urge Israel to respect the inalienable rights of all residents of the occupied Palestinian territory and abide by its legal obligations and responsibilities under the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. We reiterate that all parties in the conflict must fully comply with international humanitarian law, the United Nations Charter and the many relevant United Nations resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016).”

    2022-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9116 (2022) · source

17. “We are especially alarmed by the fact that several innocent unarmed Palestinians, including children, have been killed or injured. We share the international community’s concern about the unilateral actions by Israeli settlers aimed at forcing Palestinian communities and families from their land across the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem. After their designation last year as terrorist groups, the raiding and shutting down of the offices of six prominent Palestinian civil-society organizations that are known to have contributed to the protection of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory is equally worrying. We do not condone terrorism in any shape or form, but we believe that such designations require clear justification if they are to be adopted by the entire international community.”

    2022-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9116 (2022) · source

18. “We welcome the reports, consistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, of the renewal of friendly relations between Israel and Türkiye, as reflected in their decision to return their Ambassadors and Consuls-General to each other’s capitals. We hope that such efforts will help to strengthen regional stability and support the renewed dialogue between the parties that is essential to the achievement of a two-State solution. While we are conscious of Israel’s security concerns, we are nevertheless also concerned about the worsening human security, the dire humanitarian situation and the prevalence of human right abuses, violations and detentions without charge or trial in parts of the occupied Palestinian territory, especially in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.”

    2022-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9116 (2022) · source

19. “I join previous speakers in thanking Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini and Mr. Daniel Levy for their comprehensive briefings, which have given the Security Council an assessment of the situation prevailing on the ground. The briefings we have heard today are not very different from previous ones. We had hoped to hear much more promising prospects for improvements on the ground in this decades-old conflict, which is a clash not only over territory but over rights and aspirations to peaceful coexistence and development. Regrettably, from what we have heard, the parties’ positions are far apart and the situation on the ground continues to hinder the possibility of achieving a two-State solution anytime soon.”

    2022-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9116 (2022) · source