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Safadi

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2019-09-20
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2023-11-29
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  1. “The world should confirm to the Palestinian people that it supports their right to freedom and self-determination and against occupation and its injustice. Occupation and peace are contrary to each other and cannot coexist. Occupation and security are contrary to each other and cannot coexist. We call for just, comprehensive and lasting peace, because peace is the only way forward to end the occupation and establish a sovereign and independent Palestinian State along the 4 June 1967 borders, with occupied Jerusalem as its permanent capital, living side by side in peace and security with Israel. This peace is a right for all people of the region. Its path is clear and its achievement is a global responsibility. Stand against those who prevent its implementation, and impose it.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  2. “The desire to live is stronger than the desire to kill. Freedom is stronger than oppression. During the pause, Palestinians of Gaza tried to find their homes amid the rubble in the north. As soon as the Israeli bombs stopped destroying Gaza, its children took to the streets to play and dream. As soon as Wael Al-Dahdouh buried his wife, daughter, son and his infant granddaughter, he spoke through a microphone about the resilience of the Palestinian people, who want justice, freedom and their right to life, which they deserve. Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Let solidarity be a reality that puts an end to the ongoing bloodshed of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  3. “Israel’s acceptance of the resolution would ensure peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians and would put the entire region on the path to a future free of fear, oppression and hatred. If Israel rejects the resolution that means that it wants the conflict to persist in the region. Therefore, Israel must be internationally deterred so as to end its oppression and intransigence and bring the occupation to an end. Otherwise, the conflict will continue, and after the war on Gaza, there will be other wars — because freedom has a door to open at all times and everywhere. Israel has aborted all efforts for peace for the past 30 years. It has thereby denied the whole region its right to stability and security. Israel cannot be allowed to make the region suffer from bloodshed and conflict for another 30 years.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  4. “We call on the Council to impose a ceasefire to put an end to this aggression, and we call on the international community to end the occupation in order to put an end to the conflict. All members support the two-State solution, which, by definition puts an end to the occupation. A new peace process exploited by Israel is not the solution. There is only one viable path to the peace we all want, which is for the Council to adopt a binding resolution that recognizes the independent Palestinian State with occupied Jerusalem as its capital, based on the 4 June 1967 borders. The resolution would set a specific timetable and bring an end to Israel’s illegal unilateral acts, which further entrench the occupation and blocks all opportunities for peace.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  5. “There is a blatant injustice that stole an entire people’s past, destroyed their present and besieged their future with repression and hatred. Bullying is a tool in the hands of those who have no real arguments. I therefore call on members not to give in to the unfounded bullying of those who have attacked the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Executive Directors of UNICEF and UN-Women and anyone who is against killing, starvation, blockade and violations of international law. We the Arabs have presented a vision for a total peace in which Palestinians and Israelis can enjoy security. Our Arab initiative dates back to 2002. Israel refused our Arab Peace Initiative leading to peace for its people and for the Palestinians. Israel did nothing except entrench the occupation.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  6. “Those who genuinely want to protect their people do not steal the lives of another people, arm settlers and defend their acts of terrorism. Those who seek security for their people do not colonize another people’s land, imprison their children without trial and show no mercy. The Israeli occupation of Palestinian land is the root cause of the conflict, and it is the essence of evil. Its removal is the path to security and the road to peace for Palestinians, Israelis and all the peoples of the region. Anyone who says that the conflict is religious is lying, attempting to distort history and ignore the present, where its brutality, exacerbated by occupation leading to bloodshed and suffering of civilians, challenges our shared humanity. There is a conflict because there is an oppressive occupation.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  7. “Such is the vengeance that has killed 15,000 Palestinians in Gaza and, since 21 October, has allowed only 4,757 aid trucks to enter — which cover needs for three and a half days — in 38 days, according to the estimates of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which stated that the besieged Gaza Strip needs 800 aid trucks daily. Such carnage fuels the racist instincts of some Israeli individuals who have tended to deny the very humanity of Palestinians. They have turned their ministerial and parliamentary platforms into platforms of hatred against Palestinians, launching policies of killing, displacement, starvation and violation of sacred values and the desecration of their rights to life, dignity and freedom.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  8. “The most recent are 8-year-old Adam Samir Al-Ghoul and 15-year-old Basil Sulayman Abu Al-Wafa, who were killed by the occupation yesterday. Some of those children were killed by the white phosphorus used by the occupiers. Others died as a result of illnesses, the medicine for which was withheld by Israel. Others perished under the ruins of homes destroyed by Israel’s precision bombs. Their blood is light, their blood is a right. Such is the vengeful Israeli aggression that some still justify as self-defence, in clear violation of international law, which states decisively that an occupier has no right to self-defence.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  9. “Mr. Safadi (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): Thirty-three days ago, my colleagues and I came before the Security Council to ask it to adopt a draft resolution calling for an end to the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the occupied Gaza Strip (see S/PV.9453). The draft resolution was not adopted, and the aggression has not ended. On the contrary, it has become more barbaric, bloody and savage. Israel has taken the Council’s silence on its aggression as a cover for its crimes. It has stolen the lives of 3,750 more Palestinian children since our meeting on 25 October. That brings the number of children killed by Israel’s aggression to 6,150, not counting those still buried under the rubble and another 61 children who have died since the start of the aggression in the West Bank.”

    2023-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9489 (2023) · source

  10. “I deliver this statement on behalf of the whole Group of Arab States. Therefore, I kindly ask you, Mr. President, for the time necessary to speak on behalf of 22 countries.”

    2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source

  11. “When we warn that the chances of peace may completely disappear soon, we do so with the voice of someone firmly committed to peace. This is a clear call for decisive and effective action now, before it is too late. I thank you, Mr. President, and we look forward to continuing to work with the Security Council in order to end the deterioration and reclaim the lead by undertaking urgent and collective international efforts aimed at putting an end to a conflict that poses a threat to our security and achieving a comprehensive, fair and lasting peace which is a right for all of us. The meeting rose at 12.25 pm.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  12. “Occupation, oppression and depriving Palestinians of their rights will not lead to peace or security. Security for all the peoples of the region, Palestinians and Israelis alike, will be achieved by respecting everyone's rights arising from our international law, principles and shared humanitarian values. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has spared no effort to achieve comprehensive, lasting and fair peace and is committed to continuing to work with the Security Council and with all our friends and partners in the international community to achieve a genuine peace that is accepted by all peoples and fulfils their right to a secure future. When Jordan speaks, it does so with the credibility of a peace broker who remains a voice of truth and moderation and a force for peace.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  13. “East Jerusalem is an occupied territory that, in the context of a two-State solution, must be liberated as the capital of the Palestinian State. This is the only way to achieve peace. Sovereignty over the city's sanctuaries must be Palestinian. Custodianship over its Islamic and Christian sanctuaries is Hashemite. However, preserving Jerusalem's historical status is a collective responsibility we all bear, particularly in the light of Israeli provocations and violations. The international community must act to save the peace. The Palestinian question remains the main issue in our region. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is at the root of all the tension and instability in the Middle East. A two-State solution is the prerequisite for comprehensive peace and security for all.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  14. “We have a responsibility to stop Israel from changing the historic and legal status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. His Majesty King Abdullah II, who is the custodian of the Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, has stressed that Jerusalem is the key to peace. It is the holy city of Muslims, Christians and Jews. It must be a city of peace, not the scene of occupation, injustice and deprivation. Under international law and Security Council resolutions, East Jerusalem is an integral part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967. Protecting Jerusalem and its historical status is protecting international law and peace. The continuous undermining of that status is a real threat to peace and security.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  15. “International law requires Israel to honour its obligations as the occupying Power. The magnitude of the danger requires immediate action by the international community to protect security and peace. The Council and the international community must act to end illegal settlement and its disastrous ramifications. The international community must reject the plan announced by the Prime Minster of Israel to annex one-third of the occupied West Bank, in violation of international law and threatening peace and security. That must be stopped. The international community must support UNRWA and allow the Agency to continue its work and help over 5 million Palestinian refugees to live in dignity and allow their children to go to school and live in hope instead of leaving them prisoners of want, ignorance, oppression and depression.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  16. “Similarly, violations of international legitimacy and the selective implementation of Security Council resolutions erode the international order and lead to chaos and lawlessness. This is a reality that requires effective and urgent international action in order to start serious negotiations to save what remains of the chance for peace based on a two-State solution and to renew hope in that solution before Israeli violations and new illegitimate realities dash all remaining faith and make peace impossible. The Security Council plays a major role in implementing international resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1697), 338 (1973), 478 (1980) and 2334 (2016), and in adhering to international law, which considers the territories seized forcibly by Israel in 1967 to be occupied.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  17. “However, peace will not be achieved by establishing and expanding illegal settlements, confiscating Palestinian land, demolishing their homes or displacing their children. Peace will not be achieved by targeting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) or depriving more than 500,000 Palestinian refugee children of their right to education and dignity. Nor will it be achieved by annexing the Golan Heights, the Jordan Valley and the area north of the Dead Sea in the occupied Palestinian territories, which represent about one-third ofthe occupied West Bank. Such actions will kill the two-State solution and not achieve security. Consecrating the occupation and deepening its injustice will not achieve peace, guarantee security or stability or promote development.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  18. “However, instead of upholding the resolutions of international legitimacy and interacting positively with the Arab Peace Initiative for achieving real peace that would ensure normal relations between all Arab States and Israel and provide comprehensive security guarantees for Israel, in the context of a comprehensive peace ending the occupation that began in 1967, Israel continues to take unilateral illegal measures that undermine the two-State solution and disregard the tenets of the peace process. Peace and security are a right of all the peoples of the region and a goal that Jordan continues to seek in cooperation with the international community and in accordance with international law.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  19. “A lasting and comprehensive peace is an Arab strategic choice, and the means to achieve it is clear - a two-State solution that guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian State based on the 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side in peace and security with the State of Israel, in accordance with international resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  20. “The absence of a clear and strict position promoting international legitimacy and the right of the Palestinian people to live in freedom and establish their own State, as well as the right of the peoples of the region to live in security and stability, will only lead to despair, the decline of moderation, the expansion of extremism and the eruption of conflicts. That would be an immense threat to regional and international peace and security that must be prevented.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  21. “The two-State solution, which enjoys the consensus of the international community as the only means to resolve the conflict and ensure the rights of the peoples of the region to live in security and peace, is threatened by unilateral Israeli measures that violate the resolutions of international legitimacy and Council resolutions, leading to despair and stoking the flames of conflict and violence. Silence is not an option. Effective action is required to salvage the remnants of hope for peace.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source

  22. “Mr. Safadi (Jordan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of the Russian Federation for your outstanding efforts during your presidency of the Council for this month. I also thank Mr. Mladenov for his comprehensive briefing. I am grateful for the opportunity to address the Council today. The long-standing and strenuous efforts to achieve comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East are today on the verge of collapse.”

    2019-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8625 (2019) · source