Thursday, 27 May 2021 Am≪

  • Reference: S/PV.8782 (The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question)
Mr Mansour (Palestine): 

How can Israel justify the fact that its courts condemn Palestinians who are simply exercising their rights? How can it justify that its courts condemn the fact that Palestinian children are seeking refuge when Palestinian children are attacked and killed among their families with their parents? How is all of this going to be justified? Who will believe Israel after all of this? 

Did the Security Council not receive the many United Nations reports sounding the alarm about the catastrophic situation in Gaza? We have heard a lot of the information in such reports delivered to us today: those reports issued a warning regarding a situation on the verge of collapse. 

We were warned about the possible resumption of violence for the past 15 years as a result of the resumption of Israeli violence. Did Palestinians not speak out during the Great March of Return? They spoke out to ask for the lifting of the siege, which United Nations experts believe violates international law and constitutes collective punishment against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

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Dame Barbara Woodward (United Kingdom)

We have all been deeply disturbed by the scenes of violence in Sheikh Jarrah. The United Kingdom has been clear that settlement activity is illegal under international law and damages prospects for peace; and that the Government of Israel must end its settlement expansion, demolitions and evictions in East Jerusalem and elsewhere on the West Bank. Events at the holy sites and in Sheikh Jarrah do not justify the indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas and other militant groups. We condemn those attacks in absolute terms. We continue to call on those groups to permanently end their incitement and rocket fire against Israel. We have been clear that Israel has a legitimate right to self-defence in responding to attacks. In exercising that right, it is vital that all actions be in line with international humanitarian law and make every effort to avoid civilian casualties.

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