At a closed-door meeting, the fifteen member states agreed to use diplomatic channels to end the violence.
He UN security council met this Sunday to discuss the escalation of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Territories. After a closed-door meeting, the 15 member states focused on emphasizing as a priority the protection of Israeli and Palestinian civilians, and the management of the conflict, to the lack of a unanimous statement.
As some ambassadors told the media at the end of the meeting, the Council heard a report on the situation from the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, and agreed to make use of his position. diplomatic channels to put an end to the violence.
The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Lana Nusseibeh, has expected “many more meetings” to take place as the situation is “rough” and “dynamic”, and has assured that members understand that “they should use their international and bilateral channels to to try to call for de-escalation, prioritizing the protection of civilians on both sides.”
Palestine and Israel determine their position before they meet
Before the meeting I spoke to the media: the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riad Mansur, has urged Israel to stop violence in Gaza and tackle “the roots” of the conflict that has led to a new war.
Mansur has accused the international community of this beware “when Israelis are killed” and ignores Palestine’s complaints about the Israeli blockade and attacks on Gaza year after year.
The Palestinian ambassador has acknowledged the international community’s strong support for Israel and its self-defense, but insists that at the same time “its colonialist and racist agenda” against the Palestinians is being ignored. That is why he asked “not to do this”. losing sight of the bigger picture of the conflict.
“We chose the peaceful path to realize our rights, but Israel continued to use brutal force against Palestinian lives and rights. Israel cannot wage war on a full scale on a nation, its people, its land and its temples and wait for peace“You have to get to the root of the conflict,” he said.
“Everyone in the room behind me (…) agrees to end the game. Israel expects and demands political and military support while promoting objectives that are fundamentally at odds with international legitimacy and consensus,” he added.
“You can’t say, ‘Nothing justifies killing Israelis’ and then justify killing Palestinians. We are not inhuman, I repeat, we are not inhumanMansoer added.
In turn, the Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdanalso demanded international unity in the Security Council’s condemnation in statements ahead of the meeting.
‘What we see is war crimes blatant and barbaric: they kill civilians, abuse hostages, take babies from their mothers,” the diplomat said in statements to the media, describing the attacks that have sparked a new war as “September 11 from Israel.”
He assured that today “many members” of the international community support Israel, but “tomorrow that may not be the case,” and criticized the UN, and “in particular” the Security Council, for having “a very short memory.” regarding Israel. his country, although he has avoided direct mentions.
He has said that since Hamas came to power, “the world has tried to reason” with the Islamist group and that the international community billions in funds for the rehabilitation of Gazabut has denounced that this money has been used for development “terrorist infrastructure” on the territory.
Source: EITB
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