بعث السفيرالدكتور رياض منصور، المراقب الدائم لدولة فلسطين لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك، برسائل متطابقة إلى الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة ورئيس مجلس الأمن (ليتوانيا) ورئيس الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة، حول الاضطرابات المستمرة و تدهور الأوضاع في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة، بما فيها القدس الشرقية، وذلك بسبب السياسات الاستفزازية وغير القانونية التي تنتهجها إسرائيل، السلطة القائمة بالاحتلال، ضد الشعب الفلسطيني ذكر فيها أن إسرائيل مستمرة في إرتكاب الانتهاكات الجسيمة للقانون الدولي، من بينها قتل وجرح المدنيين الفلسطينيين عن طريق إستخدام القوة المفرطة ضد المدنيين العزل وشن الغارات العسكرية وحملة الاعتقالات وهدم المنازل والممتلكات الفلسطينية والاستفزازات المتواصلة من قبل المستوطنين الإسرائيليين والتحريض من قبل مسؤولين في الحكومة الاسرائيلية ضد الشعب الفلسطيني. [Read more…]
6 February 2014 – Illegal Israeli Actions
Excellency,
I regret to inform you of the continuing deterioration of the situation in the Occupied State of Palestine due to the illegal, provocative policies that continue to be pursued by Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people and their land.
Despite the fact that fragile peace talks are under way, Israel continues to carry out grave violations of international law, ranging from military raids into Palestinian villages and towns, daily arrests and detentions and the injury of Palestinian civilians. At the same time, the occupying Power persists with its massive colonial settlement campaign throughout the Palestinian land, including in and around East Jerusalem. Israel’s blatant intransigence is being yet again reaffirmed to Palestine and the international community as a whole as such actions clearly indicate an Israeli rejection of relinquishing its status of an occupying Power, of truly ending the occupation of the Palestinian and Arab lands it occupied in June 1967, and of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace agreement. [Read more…]
29 January 2014 – Grave Situation on Palestine Refugees in Yarmouk
Excellency,
I write to convey the grave concerns of the Government of the State of Palestine about the critical humanitarian situation of Palestine refugees in Syria. I have recently raised this matter before the Security Council, drawing attention to the grave impact of the ongoing conflict on the Palestine refugees in Syria, who continue to suffer death and injury, the destruction of their homes, dispossession, and massive displacement.
Of the 540,000 Palestine refugees in Syria registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), more than half have been displaced inside Syria, while an estimated 80,000 have fled to neighboring countries, mainly Lebanon and Jordan, as well as to other countries in the region. At this time, UNRWA reports that the conflict has overwhelmed most of the refugee camps and almost all Palestine refugees in Syria are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance. [Read more…]
28 January 2014 – Statement By Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination in the Cremisan Valley
Excellency,
I have the honor to transmit a statement from the Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination issued today, 28 January 2014, calling for justice to be upheld in the Cremisan Valley, near Bethlehem in the Occupied State of Palestine where Israel, the occupying Power, plans to build its expansionist Wall on the land of 58 Palestinian Christian families, in total disrespect for the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice and the resolutions of the United Nations and in grave breach of international law. [Read more…]
23 January 2014 – More Settlements in the West Bank and Missiles in the Gaza Strip Aggravate Tensions
Excellency,
I regret to inform you of the continuing turmoil and deterioration of the situation in the Occupied State of Palestine due to illegal and provocative policies that continue to be pursued by Israel, the occupying Power. While serious peace efforts are being undertaken both regionally and internationally to achieve peace and to salvage the two-State solution, Israel instead continues to choose aggression and colonization. In fact, not a single day has passed since the resumption of peace talks in which the occupying Power has ceased its oppressive and destructive measures threatening to derail the peace talks and threatening to create an environment for violence to erupt and spiral out of control.
The latest spate of Israeli crimes took place yesterday, Wednesday, 22 January, in the Gaza Strip, an integral part of the State of Palestine, which remains under an oppressive, unlawful blockade. For the second time in a week, Israeli occupying forces launched military strikes against the Gaza Strip, firing a missile at a car carrying Ahmed Zaanin, 21 years old, and Mahmoud Zaanin, 23 years old, killing them both. We continue to condemn this illegal practice of extrajudicial executions repeatedly perpetrated by Israel, the occupying Power, and call for the international community to take measures to ensure accountability for such grave violations of international law and human rights law. [Read more…]
10 January 2014 – Israeli Settlement Activities and Settler Attacks Continue
Excellency,
At the start of this new year, I am compelled to convey again our serious concerns regarding the illegal Israeli settlement campaign in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which is gravely undermining the contiguity, unity and integrity of the land of the State of Palestine and threatening to make impossible the achievement of the two-State solution for peace on the basis of the pre-1967 borders. We are at critical juncture and believe that Israel’s continuing flagrant contempt for international law demands urgent attention and responsible action by the international community, aimed at compelling the occupying Power to end all such grave breaches and at salvaging the prospects for a peaceful solution. [Read more…]
30 December 2013 – Jordan Valley and Settlement Announcements
Excellency,
We bring to your urgent attention these consequential illegal actions by Israel, the occupying Power, which require the international community, particularly the Security Council, to speak with one voice in condemning and take the necessary actions to end these grave breaches of the law which threaten the achievement of peace through the two-State solution on the basis of the 1967 borders. If continued unabated these plans will make permanent an Apartheid regime consisting of one State with two segregated legal systems further threatening international peace and security. [Read more…]
24 December 2013 – Israel’s Latest Aggression Against the Gaza Strip
Excellency,
I regret to inform you that Israel, the occupying Power, is escalating its military campaign against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip, in grave breach of international law, including international humanitarian law, and the relevant provisions regarding the protection of civilians in armed conflict and the prohibition of reprisals and collective punishment against the civilian population under occupation. The intensification of Israel’s aggression against the Gaza Strip threatens to further destabilize the situation on the ground and to fully ignite yet another round of deadly violence. This demands the attention of the international community, particularly the Security Council, which is duty-bound to act to maintain international peace and security. [Read more…]
19 December 2013 – Killings in the West Bank
Excellency,
I regret to inform you of the continuing turmoil and deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, due to the illegal, provocative policies that continue to be pursued by Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people. Despite the fact that peace talks are underway, Israel continues to carry out grave violations of international law, ranging from the killing and injury of Palestinian civilians, military raids and mass arrests as well as continuation of its massive colonial settlement campaign throughout the Occupied State of Palestine. These actions represent a dangerous escalation that threatens to further destabilize the already-fragile situation and to thwart the current negotiations and serious international efforts being exerted to advance the achievement of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace. [Read more…]
10 December 2013 – Rising Tensions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Excellency,
We are compelled to draw your attention to the continuously rising tensions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – the territory constituting the State of Palestine.
The Israeli occupying forces continue to use excessive force against Palestinian civilians, including against children and including against peaceful demonstrators, causing death and injury and destruction of property. Moreover, Israel, the occupying Power, has been unrelenting in its pursuit of illegal colonization practices, with settlement and wall construction continuing unabated, and its imposition of collective punishment measures on the Palestinian people. The negative impact of such Israeli breaches on the situation on the ground is vast, as reflected in the rising tensions, the deteriorating socio-economic conditions, and the deepening pessimism vis-à-vis the potential for the success of the peace negotiations and the viability of the two-State solution. Day after day, rather than engendering trust and confidence in the political process, as Israel continues to raise serious doubts regarding its true intentions, undermining the process and compounding skepticism and anger among the Palestinian people. [Read more…]
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