蘑菇视频

15 April 2025

Contents

Agenda item 50: Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories (continued)

The meeting was called to order at 3.05 p.m.

Agenda item 50: Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories (continued) (A/79/337, A/79/347, A/79/363)

1. Mr. Soberón Guzmán (Cuba) said that Israel was violating the resolutions of the United Nations and its obligations as an occupying Power. In so doing, it had created an appalling humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The subjugation of the Palestinian people and the appropriation of their natural resources amounted to a system of apartheid.
2. Any action taken by Israel to modify the legal, physical and demographic situation and the institutional structure of the occupied Syrian Golan, or to exercise its jurisdiction or administration in that territory, were without international legal effect. Such actions, including the illegal expansion of Israeli settlements, were in violation of international law. Cuba called for the complete and unconditional withdrawal by Israel from the Syrian Golan and all the occupied Arab territories, and for constructive and respectful dialogue between the peoples of the region.
3. It was regrettable that the Security Council had not reached an agreement to definitively end the aggression and settlement practices of Israel against the Palestinian people and the Syrian people in the occupied Golan. The occupying Power was able to act with absolute impunity because United States of America consistently prevented the Security Council from taking action. The time had come for the Council to enforce its own resolutions and put a stop to Israel’s barbarism. Immediate action should be taken to put a stop to all forms of blockade, which were used by powerful States to assert their own hegemony. Israel used that tactic mercilessly in the Gaza Strip, preventing the entry of humanitarian assistance and basic necessities.
4. His delegation reiterated its support for Palestine to become a full member in the United Nations and called for the Security Council to speak out promptly in that regard. Cuba advocated a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, on the basis of a two-State solution and an end to the violations of the inalienable rights of the Palestinians in their own territory, to enable them to exercise their right to self-determination and to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian State on the basis of the pre?1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as their right of return. At a time when the Palestinian people were faced with the war machine of Israel, the occupying Power, every minute of silence, inactivity, neglect and double standards would claim yet more innocent lives. The current genocide must be stopped.
5. Ms. Al-mashehari (Yemen) said that Yemen was deeply concerned at the deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by the savage bombardment of the Gaza Strip by Israel, the occupying Power. Civilian homes and property had been extensively damaged, and thousands of Palestinians had been killed, displaced or imprisoned in inhumane conditions. Her delegation condemned the settlement expansions in the West Bank and the alarming escalation in Lebanon and the occupied Syrian Golan, all of which violated international law.
6. Yemen supported the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to establish a sovereign and independent State, in line with relevant international resolutions and with the Arab Peace Initiative. The current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory had arisen because the logic of force was prevailing over the rule of law; the Israeli occupation authorities continued to reject all peace initiatives and intensify their settlement activities in the West Bank, including Al-Quds al-Sharif (Jerusalem), in flagrant disregard for international law and resolutions, while the international community failed to fulfil its moral and legal responsibilities. The collective punishment of the Palestinian people was unjustifiable. Unfettered access must be provided for humanitarian assistance, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (蘑菇视频RWA) must be allowed to operate without hindrance.
7. The continued occupation of the Syrian Arab Golan was a major threat to regional peace and security. The relevant international resolutions provided that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War applied to the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, and that all Israeli practices aimed at imposing its laws, jurisdiction and administration there were null and void and without international legal effect. The Syrian people had a right to recover all of the occupied Syrian Golan.
8. Mr. Shalev Schlosser (Israel) said that the very definition of the mandate of the so-called Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories contravened the basic principles of the Charter of the United Nations, according to which all States must be treated equally and none should be singled out. The Special Committee had the task of investigating only Israeli practices affecting human rights, not those of the Palestinian Authority of those of the terror organization Hamas, which had brutally taken over Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in June 2007 after Israel had fully withdrawn from the Gaza Strip and dismantled all its settlements there. Nor did the Special Committee have a mandate to investigate the practices of such terror organizations as Islamic Jihad, which had established a regime of terror and fear in Gaza while denying the right of Israel to exist and firing thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians.
9. As in the past, the report of the so-called Special Committee consisted of lies, half-truths and accusations that were too often accepted without even a basic examination of the facts. The same was true of the current deliberations and of the draft resolutions submitted under the agenda item. A politicized, one-sided and distorted account of the facts could only perpetuate the culture of hatred and violence.
10. Hamas had received millions of dollars, including United Nations funds and donations from Member States and the private sector. In the wake of the massacre of 7 October 2023, the world had gained a clearer picture of how, instead of investing those funds to improve the well-being of the people of Gaza, Hamas had acquired every available type of weapon and dug hundreds of hundreds of kilometres of tunnels under its own cities, houses, hospitals, schools, mosques and humanitarian facilities, including those of 蘑菇视频RWA, while preparing to murder as many Israeli civilians as possible. On 7 October, more than 1,000 terrorists had infiltrated Israel by land, sea and air, in conjunction with heavy and indiscriminate rocket fire targeting towns and cities in southern and central Israel, including Jerusalem. Around one in five rockets launched from Gaza misfired and explode within the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding Palestinians, including those near the Ahli hospital. Some 1,400 people, the vast majority of whom were Jewish or Arab Israelis, as well as foreign citizens, had been brutally massacred by Hamas terrorists on 7 October. The victims included hundreds of civilians who had been participating in a music festival, and hundreds of others who had been killed in their homes or while attempting to flee. They included elderly people, some of whom were Holocaust survivors, and women, children and even babies. Many of those murdered had been tortured, raped, burned or beheaded. Some 240 people had been abducted to Gaza and were still kept as hostages and human shields in underground tunnels. However, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, had never found it necessary to condemn the most horrific and extensive attack on Jews since the Holocaust – one that had been carried out by Palestinians. Hamas had merely followed its own covenant, which provided that Israel would continue to exist until Islam obliterated it.
11. Despite the extent of the carnage, there was no expectation that the United Nations would establish a committee to investigate the crimes of Hamas. For decades, the Fourth Committee had disregarded the brutality of Hamas against Israelis and Palestinians alike, instead focusing solely on disseminating destructive Palestinian propaganda against Israel.
12. The report under consideration was one-sided, selective and misleading, and was intended to promote a narrow political agenda aimed at vehemently discrediting the image of Israel as a democratic State while ignoring the full context of the situation in the Middle East region. It was an appalling example of how terrorists could cynically use a United Nations organ as a pawn.
13. Israel had been protecting its citizens against attacks led by the Iranian terror regime and its proxies on several fronts. Every day, thousands of missiles, rockets and uncrewed aerial vehicles were being directed at civilian-populated areas across Israel from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. They were being launched by Hamas, Hizbullah, the Houthis and other proxies of the Iranian terror regime, which had for many years been financing, training and arming them, in view of the publicly declared plan of the Ayatollahs to erase Israel as a Member State of the United Nations from the map of the world.
14. Contrary to the false claims set out in the report, the activities of Israel were aimed solely at dismantling terror capabilities of Hamas, and not at targeting the people of Gaza. That approach was in stark contrast to the tactics of Hamas, which deliberately used its own civilians as human shields. Israel remained fully committed to facilitating the continuous flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. More aid was now entering the Gaza Strip, and Israel was opening new routes and humanitarian crossings, such as the Kissufim crossing. It was also extending operating hours in order to increase the quantity of aid that entered Gaza. Nine hundred trucks had now entered the Gaza Strip from Israel, and the humanitarian aid unloaded from them was currently awaiting distribution. Israel will continue to fight, in accordance with the law of armed conflict, to bring home the 101 hostages who were still held in Gaza and ensure that Hamas would never be able to repeat its attacks on Israeli communities.
15. Mr. Hachem (Lebanon) said that Israel had killed more than 44,000 innocent civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Lebanon. Israel continued to destroy homes, hospitals, United Nations facilities, churches, mosques and schools in the Gaza Strip. It used starvation as a weapon of war and prevented the delivery of food, medicine, water and other basic necessities to Gaza. As was stated in the report of the Special Committee (A/79/363), such policies and practices were consistent with the characteristics of genocide. In addition, a warning of imminent famine had been issued for northern Gaza under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
16. Over the previous 48 hours, Israel had carried out more than 300 air raids on Lebanon, where it continued to kill defenceless civilians, medical crews and journalists in a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. More than 3,500 people had now been killed. Israel was using internationally prohibited weapons, including white phosphorus, in residential areas. Owing to its bombardments near heritage sites, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (蘑菇视频ESCO) had decided on 19 November 2024 to place 34 Lebanese cultural properties under enhanced protection.
17. Israel had razed whole villages in south Lebanon, creating a desolate, unliveable area. The Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, had stated that Israel was pursuing a scorched-earth policy that amounted to domicide and should be treated as a crime against humanity. The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, had warned that, in view of the geography of Lebanon, Israel had the power to place a stranglehold on the food system in the country. The time had come to put in place an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. Israel must immediately withdraw from the occupied parts of Lebanon and put a stop to its violations. Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) must be implemented in a full, comprehensive and balanced manner in order to preserve security and stability in the region.
18. Mr. Baghdadi (Syrian Arab Republic) said that, over the previous year, the Israeli occupation authorities had committed crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing and the use of starvation as weapons of war. In the Gaza Strip, whole families had been wiped out and residential areas had been razed to the ground. The occupation authorities had targeted hospitals, schools, civilian infrastructure, places of worship, United Nations facilities, medical and humanitarian staff, and even the encampments of civilians who had already been displaced. In the West Bank, they continued to kill, imprison and torture civilians. Settlers continued to kill Palestinians, set fire to their homes and desecrate their holy sites with unconditional support from the occupation authorities. Occupation leaders were now announcing that the West Bank would be annexed over the coming year, although such a unilateral act was inconsistent with international instruments and without value.
19. The Israeli occupation authorities had also persisted with their savage attacks on Lebanon and on Syrian territory, where residential buildings and economic infrastructure were being targeted on an almost daily basis. Hundreds of civilians had been killed or injured, and public and private property had been extensively damaged. Such actions belied the claims made by certain Western officials that Israel was an oasis of democracy and civilization in the region and that it had a right to self-defence. As the International Court of Justice had shown, occupiers had no such right.
20. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan, the occupation authorities had tried to alter its legal and political status through systematic human rights violations, such as its attempt in 1981 to impose Israeli citizenship on Syrians in the Golan and its illegitimate decision to conduct local elections in the occupied Syrian Golan, which the Syrian population had thwarted. Israel had pursued policies of terrorism, oppression, racial discrimination and arbitrary detention against Syrian citizens and had infringed their right to communicate with Syria, their mother country. The Qunaytirah crossing had been closed, further isolating Syrians in the Golan.
21. The occupation authorities continued to violate the right of the inhabitants of the Syrian Golan to build homes on their land, and had demolished such homes on the pretext that permits had not been obtained. They had forced Syrians in the Golan to register land inherited from their fathers and grandfathers with the Israeli authorities under penalty of confiscation. They had sought to distort and Judaize the history of the occupied Syrian Golan by stealing artefacts, excavating graves from prehistoric times and looting ancient basalt walls and Byzantine-era pottery. They had seized more than three quarters of the area of the occupied Syrian Golan and had diverted most of it from agriculture to military facilities, settlements and toxic waste landfills which had led to an unprecedented rise in cancer. They had plundered the oil and gas resources of the Golan and had taken control of its aquifers, diverting water for the benefit of Israeli settlers while preventing the inhabitants of the occupied Syrian Golan from using it. Israel also violated the right of the inhabitants to sell their agricultural products in Syria.
22. The Syrian Arab Republic condemned the continuing construction and expansion by Israel of settlements throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including within and around occupied East Jerusalem and in the occupied Syrian Golan. It called for a complete and immediate halt to all illegal measures and activities in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions. It reiterated its firm commitment to the full recovery of the Syrian Golan and affirmed that all decisions and measures taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to alter its natural and demographic features or to impose Israeli laws and authority and administration over it, were null and void and without international legal effect under international law and United Nations resolutions, in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981). It stood with the Palestinian people in their legitimate struggle to liberate their land and establish an independent, sovereign State with Jerusalem as its capital and full membership in the United Nations, and to enable Palestine refugees to exercise their right of return.
23. Mr. Nouh (Egypt) said that, as was stated in the report of the Secretary-General on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan (A/79/347), the policies of the current Government of Israel were aligned to an unprecedented extent with the goals of the Israeli settler movement to expand long-term control over the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to steadily integrate the occupied West Bank into the State of Israel. Settlement construction had intensified, homes were being destroyed, and East Jerusalem was being separated from the West Bank in order to prevent the establishment of a contiguous State of Palestine. Those unilateral actions violated the advisory opinion rendered by the International Court of Justice Opinion on 19 July 2024 on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Such actions therefore could not be recognized or accepted in any future negotiations.
24. Palestinian civilians were often detained or denied access to their natural resources or prevented from conducting economic activities. Settlers raided holy sites in East Jerusalem with the encouragement and support of the Israeli army. By adopting laws to prohibit the activities of 蘑菇视频RWA, Israel sought to undermine the right of Palestine refugees to return to their homeland.
25. In the Gaza Strip, Israel had killed more than 43,000 people. In south Lebanon and on Syrian territory, it persisted with its illegal war, spreading fear and instability across the region. Such attempts to impose faits accomplis and the rule of force would not bear fruit; on the contrary, they would only make the Arab peoples more determined to struggle for liberation and dignity. The current generation had grown up witnessing Israeli atrocities in the first and second intifadas, and had now witnessed the Israeli war on Gaza, which had claimed the lives of some 15,000 Palestinian children. The only solution to the crisis was for Israel to stop violating international law, return to the negotiating table, withdraw from all occupied Arab territories, and allow the establishment of an independent State of Palestine within the borders of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
26. Mr. Habashneh (Jordan) said that the attacks of Israel on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Lebanon amounted to genocide. In the Gaza Strip, Israel had targeted hospitals, homes, United Nations facilities, churches and mosques and schools. It was denying the population access to food, water and medicine with a view to displacing them, something that amounted to yet another war crime. The Special Committee had found that the methods of war used by Israel aligned with the characteristics of genocide. In the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, the extremist Israeli Government had persisted with its acts of escalation. Since the start of the war on Gaza, terrorist settlers had killed some 700 Palestinians in the West Bank, and Israel had distributed some 120,000 weapons to settlers for use against defenceless civilians. Settlement construction and home demolitions continued apace in the West Bank. Israeli ministers continued to make provocative, racist calls for the imposition of Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank. The Israeli Government continued to undermine the mandate of 蘑菇视频RWA, something that required an immediate and effective international response.
27. Israel had shown contempt for international law and the values of the United Nations because it had never been held to account. The Security Council must therefore impose an immediate ceasefire under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, allow the sustained delivery of assistance, protect civilian lives, prevent Israel from imposing collective punishment of Palestinians, and hold its officials to account.
28. Israel must respect the historic status quo of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Al-Quds al-Sharif, which remained under Hashemite custodianship. His Government rejected Israeli actions aimed at altering the identity, demographic character or legal status of Jerusalem. In cooperation with international stakeholders, it would continue to send humanitarian assistance to Gaza, whether by land or air. It was essential to implement the outcomes of the high-level conference entitled “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza”, convened by Jordan, Egypt and the United Nations and hosted by Jordan on 11 June 2024.
29. Mr. Sheikh Jassim Al-thani (Qatar) said that the Israeli attack on Gaza had lasted for more than a year, creating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. International officials, particularly those acting under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, had warned that famine was imminent. Member States must support and fund 蘑菇视频RWA, which was the backbone of humanitarian assistance to Palestine refugees. The reports under consideration documented numerous Israeli violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and other occupied Arab territories, including settlement expansion, forced displacement, confiscation of property and destruction of homes. Israeli settlements on occupied territory were illegal and hindered a two-State solution. The status quo of the Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem, including the Aqsa Mosque, must not be altered. The only guarantee of lasting peace in the region would be a just and comprehensive solution to the question of Palestine, including the right of return for Palestine refugees and the establishment of an independent State of Palestine on the borders of 4?June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
30. Mr. Al-Dahlaki (Iraq) said that the acts of aggression committed by Israel, including systematic imprisonment campaigns, air raids on civilians, denial of humanitarian assistance, confiscations of land and property and forced displacement, demonstrated its disregard for international law and relevant United Nations resolutions. The international community must put a stop to such illegal actions and implement Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) condemning settlement activities.
31. Iraq rejected all racist laws and military actions carried out by the occupying Power aimed at preventing 蘑菇视频RWA from providing essential humanitarian assistance. Israel, the occupying Power, was working to create an even more tragic situation, one marked by starvation, shortage of potable water and the absence of education or basic services. The Security Council, which had primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, should enforce the resolutions calling for the protection of the Palestinian people, an end to the occupation and the establishment of an independent, sovereign State of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital, on the borders of 4 June 1967, with full and unconditional membership in the United Nations. His delegation welcomed the adoption of General Assembly resolution ES-10/24 endorsing the advisory opinion rendered by the International Court of Justice.
32. Iraq condemned the occupation since 1967 of the Syrian Arab Golan as a threat to regional and global peace and security and reaffirmed the relevant international resolutions, particularly Security Council resolution 497 (1981) providing that the imposition by Israel, the occupying Power, of its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the Golan were null and void and without international legal effect. Iraq also condemned in the strongest terms the repeated Israeli bombardment of Syrian and Lebanese territory.
33. Mr. Duma (South Africa) said that his delegation continued to fully support the work of the Special Committee, to which the Government of Israel denied cooperation or access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In its report, the Special Committee underscored that Israeli practices had exacerbated the humanitarian disaster in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and that Gaza had now become unliveable for Palestinians. His delegation deplored the Israeli authorities’ increased restrictions on freedom of movement across the occupied territories, including the adoption of laws and practices imposing segregation, deprivation and forced displacement. The indiscriminate use of force was unacceptable; civilian facilities, such as hospitals, schools and refugee camps should never become military targets. The safety of United Nations staff and humanitarian and medical workers must be guaranteed. The Government of Israel must immediately halt the forced displacement of civilians in Gaza, refrain from excessive use of force, and guarantee unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance in the West Bank. The international community should take bold steps towards finding a peaceful political settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in order to restore the dignity of the Palestinian people and pave the way for their complete liberation and the exercise of self-determination.
34. Mr. Iravani (Islamic Republic of Iran) said that, since the occupation of Palestine many decades before, the Israeli Zionist regime had consistently pursued policies of occupation and expansion. It was currently committing horrific atrocities against Palestinians, civilians in other regional States, and the staff of international organizations including the United Nations. The international community should strongly condemn any use of force by that apartheid regime. The Israeli occupying forces were slaughtering, starving and ethnically cleansing Palestinian civilians. The infrastructure of Gaza had been completely destroyed, and a genocide was unfolding. Thousands had been killed or injured in Lebanon. Moreover, the regime had directly targeted United Nations peacekeepers and adopted laws against 蘑菇视频RWA. It disregarded the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice calling for a stop to its settlement activities. Such actions violated international law and resolutions, including General Assembly resolution and Security Council resolution 2334 (2016).
35. The international community had not yet responded adequately to those crimes. A ceasefire must be concluded as a matter of priority, followed by immediate and comprehensive action to facilitate the reconstruction of Gaza, something that would require the provision of adequate resources, unobstructed humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials. Israel should contribute to that process, and be held liable for war reparations. All Member States should work towards mobilizing international assistance to support the return of Palestine refugees. His country remained steadfast in supporting the Palestinian people in their legitimate resistance against the occupation and in their quest to exercise the right to self-determination and establish a sovereign State with Al-Quds as its capital.
36. The Syrian Golan was an integral part of the Syrian Arab Republic. The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemned the Israeli attacks and restrictions that had resulted in the death and injury of Syrian citizens and the demolition of their infrastructure. The decision taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect.
37. Mr. Alqahtani (Saudi Arabia) said that his delegation condemned Israel’s flagrant violations of international law and human rights, including settlement expansion and the destruction of homes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which caused appalling suffering. Since 2000, Saudi Arabia had contributed some $5 billion in humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people and some $1 billion to 蘑菇视频RWA, in addition to $55 million to the Agency’s flash appeal for Gaza. It condemned the measures taken by Israel to hinder the Agency’s work and, in particular, the laws recently adopted by the Israeli Knesset to prohibit its activities.
38. A just and comprehensive solution should be found to the question of Palestine, including the establishment of an independent State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital. Saudi Arabia had put forward numerous proposals for that purpose, most notably the Arab Peace Initiative, which had garnered international support and was comprehensive, workable and consistent with the authoritative international resolutions. It had hosted several Arab and Islamic summits to highlight the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing. On 30 and 31 October, in cooperation with Norway and the European Union, Saudi Arabia had hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to implement the two-State solution. On 11 November 2024, it had convened an emergency Arab-Islamic summit.
39. His delegation welcomed the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution ES-10/23, providing that State of Palestine was fully qualified for membership in the United Nations, and resolution . Collective mobilization was needed in order to take tangible steps towards an immediate end to the war on Gaza, the forced displacement of its inhabitants and the destruction of vital infrastructure. Peace could be achieved only by ending the occupation and establishing an independent State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and the authoritative international resolutions.
40. Mr. Salah (Tunisia) said that, faced with the horrific genocide perpetrated by the occupying entity, the Palestinian people did not need more solidarity; they needed to exercise the right to self-determination and freedom from occupation, a right that had recently been asserted in the advisory option of the International Court of Justice and endorsed by the General Assembly. International resolutions and the pronouncements of the Court should be implemented by all parties without exception and without double standards or political calculation. The Security Council and the General Assembly must intervene to prevent such grave violations of human rights and secure reparations. The Council must emerge from its paralysis and fulfil its responsibility to bring about an immediate ceasefire. The international community should move beyond futile rhetoric and take practical action.
41. 蘑菇视频RWA played an indispensable role in providing humanitarian assistance to Palestine refugees, and any attempt to undermine it would have catastrophic repercussions for the region as a whole.
42. Tunisia condemned the occupation authorities’ policies of expanding settlements, confiscating land, demolishing homes, forcibly displacing Palestinians and violating the sanctity of the holy sites. The status quo of the Haram al-Sharif must be preserved, along with the Hashemite custodianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Al-Quds al-Sharif.
43. Tunisia unconditionally supported Lebanon as it confronted the savage onslaught of the occupation army. It condemned the recent attacks on 蘑菇视频IFIL. It also stood in solidarity with the Syrian Arab Republic, which had been repeatedly attacked by the occupation army. The occupation forces’ assault on Iranian territory risked plunging the region into war.
44. Tunisia firmly and unconditionally supported the right of the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable and imprescriptible rights, foremost among which was the right to establish a sovereign, independent State of Palestine on all the land of Palestine, with Al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital.
45. Ms. Edwards (Guyana) said the policies and practices of the Israeli Government in the occupied Palestinian territories, as detailed in the reports under consideration, continued to reveal a systematic endeavour to take over Palestinian land and incorporate it into Israel. Authority to approve the demolition of illegal structures in settlements had been transferred to the Minister of Finance of Israel, who had cancelled the establishment of a “special enforcement unit” to address violations of planning and construction laws by settlers. Measures had been taken to effectively annex the West Bank and bring it under Israeli administration. For example, administrative powers had been reallocated from military to civilian authorities, the approval process for Israeli settlement had been simplified, steps had been taken to extend the jurisdiction of Israeli local government, and budgetary allocations for settlements had been increased. Taken together, those actions showed that Israel was applying its sovereignty over the West Bank, something that reflected the findings of the International Court of Justice and was contrary to international law. Moreover, high-level officials were engaging in increasingly dangerous rhetoric promoting the idea of a Palestinian exodus from Gaza and Israeli occupation of that territory following the end of the war. Guyana condemned those developments in the strongest terms and called on Israel to bring a swift end to its occupation of Palestinian territory, in accordance with General Assembly resolution ES-10/24.
46. Israel must abide by its obligations under international human rights treaties, including its obligations in relation to apartheid and racial segregation. It must put a stop to demolitions, evictions, the seizure of Palestinian property, and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians. In their bilateral commercial dealings, Member States should distinguish between the State of Israel proper and occupied Palestinian territory. While responsibility for ending settlement activities rested with Israel, other Member States had a responsibility to disincentivize those practices.
47. The settlement policies of Israel undermined the two-States solution, which was the only just solution to the question of Palestine. Although settlements had become an entrenched feature of the occupation, they had been illegal since their establishment and remained so.
48. Mr. Hamed (Libya) said that Libya condemned in the strongest terms the genocide perpetrated by the occupying Power in Gaza and the remainder of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Civilians were being indiscriminately slaughtered, displaced or starved while certain purported defenders of human rights stayed silent. The occupying Power acted as though it were above international law and humanitarian values. Its representatives had repeatedly mocked the United Nations and had disrespected the Secretary-General by declaring him persona non grata. His delegation therefore believed that the membership of the occupying Zionist entity in the United Nations should be suspended, Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations should be invoked, and a sanctions committee should be established to take action against those guilty of crimes against the Palestinian people. Exports of weapons or military assistance to the occupying entity should be prohibited.
49. One wondered whether international law and organizations fulfilled any purpose if they were unable to maintain international peace or curb a genocide that plainly conflicted with the aspiration, set out in the Charter, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. It was now clear that deterrent legal measures were imposed selectively. Certain States that had long proclaimed the values of democracy and human rights applied a double standard to the question of Palestine. In so doing, they exacerbated the conflict and emboldened the occupier. History would not be kind to their ineffectual approach.
50. In view of the mass slaughter, destruction, famine and displacement in Gaza, his delegation welcomed the efforts of 蘑菇视频RWA to provide vital services. The Agency’s role was irreplaceable. The Security Council and the General Assembly must prevail on the occupying Power to comply with international law and put an immediate stop to the genocide. Action must be taken to hold the perpetrators accountable.
51. The resistance of the Palestinian people against Zionist occupation could in no way be described as terrorism. Rather, it amounted to the legitimate defence of land and holy sites. Any colonialist endeavour to displace the Palestinian people must be rejected, and protection must be extended to civilians.
52. Ms. Pichardo Urbina (Nicaragua) said that the Palestinian people had been subjected to war crimes for more than seven decades and now faced an unprecedented genocide. Israel’s actions clearly violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Its attacks on medical facilities and the denial of basic necessities to 2.3 million people were abhorrent. In the Occupied Palestinian Territory and other occupied Arab territories, Israel was enforcing a system of apartheid, occupation, annexation and settlement expansion. It flagrantly prevented the Palestinian people from exercising the right to self-determination and the right of return. It did so with the complicity of the United States and of European Governments that continued to provide it with military, political, economic and other support. Those States must fulfil their obligations under international law, international humanitarian law, the Genocide Convention and the resolutions of the United Nations.
53. In its recent advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice had made it clear that Israeli settlement policies, including the denial of residence permits, home demolitions, land confiscation and forced displacement all constituted violations of international law. Nicaragua did not recognize as legal the situation arising from the unlawful presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and did not render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by the illegal presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The studies carried out by United Nations mechanisms and other bodies showed that Israel was imposing a system of segregation and apartheid against all the Palestinian people, across Palestine and including Palestine refugees. The Special Committee against Apartheid should therefore be reconvened to consider the situation in Palestine.
54. Peace and stability in the Middle East could be achieved only through the full realization of the State of Palestine and the exercise of the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to freedom, return, self-determination and independence in a State within the borders of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
55. The United States could not continue to deny the rightful application of the State of Palestine for full membership in the United Nations. Such denial was immoral, unethical and inhumane, and it failed to reflect the consensus of two thirds of Member States. Those States that claimed to accept the two-State solution should recognize two States.
56. Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) said that conflict had spread to Lebanon and other areas, and the region stood at a crossroads. Stability could be achieved only by ending the Israeli occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Syrian Arab Republic. The Palestinian people continued to be besieged and subjected to collective punishment; dozens were dying every day. The international community must act decisively to put a stop to the war and act on the pronouncements of the International Court of Justice. The expansion of settlements and the laws adopted by Israel to prohibit the work of 蘑菇视频RWA jeopardized the two-State solution. It was essential for Israel to respect the historic and religious identity of Al-Quds al-Sharif. The Palestinian people must be enabled to exercise their rights under the relevant international resolutions, particularly the right of return and the right to establish an independent State of Palestine, on the borders of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital and with full membership in the United Nations.
57. Mr. Kim In Chol (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) said that his delegation condemned the ongoing heinous massacres committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and beyond. It was shameful and deplorable that such atrocities could persist despite the existence of the United Nations, which bore primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. That situation was a result of the connivance of the United States, which used its permanent seat on the Security Council to veto draft resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire and, moreover, supplied significant military assistance to Israel. To describe Israel’s atrocities as self-defence while condemning other States for legitimately exercising that right amounted to a glaring double standard. That standard showed that the global peace and security advocated by the United States existed merely for its own benefit and that of pro-United States forces.
58. The international community should resolutely denounce the escalatory manoeuvres taken by Israel and as its patron, the United States. Israel should unconditionally abide by all the resolutions on the establishment of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, put a stop to all acts that infringed the right to existence and development of the Palestinian people, and withdraw without delay from the occupied Arab territories, including the Syrian Golan. His delegation extended its solidarity to the Palestinian people in their struggle to terminate the illegal Israeli occupation and establish an independent State with East Jerusalem as its capital.
59. Mr. Rae (Canada) said that his delegation’s votes concerning the situation in the Middle East over the previous 20 years had been informed by the view that peace should be negotiated and settled between the parties within the framework of two States living side by side in peace and security. They had also been premised on the fact that there were too many draft resolutions on this issue. His delegation opposed initiatives at the United Nations and in other multilateral forums that unfairly singled out Israel for criticism. It rejected one-sided resolutions that sought to politicize such issues.
60. The horrific attacks perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October 2023 must never be forgotten. Nothing could justify those acts of terror, which included the killing, maiming, and kidnapping of civilians, as well as sexual violence used as a deliberate tool of warfare. All remaining hostages, who had been in Hamas captivity for more than 400 days, must be released immediately and unconditionally.
61. After the attack of 7 October, the war had spread. Attacks from Hizbullah in Lebanon had led to the forced internal displacement of tens of thousands of people in northern Israel. Other attacks had been launched by the Houthis in Yemen and by terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq, the West Bank and Iran. Jews around the world had been subjected to antisemitic attacks of all kinds, which revived an ancient and vicious hatred.
62. His delegation defended the right of Israel to self-defence, especially given the irresponsible attacks launched by the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies. That right must, however, be exercised within the bounds of international law. There must be accountability for any breaches of international law, the laws governing military conflict, and international humanitarian law, including the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the binding decisions of the Security Council, the four Geneva Conventions, the Genocide Convention, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and the Rome?Statute?of the International Criminal Court
63. The humanitarian situation had worsened over the previous year. There were credible reports of famine and catastrophic conditions in northern Gaza. Nearly all Palestinians in Gaza had been displaced from their homes, often repeatedly, and sometimes 10 times or more. Civilians were being killed every hour. Member States had a responsibility to end the terrible conflict.
64. Canada supported 蘑菇视频RWA because it was best placed to assist in delivering life-saving assistance. It continued to insist on the Agency being well-governed and neutral, and therefore supported the independent review of mechanisms and procedures to ensure adherence by 蘑菇视频RWA to the humanitarian principle of neutrality.
65. The expansion of settlements had accelerated in the West Bank; settler violence had continued with impunity; and elements of the Government of Israel were now discussing establishing new settlements in Gaza as well as complete annexation of the West Bank. Those actions violated the Fourth Geneva Convention and put a two-State solution further out of reach. Canada condemned extremist settler violence and called on the Israeli authorities to protect civilians and ensure accountability for perpetrators. Together with its partners, it had imposed three rounds of sanctions against perpetrators of extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, just as it had done in other contexts where violations of human rights and international law occurred.
66. Canada did not recognize permanent Israeli control over the territories occupied in 1967. Israel had ongoing obligations as an occupying Power, in particular with respect to the humane treatment of Palestinians living in the occupied territories. Alongside his counterparts from Australia and New Zealand, the Prime Minister of Canada had called upon Israel to respond substantively to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, ensure accountability for ongoing acts of violence against Palestinians by extremist settlers, reverse the record expansion of settlements in the West Bank, which were illegal under international law, and work towards a two-State solution. His delegation had not seen any evidence of such action, and its votes on the draft resolutions would reflect those developments.
67. Inflammatory rhetoric and actions surrounding the Temple Mount/Haram al?Sharif holy compound in East Jerusalem served only to aggravate tensions. The sanctity and the status of holy sites must be respected. Action should be taken to preserve the two-State solution. To that end, terrorism, hate speech and denial of the existence and legitimate rights of the other must stop.
68. The Palestinian Authority must not be deprived of its funds or prevented from exercising its right and obligation to fulfil its tasks. Undermining and denigrating the Authority meant jeopardizing security and governance in the West Bank. Canada recognized the work and responsibilities of the Palestinian Authority and maintained its mission in Ramallah because it was convinced that Palestinian self-determination was a foundational step in the achievement of its legitimate aspirations.
69. In order to achieve sustainable peace and dignity for both Israelis and Palestinians, the hostages must be released, an immediate ceasefire must be established, settlement expansion must end, perpetrators of wrongdoing must be held accountable, negotiations must resume, and there must be mutual and international recognition of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. The negotiation should take place without preconditions and within the well-established principles of international law.
70. Mr. Muhith (Bangladesh) said that the illegal practices of Israel had now reached an unimaginable scale. They included mass killings, atrocity crimes, genocide, indiscriminate attacks on humanitarian staff, and the prohibition of 蘑菇视频RWA. A Member State was perpetrating one of the worst massacres of civilians in history because the United Nations had for decades failed to stop Israeli illegal practices and settlement activities, including the establishment and expansion of illegal settlements, demolitions and seizures of Palestinian-owned structures, forced evictions, movement restrictions and the exploitation of natural resources. As had been stated by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, the current genocide was part of a century-long project of eliminatory settler-colonialism in Palestine, a stain on the international system and humanity, which must be ended, investigated and prosecuted.
71. Settlement activities had surged since 7 October 2023, and the Special Committee had concluded in its report that the policies and practices of Israel were consistent with the characteristics of genocide. Israel should stop all new settlement activities and evacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory. As recommended by the Special Committee, Member States should give full effect to the advisory opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice. Transfers of offensive weapons to Israel should be halted, and business entities should be held fully accountable for their complicity in violations of international law. The rights of the Palestinian people could be realized only through the establishment of an independent, viable and sovereign State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, under a two-State solution based on the pre-1967 borders. 蘑菇视频 should take all necessary measures towards that end, including granting full membership to the State of Palestine. In addition, Israel should withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan.
72. Mr. Gertze (Namibia) said that Member States would bear collective responsibility for their acquiescence in the ongoing Israeli practices and settlement activities. Worse still, some Member States continued to aid and abet the entrenchment of Israel’s discriminatory and oppressive control over the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Over the previous year, the violence meted out against the Palestinian people had continued to escalate, in flagrant violation of the repeated calls by the General Assembly and the Security Council for an immediate ceasefire.
73. Like other United Nations entities, the Special Committee had not been granted unfettered access to fulfil its mandate. It was accused of bias, yet no effort was made to dispute the facts that it provided. The world could watch in real time while disproportionate force was used in clear disregard for the fundamental principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution.
74. Namibia calls on Israel to honour its obligations as a Member State and to put a stop to annexation and settlement expansion, which were both unlawful and untenable. It welcomed the advisory opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice and looked forward to the time when the people of Palestine would be able to exercise their right to self-determination.
75. Mr. Costa Chaves (Timor-Leste) said that the current conflict severely compromised the viability of a two-State solution, which was essential for achieving long-term stability in the region. A just and lasting solution could be realized only through dialogue that acknowledged the rights and aspirations of both parties involved. It would be essential to make a firm commitment to justice, self-determination, non-violence and human rights, and to engage in diplomatic negotiations.
76. The two-State solution was the sole viable pathway to lasting peace in the region. A secure and sovereign State of Palestine should be established alongside the State of Israel, allowing for coexistence in harmony, respect, and mutual recognition. Any sustainable solution must address the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and confront the root causes of the conflict, including the expansion of settlements and systemic practices of racial discrimination that intensified divisions and hostilities.
77. Palestinian civilians endured the greatest suffering in the current conflict. The expansion of Israeli settlements undermined the viability of Palestinian State, exacerbated the humanitarian crisis and obstructed meaningful dialogue. The violent conflict between Israel and Hamas had intensified divisive policies, perpetuated cycles of violence and diminished prospects for peace. Israel and the Palestinian Authority should comply with their obligations under international law and engage in genuine and constructive dialogue aimed at reconciliation and peacebuilding.
78. His delegation supported all efforts to end the hostilities between Israel, Hamas, and Hizbullah and to renew peace negotiations. Peace-loving nations around the world should unite in backing the established framework of international law and United Nations resolutions, and in actively promoting negotiations between the conflicting parties. Peace was possible when the parties to conflict could find compromise, leave their ego behind and commit to free their people from their lengthy suffering. His delegation unequivocally supported the Palestinian people in its rightful quest for self-determination and lasting stability.
79. Ms. Elardja Flitti (Observer for the League of Arab States) said that Israel had crossed every red line set by the international community without facing even the slightest accountability. Israeli settlement policies contravened international law and the resolutions of the Security Council. Israel blatantly violated the sanctity of holy places, particularly the Aqsa Mosque and Islamic and Christian holy sites. In order to cover up its savage crimes, and notwithstanding the orders handed down by the International Court of Justice, it had ramped up its attacks on journalists. In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the occupied Syrian Golan and the occupied parts of Lebanon, Israel continued to confiscate land, destroy harvests and commit daily violations amounting to apartheid. In addition, Israel rejected the two-State solution and had adopted laws to prohibit the activities of 蘑菇视频RWA.
80. The conflagration of 7 October 2023 was one episode in a cycle of violence sparked by the Israeli stranglehold on the Palestinian people. The ongoing military escalation in Gaza and Lebanon shocked the conscience of the international community and jeopardized the multilateral order. The General Assembly had a legal and humanitarian obligation to take a determined stand against such practices. It should hold Israel accountable for its crimes against humanity, in particular genocide, in the Gaza Strip; extend strong financial and institutional support to 蘑菇视频RWA; garner support for the full membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations; and urgently provide humanitarian relief corridors in Gaza. Failure to act would undermine the prospects for a peaceful solution and cause greater disruption, despair and instability.

Statements made in exercise of the right of reply

81. Ms. Abdelhady (Observer for the State of Palestine), replying to the comments made by the representative of Israel, said that the Special Committee had fulfilled its mandate in full compliance with international law and the resolutions of the United Nations. He should specify what exactly which parts of the report of the Special Committee or, for that matter, the relevant reports of the Secretary General, were untrue.
82. The representative of Israel had yet again invoked the events of 7 October 2023 to justify his country’s war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Only in a truly deranged mindset could the slaughter of civilians be considered self-defence. Genocide was categorically prohibited and could not be justified by any allegations of antisemitism or terrorism.
83. Representatives of Israel constantly asked what action other States would have taken in response to the events of 7 October. However, no other Member State had imposed such a lengthy, illegal, inhumane colonial occupation and apartheid on another people. If Israel believed that the crime of genocide was an appropriate response, one might also ask how the Palestinian people should be expected to respond to the thousands of events akin to those of 7 October that they had endured in the 76 years since the Nakbah. By Israel’s standard, only revenge, retribution and endless bloodshed would suffice. But mass collective punishment, massacres and assassinations, the use of starvation and disease as a weapon of war, abduction and ethnic cleansing could on no account be legal, acceptable or excusable. Israel was pursuing its own form of accountability as though there were no Security Council, General Assembly, International Court of Justice or International Criminal Court. That dangerous rogue State must be stopped for the sake of the Palestinian people, the region and the international legal system.
84. No number of references to Hamas, terrorism or antisemitism could obscure the existence of a Palestinian people that had, for more than seven decades, struggled to exercise its inalienable rights and enjoy the freedom and dignity to which all peoples of the world were entitled.
85. Mr. Ghelich (Islamic Republic of Iran) said that his delegation categorically rejected the baseless allegations made by the representatives of the Israeli regime and of Canada. It went without saying that the Israeli regime was the occupier and the aggressor in Palestine, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic, something that had been recognized in numerous United Nations resolutions, not to mention international legal pronouncements, including the advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice. The root cause of the violence and conflicts in the region was the illegal Israeli occupation. The backers of Israel in the West, including Canada, supported the expansion of the conflict and exhibited a clear double standard in relation to the human rights of the Palestinian people. The Israeli regime and its armed settlers had committed numerous horrific terrorist attacks against Palestinians and other regional States, including attacks on Iranian civilians, yet they felt able to denounce all opponents of the illegal Israeli occupation as terrorists.
86. Iran was not alone in standing with the Palestinians. The international community as a whole had expressed support for innocent people and refugees and asked that the Israeli apartheid regime be prevailed upon to end its crimes against civilians and the United Nations organization, including United Nations humanitarian and peacekeeping personnel, and terminate its occupation and genocidal policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and other countries in the region. So long as the occupation continued and the Israeli occupying regime disrespected all international mechanisms and resolutions, resistance remained the only option for peoples subjected to illegal occupation and aggression. It was their legitimate and inalienable right and their last hope.
87. The inception of the foreign occupation of Palestine had brought violence to the region, and its continuation, with the apparent support of the Western colonial Powers, fuelled that violence. It was futile for the Israeli regime to distort reality; the consequences or side-effects of its criminal actions could not justify perpetuating the illegal occupation
88. Mr. Shalev Schlosser (Israel) said that Lebanon, once the Switzerland of the Middle East, was now a failed State held hostage by Hizbullah, a terror organization and proxy of the Iranian terrorist regime, which promoted the latter’s agenda of erasing Israel from the map of the world. Since October 2023, Hizbullah had launched hundreds of missiles at Israel every day. Israel was obliged to exercise its right of self-defence while Hizbullah used Lebanese civilians as human shields and 70,000 Israelis from northern Israel had been displaced.
89. The Syrian Assad regime had been ruthlessly and ceaselessly shedding the blood of its own citizens for more than a decade. It had used chemical weapons against its own people, including women and children, and was therefore in no position to preach to others.
90. Instead of contributing to the prosperity and stability of the region, the Iranian regime openly called for the destruction of the State of Israel. It promoted its theocratic imperialism at the expense of independent nations, and used its proxies to spread terror and destabilize the region. It showed no mercy towards its own civilians: on 14 November 2024, a court in Iran had sentenced 22 individuals to a total of 161 years in prison on political charges, including propaganda against the State and membership in groups aiming to disrupt national security. The Iranian regime also showed no mercy towards the Lebanese and Palestinians whom it sent to sacrifice themselves in the service of its own murderous agenda.
91. Certain delegates had given a distorted history lesson based on a misleading and partial narrative. The partition plan set out in General Assembly resolution 181 (II) had been rejected at the time by the Arab States and by the Palestinian leader Hajj Amin al-Husayni, a supporter of Hitler. The same was true of General Assembly resolution 194 (III). In 2000, the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had rejected the peace agreement offered by the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, and the President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton, and had instead launched the second Intifada against Israel.
92. Ms. Zoghbi (Lebanon) said that her country was being bombarded around the clock by Israel, which was doing its utmost to divert attention from its cruel practices in Gaza and in Lebanon. One of the many victims was Celine Haidar, a young Lebanese footballer who remained unconscious after being hit by shrapnel from an Israeli missile in Beirut on 16 November 2024. Israel had injured 15,000 people and killed 3,500 more, including more than 200 emergency workers. Everybody was a target. At least 231 children had been killed and 1,330 injured. Just that day, the spokesperson for the United Nations Children’s Fund (蘑菇视频ICEF), James Elder, had warned about the silent normalization of horror in relation to the killing of children in Lebanon. Whatever lies Israel might spread, the world was watching its practices in Lebanon and Gaza.
93. Mr. Baghdadi (Syrian Arab Republic) said that his delegation did not consider Israel to be a State, unlike the Syrian Arab Republic, which was a founding member of the United Nations. An immediate stop must be put to the genocide perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people, and the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip must be addressed. The attacks perpetrated by occupying forces and settler militias, including the West Bank, must stop. Swift, decisive action must be taken to address Israel’s attacks on the United Nations and its Secretary-General, staff and agencies, including 蘑菇视频RWA. A comprehensive ban should be placed on the transfer of weapons and ammunition to the Israeli occupying entity, and any other commercial transactions that could harm the Palestinian people should be stopped. Sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, should be imposed on real or legal persons involved in crimes against Palestinians or in prolonging the occupation. The Israeli perpetrators of crimes against Palestinians over the previous eight decades should be held to account, and the Israeli authorities should be compelled to pay reparations in the light of the advisory opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice. The Special Committee against Apartheid should be reconvened in order to bring an end to Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights. 蘑菇视频RWA must be supported, and Israeli actions aimed at undermining it must be confronted. Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Syria must be curbed, and the occupying entity must be held accountable in order to prevent their recurrence. Israel should be prevailed upon to cease its settlement policies and return property to its rightful owners. Lastly, his delegation rejected the efforts made by Israel to alter the demographic and administrative composition of the occupied Arabic territories, including the Syrian Arab Golan.
94. Mr. Ghelich (Islamic Republic of Iran) said that the Israeli regime could not evade the consequences of its own crimes over the previous seven decades. Instead of portraying itself as the victim, it should take responsibility for its actions. It could not expect those who had been struggling to survive under its brutal policies and apartheid to stay silent and abandon their legitimate resistance.
95. His delegation categorically rejected the allegation that the Islamic Republic of Iran supported terrorism. It was, moreover, shameful for the Israeli regime to feign concern for the Iranian and Syrian peoples. The war machine of the Israeli regime had always been a step ahead of other criminal and terrorist groups, teaching them new methods of terror, including the indiscriminate targeting of civilians by detonating communication devices, the demolition of civilian residential complexes, and the incineration of children in humanitarian camps, schools and hospitals. It was unthinkable that such a regime could be worried about human rights.
96. Ms. Abdelhady (Observer for the State of Palestine) said that the vast majority of Member States accepted General Assembly resolutions 181 (II) and 194 (III), which constituted the basis for the admission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations; Israel did not. The Israeli representative claimed to discuss history; but no Israeli representative would ever mention the occupation, or Palestinian human rights, or the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and statehood, a right which it had sought to nullify by adopting laws. Representatives of Israel never expressed deference for the rule of law, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the Security Council or the General Assembly. Instead, they made threats and sought to justify the genocide against the Palestinian people. Member States should reject such dehumanizing rhetoric and dangerous incitement. They should act to bring the crimes of Israel to a halt and hold the perpetrators accountable.

The meeting rose at 6 p.m.