Members of the UN safety Council They criticized Wednesday, December 18th, the Jews' establishment of illegal settlements and another violent actions on the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The UN one more time condemned illegal judaic settlements. Khaled Khiari, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations for the mediate East, Asia and Pacific, informed the safety Council of "the continued expansion of Israeli settlements close the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem". He added that "In Gaza, the ceasefire is long overdue".
– The continued collective punishment of the Palestinian people is unjustified. The continued bombing of Gaza by Israeli forces, the increased number of civilian casualties, the mass demolition of Palestinian neighborhoods and the worsening of the humanitarian situation are frightening. – he said.
Expressing his deep concern about the continued illegal expansion of Israeli settlers, Khiari besides stated that this fueled tensions and hindered the anticipation of a "independent, democratic, coherent and sovereign Palestinian state". – I repeat that all Israeli settlements on the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have no legal power and constitute a gross violation of global law and UN resolution – he said.
British MP James Kariuki pointed out "shocking increase in acute malnutrition in children" in the Gaza Strip and said: – Gaza presently has the highest number of children after amputations per capita in the world.
By calling on Israel to do more to defend civilians and respect global commitments, Kariuki stated: "The United Kingdom calls on Israel to halt settlement expansion in Palestinian lands, which is illegal under global law, as well as to hold criminally violent settlers responsible. Israel should not tolerate continued instability and force by settlers in the West Bank. This culture of impunity must end.
On the another hand, the Swiss representative, Pascale Baeriswyl, condemned the famine among the people of Gaza, whose usage as a method of conducting war constitutes a war crime under the Statute of the Roman global Criminal Court. She demanded an immediate ceasefire and condemned the statements of Israeli officials who announced the expansion of illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
Russian envoy, Vasily Nebenzia, noted multiple veto of the United States against a resolution on ceasefire in the safety Council and stated that the reason is "ensure Israel with certain impunity that the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip can continue, and so that the lives of the hostages will proceed to be at risk." Describing Israel's actions on the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem as "illegal", he stated that they were besides violating the applicable resolutions of the safety Council and General Assembly.
– We are peculiarly afraid about Israeli officials' statements regarding the forced change in Gaza's demographic structure to recolonise the Zone – he said.
China's deputy envoy, Geng Shuang, called on the Council to usage all available options and take all essential measures to end the conflict in Gaza and to call on a “appropriate country” not to block the Council's action anymore. Of course, he referred to the judaic vassal, or United States.
Geng demanded of Israel "the immediate cessation of military activities in the Gaza Strip, the fulfilment of obligations under global humanitarian law, the abolition of the Gaza blockade and the restrictions on access to humanitarian aid".
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