Video Infoblog: Palestine Seeks Accountability Of Israel's Criminal Policies At UNSC | Dawn News English

2 Aug 2024 #ismailhaniyeh #dawnnews #hamas

Palestinian ambassador condemned killing of Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh at UNSC Meeting.

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appreciation for your skilled leadership

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of the council in these critical

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times we also thank under Secretary

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General De Carlo for her

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briefing Mr President it has been nearly

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300 days since Israel launched its

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genocidal war on the Palestinian people

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in the Gaza Strip a war that has Gravely

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breached all tenants of international

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humanitarian and human rights law a war

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that has flagrantly violated

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the UN

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Charter including the Cardinal principle

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regarding the sovereignty and

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territorial Integrity of States a war

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that threatens International Peace and

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security yet Israel is being permitted

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to wage this war in broad daylight with

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no restraints and no

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consequences it is doing so willfully

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and wanly in spite of this security

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council's resolutions in spite of the CJ

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provisional measures orders in spite of

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the global demands for a

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ceasefire and still the council is

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failing its duty to impose a ceasefire

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and bring a halt to this

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depravity Every Day brings more horror

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loss and suffering for our people as

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Israeli occupying forces Massacre

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Palestinian civilians assassinate

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officials kill humanitarian workers

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medical personnel and journalists abduct

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civilians and torture and rape them in

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Israeli jails bomb and Destroy

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Palestinian homes and

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infrastructure and attack un premises

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including unrest schools Sheltering

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millions of forcibly displaced civilians

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who are being deliberately starved and

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denied access to Medical Care and the

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most basic needs for human subsistence

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and dignity

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by an occupier mercilessly chasing and

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hunting them down repeatedly displacing

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them as they desperately search for

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safety in a place where no one and

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nowhere is safe it is not only a

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catastrophic humanitarian crisis it is

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an existential

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crisis and today yet another Palestinian

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official has been assassinated by

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Israel as pronounced by Palestinian

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president Mahmud Abbas the Palestinian

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leadership condemns in the strongest

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terms the

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assassination of former Palestinian

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prime minister and head of the political

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Bureau of Hamas isma Hana in tahran

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today a national day of mour has been

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declared in Palestine and we solemnly

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acknowledge the expressions of

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condolence and the global condemnations

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of this act of Terror

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moreover we unequivocally condemn the

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criminal breach of the territorial

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integrity and sovereignty of the Islamic

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Republic of Iran as we condemn the

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repeated breaches by Israel of the

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sovereignty and territorial Integrity of

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Lebanon the Syrian Arab Republic and

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Yemen and this includes yesterday's

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Brazen attack on beay we call again with

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utmost urgency on the security Council

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IL the general assembly and all

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law-abiding peaceloving Nations to act

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forth with to bring a halt to these

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horrific criminal Israeli aggressions

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against the Palestinian people and on

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our

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region we demand accountability for this

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assassination as we have continually

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demanded accountability for the want and

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murder and injury of over

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130,000 Palestinian children women and

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men across these past 300 Days of Horror

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and hell in Gaza and call for

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accountability for all of Israel's

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criminal policies and practices in our

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territory across the

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decades likewise we reiterate our calls

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for accountability for all of Israel's

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breaches of the territorial integrity

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and sovereignty of states in the region

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including the state of

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Palestine the UN charge Mur must be

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upheld not solely in words but also in

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Deeds the failure to hold Israel

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accountable has permitted and enabled

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these crimes and further emboldened

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Israeli government officials military

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commanders and settler extremists to

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escalate their reign of terror against

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defenseless Palestinian civilians all

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across the territory of the State of

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Palestine in the Gaza Strip and in the

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West Bank including East Jerusalem as

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well well as across the

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region Mr President violence and Terror

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are clearly Israel's Main and only

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currency not international law not

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diplomacy not mediation not respect for

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human life there is no red line for

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Israel no law it will not breach no Norm

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it will not trample no act too depraved

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or barbaric for its occupying Army and

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settler militias and no no child woman

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or man off limits even babies considered

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legitimate

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targets the Israeli Prime Minister and

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his Coalition of government extremists

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and Military commanders believe there

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will never be a cost for their crimes

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they believe they can literally get away

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with murder get away with genocide

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against the Palestinian

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people they believe it because it has

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been possible until now

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no resolution no icj order no ceasefire

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calls have been respected no demand for

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protection of civilians and humanitarian

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access has been heeded and still no

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consequences whatsoever for

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Israel this has gone on even as the

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Palestinian people have tragically live

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streamed the genocide for all the world

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to see believing that somehow the world

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would act to save the over 2 million

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human lives endangered in

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Gaza every plea for help including in

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this Council has been made in the belief

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that the world would act in respect of

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the rule of law our shared moral

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obligations and our Collective

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Humanity yet this gruesome aggression

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continues surpassing 40,000 Palestinians

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killed the majority women and children

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over 91,000 injured in attacks by

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Israeli occupying forces nearly the

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entirety of gaza's population

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uprooted and the decimation of the Gaza

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Strip and Trauma of the entire

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population at the same time in the West

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Bank including East Jerusalem Israeli

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occupying forces and settler terrorists

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continue their violent raids killing at

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least

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569 Palestinians including

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children and is Israel's illegal

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Colonial settlement campaign not only

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continues as we speak but is

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intensifying as it feverishly pursues

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its vowed annexationist aims seeking to

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Forever obstruct the Palestinian

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people's right to self-determination and

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Independence and to destroy the

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two-state

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solution Mr President members of the

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council until

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when absent any form of

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accountability any ser ious mobilization

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and sanctions including a halt to Arms

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transfers to pressure an end to these

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crimes Israel is proving every single

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day that it will continue to act as a

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rogue State the assassination today and

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all the crimes preceding it and that

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have followed it in the ensuing hour

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hours prove this beyond the shadow of a

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doubt Israel openly declares its

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intentions to carry on defying the

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council and the International Community

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as a whole brazenly carrying on with its

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scorched Earth killing and destruction

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spree in Gaza vowing to further entrench

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its Colonial annexationist occupation

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and its racist discriminatory hateful

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policies against the Palestinian people

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and recklessly escalating tensions it is

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blatantly attempting to destabilize the

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entire region and provoke an allout War

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in the Middle East with dangerous

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repercussions not only for the region

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but far beyond the International

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Community must confront this

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reality and act to stop these crimes and

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aggressions there is no right that

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Israel can claim to justify these war

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crimes and crimes against humanity the

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right to peace and security is the right

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of all states in the region and in every

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region of the world world it is not an

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exclusive right of

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Israel moreover it is a fact that Israel

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is an illegal occupant in the state of

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Palestine and possesses no rights

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whatsoever in our territory and over our

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people this was unequivocally determined

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by the icj in the seminal advisory

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opinion it

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rendered just days ago on the 19th of

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July this ruling must be respected

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and enforced Israel has no sovereignty

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rights and no right to self-defense in a

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territory in which it is illegally

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present in grave breach of every rule of

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international law this illegal

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occupation in all of its manifestations

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must come to an end and the Palestinian

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people must be

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free Mr President Israel has been the

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oppressor Tormentor and murderer of pal

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Palestinians for decades and it is the

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long-standing destabilizer of our region

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it must be

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stopped the obligations of the security

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Council and general assembly the

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obligations of all States including the

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high Contracting parties to the Fourth

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Geneva Convention are to act forth with

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to bring an end to this unlawful

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abhorent

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situation the lives of millions of

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civilians are at stake in Gaza and the

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rest of occupied Palestine and

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throughout the region we appeal to the

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International Community to act

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immediately first and foremost this

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Security Council as per its Charter duty

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to maintain International Peace and

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security it must act to protect the

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Palestinian people and to prevent a

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regional war against it at this moment

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of clear and present danger

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the International Community has a choice

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to make let it be for peace and security

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do not let Israel drag us all to the

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abyss I thank you Mr President and

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esteemed members of the council for your

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attention and on behalf of the State of

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Palestine and her people implore you to

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act.