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Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (as delivered by UN Special Coordinator Wennesland), 26 January 2021
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Foreign Minister Coveney of Ireland,
Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia,
Foreign Minister Ebrard of Mexico,
Foreign Minister Eriksen Søreide of Norway,
Deputy Foreign Minister Tammsaar of Estonia,
Foreign Minister Malki of the State of Palestine,
Secretary-General Aboul Gheit of the League of Arab States,
Members of the Security Council,
I am honored to address this Council for the first time in my capacity as the Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and by the trust bestowed upon me in this role by the Secretary-General, the parties and you, Members of this Council.
Israel’s conviction of human rights defender shows disdain for international obligations, say UN experts
GENEVA (26 January 2021) – UN experts said today Israel must immediately stop using its array of military security tools to obstruct the legitimate and indispensable work of human rights defenders.
Their comments come after an Israeli military court convicted Issa Amro, a Palestinian human rights defender and founder of Youth Against Settlements, a Hebron-based group which opposes settlement expansion through non-violent civil resistance.
Amro was convicted of six charges on 6 January 2021 related to his human rights activities between 2010 and 2016. The experts said they fear he will be imprisoned when he is sentenced on 8 February, 2021.
Modulars for newcomers at the Ofra settlement in the West Bank. One advertises religious items, mezzuzahs and tefilin. (Photo: Philip Weiss)
The number of Israeli Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank suffers from international confusion. The figures span between 400,000 and over 700,000. I’ve looked through the data and made statistical adjustments and can say that the 700K figure is likely most accurate.
But before we get into those numbers, I want to point out, that the difference between 400K and 700K is not an essential difference. The really big issue here, which is why the settler numbers are cited, is what that actually means in terms of ever reaching that elusive “two-state solution”. Because those settlers are not just people, they also live in houses – Israel just issued another 2.5K tenders on settler homes, hours before Biden’s inauguration.
Civil Society and the Question of Palestine - NGO Action News – 21 January 2021
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