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STORY: UN / ISRAEL PALESTINE
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 JULY 2017, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
25 JULY 2017, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council meeting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“Developments over the past 11 days at the holy sites of the Old City in Jerusalem, however, have demonstrated the grave risk of dangerous escalation that exists, a risk of turning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a religious one and dragging both sides into the vortex of violence with the rest of the region.”
4. Cutaway, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“I welcome last night’s decision by the Israeli security cabinet to remove the metal detectors, while ensuring the security of visitors and worshippers to the holy sites. I hope that the cabinet decision will lead to a calming of the current tensions and will enable a return of worshippers to the Holy Esplanade.”
6. Cutaway, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“Today Gaza and the West Bank are further apart than ever. Palestinian leaders must make some hard choices about the future of their people. They can work to overcome their ideological divisions, or they can continue along the path that will guarantee Gaza’s complete collapse. They can work to unite Palestinians in pursuit of the goal of statehood, or they can oversee the demise of the Palestinian national project.”
8. Pan right, audience
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations:
“The situation that we have repeatedly warned against - the stoking of a religious conflict - is rapidly unfolding as Israel persists with its illegal actions in Occupied East Jerusalem, including its aggressive behaviour and provocative violations of the historic status quo at Al-Haram Al-Sharif, aggravating religious sensitivities to the point of eruption. We are clearly at the tipping point.”
10. Med shot, Security Council meeting
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations:
“Seventy years after the UN was first seized with the question of Palestine, the denial of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination still continues. How many Palestinian generations will have to endure the suffering caused by the persistent dispossession, exile and military colonial Israeli occupation in all its manifestations?”
12. Med shot, Israel’s ambassador at the Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations:
They just claimed that Israel seeks to change the status quo on the Temple Mount. And that is what prompted the violence. Mr. President, nothing could be further from the truth. Israel's top priority is to maintain the safety and security of all Temple Mount worshippers and visitors. The Palestinians' top priority is to ignite violence.”
14. Cutaway, Mansour at the Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations:
“You must not sacrifice the core values of justice, morality and truth for cheap political victories and empty promises. Let us pledge to work together to end this vulgar exploitation of international aid. Let us hold the Palestinians accountable, and ensure they teach their children to seek peace. Only then will we see the possibility of real peace in our region.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council meeting
Briefing the Security Council today on the latest developments in the ongoing crisis in Jerusalem, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process warned that the latest escalation poses a “risk of turning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a religious one and dragging both sides into the vortex of violence with the rest of the region.”
Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process also said he welcomes “last night’s decision by the Israeli security cabinet to remove the metal detectors, while ensuring the security of visitors and worshipers to the holy sites. I hope that the cabinet decision will lead to a calming of the current tensions and will enable a return of worshipers to the Holy Esplanade.”
Mladenov also said “today Gaza and the West Bank are further apart than ever. Palestinian leaders must make some hard choices about the future of their people. They can work to overcome their ideological divisions, or they can continue along the path that will guarantee Gaza’s complete collapse. They can work to unite Palestinians in pursuit of the goal of statehood, or they can oversee the demise of the Palestinian national project.”
The escalating tensions and violent clashes are taking place in and around the Old City of Jerusalem, after the Israel’s security forces started installing metal detectors, cameras and other security measures at Al Aqsa mosque.
Also speaking at the Council’s meeting Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations said “the situation that we have repeatedly warned against - the stoking of a religious conflict - is rapidly unfolding as Israel persists with its illegal actions in Occupied East Jerusalem, including its aggressive behaviour and provocative violations of the historic status quo at Al-Haram Al-Sharif, aggravating religious sensitivities to the point of eruption. We are clearly at the tipping point.”
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon said “Israel's top priority is to maintain the safety and security of all Temple Mount worshipers and visitors. The Palestinians' top priority is to ignite violence.”
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