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STORY: UN / PALESTINE ISRAEL
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
20 SEPTEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Security Council
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“There is no other viable solution to end the conflict. Those who continue to support a two-State outcome must acknowledge that derailing that prospect means that Palestinians and Israelis are facing a grim future of perpetual occupation, endless violence and threats to regional stability.”
4.Med shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“I reiterate the Secretary-General’s concern over statements regarding the annexation of the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea as a first step to applying Israeli sovereignty over all settlements and other areas in the occupied West Bank. Such steps, if implemented, would constitute a serious violation of international law. They would be devastating to the potential of reviving negotiations and regional peace, while severely undermining the viability of the two-State solution.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Riad Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Observer State of Palestine:
“Israel’s disregard for the rights of the Palestinian people and for the security of the region as a whole has reached to a point where our precious territories are presented as gifts to bribe extremist right wing Israeli groups to gain their votes. Netanyahu’s declaration of his intent to annex land of the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea is only the confession of the crime.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Riad Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Observer State of Palestine:
“The real bias regarding Israel in the United Nations is the one shielding it from accountability. Impunity is the greatest obstacle to peace as it allows the occupying power to reap benefits from its occupation instead of facing consequences, incentivizing illegal actions instead of ensuring compliance with the law. A State that feels it is above the law will be tempted to continue acting as an outlaw State."
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations:
“Stop enabling Palestinian rejectionism, pull the Palestinians from their maximum demands, and urge the leadership to come to the negotiating table without precondition. Today, like everyday for the past 71 years, Israel remains willing to discussing the political pauses. We are here, waiting for our partner to decide that this is the time to look forward, not backward, to be abide for the future for our people.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations:
“Iran must be stopped, not with smiles and handshakes, but with economic, political, diplomatic and any other pressure as necessary. I call on the members of this distinct Council to act against at the Iranian’s violations and exert more pressure on Iran. Faced with the regime that has genocidal ambitions as the largest stockpile of ballistic missiles in the region and spends billions of dollars a year supporting terrorist organizations on our border, Israel must take every threat seriously and act accordingly.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ayman Safadi, Jordanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates:
“The magnitude of the danger requires immediate action from the international community, the Council and the international community must act to end illegal settlements and their implications. And the international community must act to reject the declaration of the Prime Minister of Israel of annexing the Jordan Valley.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
During a Security Council meeting to discuss the Palestinian question, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said, “there is no other viable solution to end the conflict. Those who continue to support a two-State outcome must acknowledge that derailing that prospect means that Palestinians and Israelis are facing a grim future of perpetual occupation, endless violence and threats to regional stability.”
Briefing the Security Council on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016), UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov noted that as it approaches three years since the passing of Security Counicl resolution 2334 (2016), one can only lament the worsening situation on the ground. Settlements have expanded, demolitions have accelerated, violence and incitement have continued, archiving intra-Palestinian unity seems an ever-more distant prospect, and credible negotiations have yet to be launched.
The Special Coordinator Mladenov reiterated the Secretary-General’s concern over statements regarding the annexation of the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea as a first step to applying Israeli sovereignty over all settlements and other areas in the occupied West Bank.
He explained, “such steps, if implemented, would constitute a serious violation of international law. They would be devastating to the potential of reviving negotiations and regional peace, while severely undermining the viability of the two-State solution.”
Mladenov also noted that the expansion of settlements has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law, as stated in Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), and it must cease immediately and completely.
According to the UN, the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continues unabated. The existence and expansion of settlements, including in occupied East Jerusalem, fuel anger and disillusionment among the Palestinian population and significantly undermine the prospects for establishing a contiguous and viable Palestine an state with Jerusalem as the future capital of both states.
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Observer State of Palestine Riad Malki told the Council, “Israel’s disregard for the rights of the Palestinian people and for the security of the region as a whole has reached to a point where our precious territories are presented as gifts to bribe extremist right wing Israeli groups to gain their votes.”
Malki continued, “Netanyahu’s declaration of his intent to annex land of the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea is only the confession of the crime.”
The Foreign Minister also highlighted “the real bias regarding Israel in the UN is the one shielding it from accountability.”
He said, “impunity is the greatest obstacle to peace as it allows the occupying power to reap benefits from its occupation instead of facing consequences, incentivizing illegal actions instead of ensuring compliance with the law. A State that feels it is above the law will be tempted to continue acting as an outlaw State.”
Malki noted that the international community needs to urgently and collectively act to change course, restore hope, and achieve a just and lasting solution to the conflict.
He said, “we seek justice not vengeance. Freedom not conditional liberty. Peace not Apartheid.”
Also speaking to the Council, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Danny Danon, said, “Stop enabling Palestinian rejectionism, pull the Palestinians from their maximum demands, and urge the leadership to come to the negotiating table without precondition. Today, like everyday for the past 71 years, Israel remains willing to discussing the political pauses. We are here, waiting for our partner to decide that this is the time to look forward, not backward, to be abide for the future for our people.”
On Iran, the Israeli ambassador said, “Iran must be stopped, not with smiles and handshakes, but with economic, political, diplomatic and any other pressure as necessary. I call on the members of this distinct Council to act against at the Iranian’s violations and exert more pressure on Iran. Faced with the regime that has genocidal ambitions as the largest stockpile of ballistic missiles in the region and spends billions of dollars a year supporting terrorist organizations on our border, Israel must take every threat seriously and act accordingly.”
Also addressing the Council is Ayman Safadi, the Jordanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.Noting the importance of the two-State solution, Safadi said, “the magnitude of the danger requires immediate action from the international community, the Council and the international community must act to end illegal settlements and their implications.”
He added, “the international community must act to reject the declaration of the Prime Minister of Israel of annexing the Jordan Valley.”
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