(Continued) The Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question - Security Council, 9387th meeting

The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

• Video Length: 02:08:13
• Production Date: 27 July 2023
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Original; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; PALESTINE; PALESTINE QUESTION; TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE; WEST BANK
• MAMS Id: 307122
• Parent Id: 3075359

Description

(Continued) Surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence must be ‘wake-up call’ for global community to redouble efforts towards achieving peace, delegate tells Security Council.The security situation in the West Bank has significantly deteriorated, highlighted by the most intensive Israeli operation in nearly 20 years, further jeopardizing the Israel-Palestine peace process, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today.Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, said that from 27 June through 24 July in the occupied West Bank, 25 Palestinians, including 5 children, were killed, and 249 Palestinians were injured by Israeli security forces. nbsp;According to Israel, 2 Israeli security forces personnel were killed while another 39 Israelis were injured by Palestinians.“This deterioration is taking place alongside ongoing unilateral steps that undermine a two-State solution, the absence of a peace process and the continuing economic challenges facing Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority,” he stressed.nbsp;