Permanent Mission of the State of
Palestine
To the United Nations
the statment puplished as it came form the source ( margin)
the statment puplished as it came form the source ( margin)
October
20, 2015
PRESS
RELEASE: FACT-CHECKING ISRAEL’S STATEMENT TO THE UNSC
On 16 October 2015, Israeli Ambassador Roet
addressed the UN Security Council in an emergency session on the escalating
situation in Israel and Palestine. Below are his statements followed by facts
disproving the statements.
“Israel is facing an onslaught of terrorism; men,
women and children are being stabbed to death on the streets on a daily basis.
Yet for them there has been no demand for an emergency session at the
Security Council.”
Fact: The
Palestinian people are a defenseless and unarmed population suffering gross
violations of human rights under Israel’s illegal occupation. It is in fact the Israeli occupation
that is the source and context of all of the violence, violence that has been
inflicted by Israel with total impunity for over 48 years on the Palestinian
people. Yet Israel has the audacity to oppose international action to protect
the civilian population.
“These are just a few of the silent victims of
Palestinian terror.”
Fact:
Individuals that carried out the alleged stabbings acted alone and without the
support of others. On the contrary, Israeli settlers carry out terrorist acts
with Israeli state protection – military and political. Nearly
200 acts have been carried out by settlers against Palestinian civilians in the
past month. These include stoning and firebombing Palestinian cars,
houses and civilians; trespassing on villages and property; setting fire and
damaging crops; and attacking, beating, and shooting at Palestinians, including
children.
“Over the course of the last month, 24 terror
attacks have claimed the lives of 8 Israelis, and injured 70.”
Fact:
Israel, the occupying Power, is not a victim in this situation. Since 1 October
2015, over 1850 Palestinians have been injured and at least 46 killed,
including at least 18 in demonstrations. The Israeli occupying forces (IOF)
have greatly intensified their excessive use of force, especially
to suppress protests, through
the use of rubber bullets, tear gas, sound canisters and live fire.
“The root cause of this wave of terror is clear.”
Fact:
The root cause of the current violence is Israel’s half century illegal
occupation of the Palestinian land and its subjugation of the Palestinian
people. Palestinians, many of them children, are killed, wounded,
arrested and harassed and intimidated every day while their property is seized,
demolished, or bombed. This incessant oppression leaves little hope for a
peaceful and stable future, deepens despair, and encourages the oppressed to
resist injustice.
“Israel is firmly committed to the status quo which
protects the right of Muslims to pray in the mosque.”
Fact:
The IOF has intensified incursions and attacks at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by
allowing terrorist settlers free reign to storm the holy site in attempts to
change the historic status quo. Between 14 January and 15 September, the
IOF and settlers under their protection carried out more than 450
attacks against this holy site and Palestinian civilian worshipers.
“It
is inflammatory rhetoric and lies lit the fuse, and incitement that keeps
feeding the flames.”
Fact:
Israeli leaders have long and recklessly cultivated a culture of hate against
Palestinians that’s manifested in the constant and excessive
use of violence by the IOF and terrorist settlers. For example:
·
“We will not provide immunity to
any rioter, inciter, or terrorist, not anywhere and under no conditions.
Israel's security forces have no limits when it comes to defending Israelis.”
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, 5 October 2015
·
“Palestinians have to understand
they won’t have a state & Israel will rule over them.” Eli Ben-Dahan,
Deputy Defense Minister of Israel, 10 October 2015
·
“The entire Palestinian people is
the enemy…in wars the enemy is usually an entire people, including its elderly
and its women, its cities and its villages, its property and its
infrastructure.” Ayelet Shaked, Justice
Minister, 7 July 2014
“Instead
of calming tensions, Palestinian leaders continue to lie and use inflammatory
rhetoric.”
Fact:
The Palestinian Government has repeatedly affirmed that it supports peaceful
and legal means to end the illegal Israel occupation. President Abbas recently
stated, “I support a
popular, nonviolent struggle and oppose all violence and use of weapons. I’ve
made clear a number of times that I don’t want to return to the cycle of
violence.”
“Such acts of terror do not occur in a vacuum.”
Fact:
Indeed, they don’t occur in a vacuum. They occur when there is constant
impunity for brutal crimes by the IOF and terrorist settlers. This includes the
burning of teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the arson
attack of the Dawabsheh family home, and the mounting
executions of Palestinian civilians, including children and youth,by the IOF
with live fire. When the IOF investigates soldiers forsuspected
criminal activity against Palestinians, it
closes 94% of cases without prosecution.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu stood here in the UN and
declared that he is ready for direct negotiations with the Palestinians without
any preconditions.”
Fact:
The Israeli government tells the UN it’s prepared for negotiations while telling
the Israeli public a Palestinian state will never come to be. On 18 October,
Justice Minister Shaked avowed, "We
are against a Palestinian state. There is not and there will be no Palestinian
state." Direct negotiations are inherently asymmetrical as
Palestine is under Israel’s occupation. The international community must
present a multilateral and time-bound negotiating process to salvage the
prospects of peace, beginning with concrete steps to end this illegal
occupation without delay.
Best Regards,
Permanent Observer Mission
Permanent Observer Mission
of the State of Palestine
to the United Nations
115 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065
Office: +1-212-288-8500
Fax: +1-212-517-2377
Email: palestine@un.int
to the United Nations
115 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065
Office: +1-212-288-8500
Fax: +1-212-517-2377
Email: palestine@un.int
Website: www.palestineun.org
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