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Parliamentarians Must Demand Governments Pressure Israel to ‘Stop this Carnage’, Palestinian Rights Committee Hears, amid Calls for Accountability, Justice
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The current volatile moment in the Israel-Palestine conflict must be used to mobilize political will and ensure accountability for Israel’s violations, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People heard today amid calls for a ceasefire in the region.
“Shame on the Security Council,” said Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, speaking at the virtual Forum on International Parliamentarian Support to the Question of Palestine, convened by the Committee. Even though the Council met several times and there was consensus on the need for a ceasefire, it was unable to say a single official word against the aggression. One country is preventing the Security Council to speak in a unified voice, he said, noting that the General Assembly, therefore,
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Unilateral Actions Could Jeopardize Resumption of Peace Talks, Secretary-General Warns, as Palestinian Rights Committee Holds First 2021 Meeting
Inequalities under Occupation Deepened amid COVID-19, Permanent Observer Points Out, as Members Re-elect Senegal to Chair
The unresolved question of Palestine underlines the continuing importance of the Palestinian Rights Committee, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said today, during that body s first formal meeting of 2021, warning that unliteral actions jeopardize the possibility of restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The year 2021 presents tremendous tests and opportunities across the board, he told members of the entity, known formally as the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. It challenges us to reinvent how we make and sustain peace, while confronting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Civil Society and the Question of Palestine - NGO Action News – 21 January 2021
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Despite a collapsing Lebanese economy and considerable political turmoil, Hezbollah continues to threaten Israel. These threats must be taken seriously,.
The thorniest obstacle is the continued official Palestinian adherence to the so-called “right of return” the demand that over five million Palestinians who are descendants (sometimes very distant) of refugees from the 1948 war be permitted to “return” to their original homes in what is now Israel. Such a move would alter the demographic nature of Israel and effectively end its existence as a democratic Jewish State.
Of course, no Israeli government would ever acquiesce to a demand that would lead to the country’s demise.