2023-10-25 22:45:19
United Nations Secretary-General Guterres stated on the 24th that there were clear violations of international law in the Gaza region and called on all parties to immediately cease fire. He also said that the Palestinian armed group Hamas’s attack on Israel was not without reason. “For a reason” triggered a backlash in Israel, which announced it would stop issuing visas to UN officials and asked Guterres to step down.
Guterres said at the beginning of the Security Council meeting that Hamas’s atrocities were “shocking” and had no excuse, but he also warned once morest inflicting “collective punishment” on the Palestinians and called for an immediate ceasefire to allow humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza, speed up the release of the hostages.
“I am deeply concerned regarding the clear violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza. Let me be clear, no party to the armed conflict is above international humanitarian law,” Guterres said, without naming Israel. .
Guterres said that the seven-day attack by Hamas was not unprovoked. Palestinians “suffered fifty-six years of suffocating occupation, saw their land continuously annexed into Israeli settlements, and suffered violence.” “The economy in Gaza has stagnated, the people have been displaced, and their homes have been destroyed. Their expectations for resorting to political solutions to their predicament are gradually disintegrating.”
His remarks angered Israeli Foreign Minister Cohen. Cohen targeted Guterres and raised his voice, detailing the deadliest attack in Israel’s history on seven days. Civilians were burned, killed and looted, and even children were not spared. Cohen said: “Mr. Secretary-General, which world do you live in?”
Cohen refused to conflate violent attacks with occupation. He said that Israel withdrew its troops from Gaza in 2005 and “we gave every ounce of land in the Gaza corridor to the Palestinians.”
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Erden, called for Guterres to resign immediately as UN secretary-general. He wrote on the social platform X that Guterres “expressed his understanding of acts of terrorism and murder.”
Erden said that Israel would stop issuing visas to United Nations officials, adding that the visa application of United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Griffiths had been rejected by Israel. “It’s time to teach them a lesson,” Erden said.
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