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To grant the state of Palestine full membership will be an important pillar to achieve peace in our region, because the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its different dimensions now goes beyond the borders of Palestine and Israel and impacts other regions in the Middle East and around the world,
the Palestinian envoy said We completely believe in the two-state solution and a state for the Palestinian people. We believe the best and the most sustainable way to do that is through direct negotiations between the parties,
the White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, told reporters on board Air Force One on Thursday For example, although the Israeli authorities have cleared more aid convoys, those clearances are often granted when it is too late in the day to make deliveries and return safely,
Apparent progress in one area is often cancelled out by delays and restrictions elsewhere,
the secretary general said The solution in everyone's interest is to stop the [Israeli] aggression, end the siege in Gaza, and provide food and medicine [to the Gaza Strip,]
We have long been clear that premature actions in New York, even with the best intentions, will not achieve statehood for the Palestinian people,
the US representative told Reuters It remains the US view that the most expeditious path toward statehood for the Palestinian people is through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the support of the United States and other partners,
a US representative told Reuters news agency How many times has this Council met to discuss ways to advance the release of our hostages held in Gaza? How many times? Not even once."
How many condemnations has this Council issued against Hamas or for their heinous October 7th massacre? Zero. Zero."
A very important principle stated in Article 4 of the UN Charter is, 'Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace-loving states.' Peace-loving. What a joke,
The Middle East is on a precipice. Recent days have seen a perilous escalation – in words and deeds,
To those who say that recognising the Palestinian state must happen through negotiations and not through a UN resolution, we say: ‘How was the State of Israel established? Wasn’t that through a UN resolution, which was Resolution 181?,
We are still longing to practice our right to self-determination, to live in freedom, security and peace in an independent state similar to other countries around the world,
One miscalculation, one miscommunication, one mistake, could lead to the unthinkable – a full-scale regional conflict that would be devastating for all involved,
he said, calling on all parties to exercise “maximum restraint”. The UN is not committed to multilateralism, sadly, it is now committed to multi-terrorism,
So who is the UN going to recognise? Who is going to be in charge?”
This resolution will not be an alternative to negotiations and to resolving pending issues, it will grant hope to Palestinians for an independent state after this hope dissipated,
It is high time to end the bloody cycle of retaliation,
If this resolution passes – God forbid – this should no longer be known as the Security Council but as the ‘terror’ council,
Those who are trying to disrupt and hinder the adoption of such a resolution ... are not helping the prospects of peace between Palestinians and Israelis and the prospects for peace in the Middle East in general,
he told the Security Council