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USA to try and halt condemnation of
Israel at the UN
UNITED NATIONS.— The UN Security Council met today
in an emergency session called by Qatar to tackle
the situation in the Palestinian occupied
territories, reported EFE.
Qatar – the only Arab nation represented on this UN
body – has proposed a motion condemning Israel and
ordering a ceasefire. Many doubt that it will be
successful because of opposition by the United
States.
In
the session, Angela Kane, the UN’s joint general
secretary for political affairs, read out a review
of the events that led to the tragedy in the
settlement of Beit Hanun, in the north of Gaza, in
which 18 Palestinians, the vast majority women and
children, died as a result of Israeli gunfire.
Ryiad Mansour, the representative of the Palestinian
National Authority to the UN, called the massacre in
Beit Hanun “state terrorism” and urged them to bring
those responsible to justice.
“How
many more Palestinians must die before the Security
Council acts?” he asked.
After mourning the inaction on the part of the
Council and the international community, he warned
that Israel’s “culture of impunity” cannot continue.
“We
have warned that the absence of a firm and clear
position on the part of the international community
to call for an immediate end to Israeli military
aggression will result in a greater number of
Palestinian deaths,” he affirmed.
(Translated by Granma International)
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