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Palestinians Urge Security Council Visit to Occupied Territory
[An Nahar] The Paleostinian leadership on Tuesday called on the U.N. Security Council to visit the occupied territories to see the impact of Israel's settlement campaign.The Paleostinian U.N. envoy, Riyad Mansour, made the request as U.N. under secretary general for political affairs, B. Lynne Pascoe, told the Security Council that events in Gazoo and the West Bank are "dangerous and ultimately unsustainable." Mansour said he had sent a letter to the 15-nation body calling for the visit as soon as possible. The council is currently discussing future trips but diplomats said the demand was part of a Paleostinian campaign to draw international attention back on the Middle East conflict. Mansour said he had met ambassadors from several Security Council nations to discuss "the explosive situation in the occupied territory as a result of the provocations of Israel in intensifying the settlement campaign." "It is an appropriate time for the Security Council to come and visit Paleostine and for members of the Security Council to see with their own eyes the reality of the Paleostinian people in the occupied territory," Mansour told news hounds after a Security Council meeting on the Middle East. The U.N. expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... at the council about new settlements and the destruction of Paleostinian homes in the occupied territories and East Jerusalem. Pascoe also raised concerns about violence between Israeli settlers and Paleostinians and rocket fire from Gazoo into Israel. Talks between Israel and the Paleostinians have been deadlocked since September 2010. The Paleostinians have refused to hold talks until Israel freezes settlement building, which has also been condemned by the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... and the major powers. Exploratory contacts between the two sides were held in Amman in January but nothing has come from them. Israel's U.N. ambassador Ron Prosor said he was "surprised" by the Paleostinian request which he called an attempt to divert attention from the Syria uprising. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-29 |
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