The Secretary -General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, stressed that the continuous expansion of Israeli settlements greatly changes the scene and the demographics of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, stressing that the Palestinians “are increasingly confined to detailed and separate areas, which represents an existential threat to the possibility of a continuous, viable and independent Palestinian state.”
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process (temporarily) said that in its report to the UN Security Council, the settlement activity continued at a high rate, as its Israeli occupation authority agreed to nearly 106.00 housing units in the occupied West Bank settlements, including 4920 units in East Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, the Israeli authorities demolished, seized, closed, or forced people to demolish 460 Palestinians, which resulted in the displacement of 576 people, half of them children.
Kach expressed her grief over the killing of an international employee in a strike on a UN site, which also resulted in the injury of five other employees. She also expressed “deep concern about the resumption of hostilities in the Gaza Strip this week, which killed hundreds, most of them women and children.” The Secretary -General’s call to resume serious ceasefire negotiations, and the arrival of humanitarian aid without obstacle.
