NEW YORK, July 10, 2006 (WAFA) -The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad Mansour, said the Palestinian leadership reiterates its appeals for urgent action to be taken by all concerned parties, foremost the UN Security Council, to bring an end to Israel's aggression.
In a letters addressed to the President of the Security Council, Mansour said all the Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people happen at the same time that the Palestinian leadership continues to exert all possible efforts to calm the situation and to reach a diplomatic solution to the current crisis.
"Indeed, as long as the international community continues to be unable to act to bring an end to such Israeli violations, including those being committed in this crisis, the Palestinian people, including innocent children and women, will only continue to face more bloodshed, suffering and loss," reads the letter.
Mansour said the international community cannot continue with conscience to tolerate this inhumane and lawless treatment of the defenseless Palestinian civilian population by Israel.
"The continued passivity of the international community, including the Security Council and the Quartet, can only further embolden Israeli to continue acting with impunity and total disregard for international law as it has been doing for decades," the letter adds.
He also said in the letter that yesterday marked the 2nd anniversary of the International Court of Justice's rendering of its historic Advisory Opinion on the Wall being built by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, which identified the countless breaches of international law being committed by Israel in the OPT, determined the applicable rules of international law and Israel's binding obligations in the regard, which it continues to violate and which the international community continues to be passive about.
Mansour also said that since 22 June 2006 and until the date of this letter, at least 67 more Palestinian civilians, including children, have been killed by Israeli Occupation Forces.
For all these war crimes, says the letter, State terrorism and systematic human rights violations committed against the Palestinian people, Israel must be held accountable and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
