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Ibrahim Khraishi, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN Office at Geneva
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Statements from:
- Navi Pillay, Chair, Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel
- Meirav Leshem-Gonen, Israel
- Ibrahim Khraishi, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN Office at Geneva
Teleprompter
I thank you, madam, for your declaration.
I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Palestine.
Mr. Ambassador, you have the floor
sukra.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr President. Uh,
I believe it.
It
is difficult to bring in witnesses of over 150 families
that were totally decimated.
Thousands of Children that were killed. But first and foremost,
I would like to welcome the commission of inquiry. We thank them
and the Secretariat, uh, for the report,
though the occupation forces did not cooperated.
Uh,
the report includes a number of, uh, lists of violations of human rights, uh,
since the seventh of October.
Even, uh,
though it is not clear why the report focused extensively on the seventh of October
events. In the introduction, we reaffirm the importance of the annexes.
We reaffirm our position to refuse the targeting of civilians
in general in accordance with the resolutions of this council
and the importance of releasing, uh,
administrative detainees and all cases of
enforced disappearances as fast as possible.
We call on the committee to continue its investigation.
Mr. President, the number of martyrs in Gaza has exceeded the 37,400
over 80,000 wounded, 72% of them women and Children,
and thousands still under the rubble.
In the West Bank, there are 553 martyrs,
including 100 and 30 Children.
Over 9000 were detained since the seventh of October. Of them,
3700 are still in the occupation prisons, including
640 Children.
This in addition to daily attacks by herds of settlers and the occupation army,
and violations against
the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
as well as the continuing of looting of the building of settlements
and threats to the authority. As a pun
measure for the recognition of the state of Palestine,
the occupation forces continue the
genocidal war
against the Palestinian people. This was reaffirmed by the
special rapporteur
in her report during the last session.
This was also re
firm
in the I CJ uh decisions
and the additional measures decision
last March.
You have seen
the massacres perpetrated this year,
the Alam
Massacre, the flower massacre, then C
uh, massacre.
In addition to the continuing use of
starvation as a weapon destroying infrastructure and stopping
the food, fuel, water, electricity,
which started ninth of October and that in spite
of all the resolutions taken by the international community,
not to mention that the Rafah
crossing point has been closed since last month,
we have sent to you,
uh, yesterday a list of the inciting and racist statements
by the government
of the occupation and the
Knesset. No need
to repeat them here. The report has reaffirmed that there is no,
uh, uh, evidence, uh,
to rape, Uh, not, uh, what we hear, Uh,
which are lies. Uh,
there can be no justification for targeting hospitals, schools,
places of worship.
The occupation forces know that there are Children, women, civilians there.
And often there was no notification to evacuate. The targeting of Children,
women and the elderly and the disabled during displacement is a war crime.
The report referred to the forcible transfer of, uh, over a million 700,000 people,
which is also
a war crime. Uh, the committee concluded
that the occupation forces, uh, perpetrated, uh,
uh, gender and gender based violence. Uh,
and, uh, there are crimes,
crimes against humanity and genocidal crimes perpetrated against the civilians.
All this for racist, national ethnical, cultural, religious reasons.
And this is a genocide
and a crime against humanity.
The, uh, president interrupts
kindly. Sir, could you please conclude your statement? Says the president,
Microphone for the speaker
microphone.
We reiterate that the states, uh,
that assume their responsibilities in accordance with the Geneva Conventions
and articles 146147148 of the fourth Geneva Convention
and, uh, to undertake
investigations as well as to fully cooperated with the investigation
of the ICE International Criminal Court
and stopping the transfer of arm.
And lastly, we saw
the approval by the US of military
equipment here.
I would like to ask the commission What are the possible measures that can be taken
if the, uh, genocidal war continues against our people?
The president, I thank you for your statement, and I apologise, but the time is up
and we have to abide by the regular