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UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said, “the security situation in the occupied West Bank is caught in a downward spiral. Too many people, overwhelmingly Palestinian, have been killed and injured in daily violence. Mounting hopelessness, anger and tension have once again erupted into a deadly cycle of violence that is increasingly difficult to contain.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / PALESTINE
TRT: 3:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
28 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“I brief you today as the security situation in the occupied West Bank is caught in a downward spiral. Too many people, overwhelmingly Palestinian, have been killed and injured in daily violence. Mounting hopelessness, anger and tension have once again erupted into a deadly cycle of violence that is increasingly difficult to contain.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“My message has been clear. The immediate priority is to work to calm the situation and reverse the negative trends on the ground. This will require determined actions by both parties, supported by the international community. However, this cannot be the goal itself. Efforts are also urgently needed to empower and strengthen the Palestinian Authority and build towards a return to a political process. A failure to implement strategies to address both the symptoms and the root causes of violent escalation will only worsen an already explosive situation.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“I am alarmed by the intensity of violence in the occupied West Bank, including the high number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces, numerous armed attacks by Palestinians against Israelis, including killings, and settler violence. I reiterate that perpetrators of all acts of violence must be held accountable and that security forces must exercise maximum restraint and use lethal force only when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life. I am appalled that children continue to be the victims of violence. Children must never be the targets of violence or put in harm’s way.”
8.Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
“We know the world recognizes our rights. We know you will recognize our rights. But standing by us needs to also mean standing up to occupation, standing up to occupation. Do you have the spine to stand up to occupation, the mighty Security Council? If there is anything more you can do and you know there is much more that can be done, do it. Do it. Do it now.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“This institution’s obsession over focusing all of the condemnation on one side on Israel is not only part of the problem, it is the problem. This biased approach of exclusively blaming the Jewish state sends the message that the Palestinians don't have to make a single concession. If Israel is always at fault, then why should they give up a single demand? This is not the way to achieve peace. In fact, it makes peace impossible.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said, “the security situation in the occupied West Bank is caught in a downward spiral. Too many people, overwhelmingly Palestinian, have been killed and injured in daily violence. Mounting hopelessness, anger and tension have once again erupted into a deadly cycle of violence that is increasingly difficult to contain.”
Briefing the Council today (28 Oct) in New York, the Special Coordinator noted that in recent weeks, he has had discussions with Palestinian officials and factions across the West Bank and in Gaza, and a range of Israeli officials and members of the international community to address this volatile situation.
He said, “my message has been clear. The immediate priority is to work to calm the situation and reverse the negative trends on the ground. This will require determined actions by both parties, supported by the international community.”
However, Wennesland continued, “this cannot be the goal itself. Efforts are also urgently needed to empower and strengthen the Palestinian Authority and build towards a return to a political process. A failure to implement strategies to address both the symptoms and the root causes of violent escalation will only worsen an already explosive situation.”
The Special Coordinator noted that daily violence increased throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the reporting period. In total, 32 Palestinians, including six children, were killed by Israeli security forces during demonstrations, clashes, search-and-arrest operations, attacks and alleged attacks against Israelis, and other incidents, and 311 Palestinians, including one woman and eight children, were injured. Israeli settlers or other civilians perpetrated 106 attacks against Palestinians resulting in 63 injuries and/or damage to Palestinian property.
In all, two Israeli security forces personnel were killed, and 25 Israeli civilians, including five women and three children, and 13 Israeli security forces personnel were injured by Palestinians in shooting and ramming attacks, clashes, the throwing of stones and Molotov cocktails, and other incidents. In total, Palestinians perpetrated 115 attacks against Israeli civilians, 100 of which were stone-throwing incidents, resulting in injuries and/or damage to Israeli property.
The Special Coordinator is also “alarmed by the intensity of violence in the occupied West Bank, including the high number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces, numerous armed attacks by Palestinians against Israelis, including killings, and settler violence.”
Wennesland reiterated that “perpetrators of all acts of violence must be held accountable and that security forces must exercise maximum restraint and use lethal force only when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life.”
He is also “appalled that children continue to be the victims of violence. Children must never be the targets of violence or put in harm’s way.”
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour also spoke at the Council’s meeting. He said, “We know the world recognizes our rights. We know you will recognize our rights. But standing by us needs to also mean standing up to occupation, standing up to occupation.”
He asked, “do you have the spine to stand up to occupation, the mighty Security Council? If there is anything more you can do and you know there is much more that can be done, do it. Do it. Do it now.”
Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan said to the Council that, “this institution’s obsession over focusing all of the condemnation on one side on Israel is not only part of the problem, it is the problem.”
He continued, “this biased approach of exclusively blaming the Jewish state sends the message that the Palestinians don't have to make a single concession. If Israel is always at fault, then why should they give up a single demand?”
Ambassador Erdan said, “this is not the way to achieve peace. In fact, it makes peace impossible.”
TRT: 3:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
28 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“I brief you today as the security situation in the occupied West Bank is caught in a downward spiral. Too many people, overwhelmingly Palestinian, have been killed and injured in daily violence. Mounting hopelessness, anger and tension have once again erupted into a deadly cycle of violence that is increasingly difficult to contain.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“My message has been clear. The immediate priority is to work to calm the situation and reverse the negative trends on the ground. This will require determined actions by both parties, supported by the international community. However, this cannot be the goal itself. Efforts are also urgently needed to empower and strengthen the Palestinian Authority and build towards a return to a political process. A failure to implement strategies to address both the symptoms and the root causes of violent escalation will only worsen an already explosive situation.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“I am alarmed by the intensity of violence in the occupied West Bank, including the high number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces, numerous armed attacks by Palestinians against Israelis, including killings, and settler violence. I reiterate that perpetrators of all acts of violence must be held accountable and that security forces must exercise maximum restraint and use lethal force only when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life. I am appalled that children continue to be the victims of violence. Children must never be the targets of violence or put in harm’s way.”
8.Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
“We know the world recognizes our rights. We know you will recognize our rights. But standing by us needs to also mean standing up to occupation, standing up to occupation. Do you have the spine to stand up to occupation, the mighty Security Council? If there is anything more you can do and you know there is much more that can be done, do it. Do it. Do it now.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“This institution’s obsession over focusing all of the condemnation on one side on Israel is not only part of the problem, it is the problem. This biased approach of exclusively blaming the Jewish state sends the message that the Palestinians don't have to make a single concession. If Israel is always at fault, then why should they give up a single demand? This is not the way to achieve peace. In fact, it makes peace impossible.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said, “the security situation in the occupied West Bank is caught in a downward spiral. Too many people, overwhelmingly Palestinian, have been killed and injured in daily violence. Mounting hopelessness, anger and tension have once again erupted into a deadly cycle of violence that is increasingly difficult to contain.”
Briefing the Council today (28 Oct) in New York, the Special Coordinator noted that in recent weeks, he has had discussions with Palestinian officials and factions across the West Bank and in Gaza, and a range of Israeli officials and members of the international community to address this volatile situation.
He said, “my message has been clear. The immediate priority is to work to calm the situation and reverse the negative trends on the ground. This will require determined actions by both parties, supported by the international community.”
However, Wennesland continued, “this cannot be the goal itself. Efforts are also urgently needed to empower and strengthen the Palestinian Authority and build towards a return to a political process. A failure to implement strategies to address both the symptoms and the root causes of violent escalation will only worsen an already explosive situation.”
The Special Coordinator noted that daily violence increased throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the reporting period. In total, 32 Palestinians, including six children, were killed by Israeli security forces during demonstrations, clashes, search-and-arrest operations, attacks and alleged attacks against Israelis, and other incidents, and 311 Palestinians, including one woman and eight children, were injured. Israeli settlers or other civilians perpetrated 106 attacks against Palestinians resulting in 63 injuries and/or damage to Palestinian property.
In all, two Israeli security forces personnel were killed, and 25 Israeli civilians, including five women and three children, and 13 Israeli security forces personnel were injured by Palestinians in shooting and ramming attacks, clashes, the throwing of stones and Molotov cocktails, and other incidents. In total, Palestinians perpetrated 115 attacks against Israeli civilians, 100 of which were stone-throwing incidents, resulting in injuries and/or damage to Israeli property.
The Special Coordinator is also “alarmed by the intensity of violence in the occupied West Bank, including the high number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces, numerous armed attacks by Palestinians against Israelis, including killings, and settler violence.”
Wennesland reiterated that “perpetrators of all acts of violence must be held accountable and that security forces must exercise maximum restraint and use lethal force only when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life.”
He is also “appalled that children continue to be the victims of violence. Children must never be the targets of violence or put in harm’s way.”
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour also spoke at the Council’s meeting. He said, “We know the world recognizes our rights. We know you will recognize our rights. But standing by us needs to also mean standing up to occupation, standing up to occupation.”
He asked, “do you have the spine to stand up to occupation, the mighty Security Council? If there is anything more you can do and you know there is much more that can be done, do it. Do it. Do it now.”
Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan said to the Council that, “this institution’s obsession over focusing all of the condemnation on one side on Israel is not only part of the problem, it is the problem.”
He continued, “this biased approach of exclusively blaming the Jewish state sends the message that the Palestinians don't have to make a single concession. If Israel is always at fault, then why should they give up a single demand?”
Ambassador Erdan said, “this is not the way to achieve peace. In fact, it makes peace impossible.”
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