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Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov called for “an immediate stop to the firing of rockets and mortars that only risk dragging Gaza into another round of hostilities with no end in sight.” UNIFEED

Key players reject proposed United States Peace Plan as failing to meet minimum rights of Palestinians, Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov tells Security Council.

UN chief Antonio Guterres said this was a time for “dialogue, for reconciliation, and for reason,” and urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to “demonstrate the necessary will required to advance the goal of a just and lasting peace.” UNIFEED

The acting chief UNRWA, Christian Saunders, said the plan released this week by the Trump administration for peace in the Middle East was “extremely unsettling for the Palestine refugees living under occupation, under blockade, and through conflict after conflict and crisis after crisis” and called on the international community to send them a “clear message” of solidarity. UNTV CH

Palestinian ambassador the UN Riyad Mansour said the plan announced yesterday by the Trump administration is “not a peace plan. It is a plan furthest away from peace. It is a plan to destroy the national aspirations of the Palestinian people, of fulfilling their inalienable rights to self-determination, to statehood and resolving the rights of the refugees.” UNIFEED

Illegal settlement growth, widespread hopelessness among youth eroding Middle East peace prospects, Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council.

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council that heightened tensions in the Middle East threaten to destabilize an already volatile political and security environment adding that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not immune to these tensions. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Hope for two-state solution fading as Israeli-Palestinian violence continues, special coordinator tells Security Council at 8690th meeting.