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The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East appealed today for 1.6 billion (USD) to fund core operations this year, as the people it helps face hitting “rock bottom”. UNTV CH

Cycle of violence, bloodshed between Israelis, Palestinians untenable, delegate stresses at Security Council briefing on Middle East.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said that in 2022 to date, over 150 Palestinians and more than 20 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and Israel, “the highest numbers of fatalities in years.” UNIFEED

General Assembly adopts four draft resolutions to fortify lagging relief system, as world faces unprecedented levels of conflicts, humanitarian needs.

General Assembly adopts four draft resolutions to fortify lagging relief system, as world faces unprecedented levels of conflicts, humanitarian needs.

Special Coordinator, briefing Security Council, appeals for urgent action as Israel-Palestinian conflict Nnars boiling point once again.

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

After presenting the report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem ad in Israel to the General Assembly, the Chair of the Commission, Navanethem Pillay, told reporters in New York that “the policies and actions by Israeli governments may amount international crimes.” UNIFEED

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland said, “Israelis and Palestinians must determine how they envision the future. Negotiations can no longer be pushed off indefinitely. The current course is leading us towards a perpetual state of violence and conflict.” UNIFEED

Israeli, Palestinian leaders’ statements on two-state solution positive sign, but words must be turned into action, speakers tell Security Council.