"TWO-STATE SOLUTION"

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

Informal comments to the media by Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, on the situation in the Middle East.

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

In his address to the General Assembly’s General Debate, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Israel “will do whatever it takes” to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. UNIFEED

Press conference by Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; along with Ann Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden; and Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza remains in effect and “a fragile calm has been restored” in the territory. UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, on the situation in Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

Concerned by escalating violence, speakers urge Security Council to consider long-term impact of maintaining status quo in Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that the “fragile” truce between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza “has allowed the resumption of essential movements of goods and people in and out of Gaza, including the delivery of humanitarian assistance and fuel for the Gaza Power Plant.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, on the situation in the Middle East.