UN / ISRAEL PALESTINE
20-Feb-2023
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The Security Council expressed on Monday “deep concern and dismay” with Israel’s announcement of further construction and expansion of settlements and the “legalization” of settlement outposts. UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. UPSOUND (English) Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February:
“The Security Council expresses deep concern and dismay with Israel’s announcement on February 12, 2023, announcing further construction and expansion of settlements and the “legalization” of settlement outposts. The Security Council reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two -State solution based on the 1967 lines.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“We are witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly twenty years. I am concerned that developments on the ground are continuing their negative trajectory, gaining in both pace and intensity. At the same time, unilateral actions are moving the parties still further apart, exacerbating tensions and driving the conflict. Immediate efforts are required to reduce tensions. But restoring calm is not, on its own, a recipe for progress.”
6. Med shot, Council members
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“Amid the mounting violence, there was also a concerning deterioration in relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Following the 26 January Israeli search and arrest operation in Jenin, the Palestinian Authority (PA) announced that security coordination with Israel “no longer exists.””
8. Med shot, Council members
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“With the holy month of Ramadan once again coinciding with the Passover and Easter holidays this year, joint efforts are needed to ensure that this period passes safely and peacefully for all. Provocations, disinformation and efforts by extremists to stoke violence must be addressed swiftly and effectively.”
10. Close up, Security Council president
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“A growing number of Palestine refugees in the region stand on the brink of despair. Multiple crisis, conflicts, the never-ending occupation, the socio economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising global food and fuel prices caused by the conflict in Ukraine, have pushed growing numbers of Palestine refugees into poverty.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“Competing global priorities and shifting regional dynamics have almost annihilated any remaining attention to the plight of Palestine refugees today. Meanwhile, the political, socio-economic and security conditions that surround the refugees continue to deteriorate.”
14. Med shot, Council members
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“The lack of adequate, sustainable and predictable funding has put UNRWA in an impossible situation. We have reached the limit of what we can do with the resources we have. Our total income in 2022 was approximately the same as in 2013, while the needs and costs are exponentially greater. The status quo is no longer sustainable.”
16. Close up, Security Council president
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States of America:
“Now, let me add a clear, unequivocal statement: We strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it will advance thousands of settlement units. And we strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it begin a process to retroactively legalize nine outposts in the West Bank that were previously illegal under Israeli law. These unilateral measures exacerbate tensions. They harm trust between the parties. They undermine the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution. The United States does not support these actions. Full stop.”
18. Med shot, Council members
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
“This is not any moment in time. And while the killing, the pain, the displacement, the demolitions are the same, we are fast approaching a breaking point that no one should care to explore. It is mounting with every child killed, with every house demolished, with every family displaced.”
20. Med shot, Security Council
21. Pan left, Erdan walks to the stakeout
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“The Council never addresses Palestinian incitement. Never. Let alone condemned. Instead, the Council is focused, once again, only on Israel. I mean, it is difficult for me to understand what did the Council truly expect Israel to do when faced with the terror authority that constantly strives for our delegitimisation, that has lost control of much of its areas, including Gazam of course, to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.”
23. Pan right, Erdan walks away from the stakeout
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. UPSOUND (English) Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February:
“The Security Council expresses deep concern and dismay with Israel’s announcement on February 12, 2023, announcing further construction and expansion of settlements and the “legalization” of settlement outposts. The Security Council reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two -State solution based on the 1967 lines.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“We are witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly twenty years. I am concerned that developments on the ground are continuing their negative trajectory, gaining in both pace and intensity. At the same time, unilateral actions are moving the parties still further apart, exacerbating tensions and driving the conflict. Immediate efforts are required to reduce tensions. But restoring calm is not, on its own, a recipe for progress.”
6. Med shot, Council members
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“Amid the mounting violence, there was also a concerning deterioration in relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Following the 26 January Israeli search and arrest operation in Jenin, the Palestinian Authority (PA) announced that security coordination with Israel “no longer exists.””
8. Med shot, Council members
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process:
“With the holy month of Ramadan once again coinciding with the Passover and Easter holidays this year, joint efforts are needed to ensure that this period passes safely and peacefully for all. Provocations, disinformation and efforts by extremists to stoke violence must be addressed swiftly and effectively.”
10. Close up, Security Council president
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“A growing number of Palestine refugees in the region stand on the brink of despair. Multiple crisis, conflicts, the never-ending occupation, the socio economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising global food and fuel prices caused by the conflict in Ukraine, have pushed growing numbers of Palestine refugees into poverty.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“Competing global priorities and shifting regional dynamics have almost annihilated any remaining attention to the plight of Palestine refugees today. Meanwhile, the political, socio-economic and security conditions that surround the refugees continue to deteriorate.”
14. Med shot, Council members
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“The lack of adequate, sustainable and predictable funding has put UNRWA in an impossible situation. We have reached the limit of what we can do with the resources we have. Our total income in 2022 was approximately the same as in 2013, while the needs and costs are exponentially greater. The status quo is no longer sustainable.”
16. Close up, Security Council president
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States of America:
“Now, let me add a clear, unequivocal statement: We strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it will advance thousands of settlement units. And we strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it begin a process to retroactively legalize nine outposts in the West Bank that were previously illegal under Israeli law. These unilateral measures exacerbate tensions. They harm trust between the parties. They undermine the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution. The United States does not support these actions. Full stop.”
18. Med shot, Council members
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
“This is not any moment in time. And while the killing, the pain, the displacement, the demolitions are the same, we are fast approaching a breaking point that no one should care to explore. It is mounting with every child killed, with every house demolished, with every family displaced.”
20. Med shot, Security Council
21. Pan left, Erdan walks to the stakeout
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“The Council never addresses Palestinian incitement. Never. Let alone condemned. Instead, the Council is focused, once again, only on Israel. I mean, it is difficult for me to understand what did the Council truly expect Israel to do when faced with the terror authority that constantly strives for our delegitimisation, that has lost control of much of its areas, including Gazam of course, to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.”
23. Pan right, Erdan walks away from the stakeout
STORYLINE
The Security Council expressed on Monday “deep concern and dismay” with Israel’s announcement of further construction and expansion of settlements and the “legalization” of settlement outposts.
Reading a presidential statement from the Council in New York, Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta and President of the Council in February, said the Council “reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two -State solution based on the 1967 lines.”
Briefing the Council, Tor Wennesland, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the world is “witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly twenty years” and that he is “concerned that developments on the ground are continuing their negative trajectory, gaining in both pace and intensity.”
Wennesland added, “At the same time, unilateral actions are moving the parties still further apart, exacerbating tensions and driving the conflict. Immediate efforts are required to reduce tensions. But restoring calm is not, on its own, a recipe for progress.”
Amid the mounting violence, the Special Coordinator warned about “a concerning deterioration in relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority”, the Palestinian Authority (PA) announcing that security coordination with Israel “no longer exists” following the 26 January Israeli search and arrest operation in Jenin.
Wennesland also said that, “with the holy month of Ramadan once again coinciding with the Passover and Easter holidays this year, joint efforts are needed to ensure that this period passes safely and peacefully for all.”
The Special Coordinator raffirmed that “provocations, disinformation and efforts by extremists to stoke violence must be addressed swiftly and effectively.”
The Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Leni Stenseth, also briefed the Council.
According to Stenseth, “a growing number of Palestine refugees in the region stand on the brink of despair.”
The UNRWA official explianed, “Multiple crisis, conflicts, the never-ending occupation, the socio-economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising global food and fuel prices caused by the conflict in Ukraine, have pushed growing numbers of Palestine refugees into poverty.”
Stenseth said that “competing global priorities and shifting regional dynamics have almost annihilated any remaining attention to the plight of Palestine refugees today” and, meanwhile, “the political, socio-economic and security conditions that surround the refugees continue to deteriorate.”
For Stenseth, “the lack of adequate, sustainable and predictable funding has put UNRWA in an impossible situation.”
The official said, “We have reached the limit of what we can do with the resources we have. Our total income in 2022 was approximately the same as in 2013, while the needs and costs are exponentially greater. The status quo is no longer sustainable.”
Representing the United States, Permanent Representative Linda Thomas-Greenfield made a “clear, unequivocal statement”.
“We strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it will advance thousands of settlement units. And we strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it begin a process to retroactively legalize nine outposts in the West Bank that were previously illegal under Israeli law,” Thomas-Greenfield explained.
According to the ambassador, “these unilateral measures exacerbate tensions”, “harm trust between the parties” and “undermine the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution.”
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative, said, “The Council never addresses Palestinian incitement. Never. Let alone condemned.”
Instead, Erdan continued, “the Council is focused, once again, only on Israel.”
“I mean, it is difficult for me to understand what did the Council truly expect Israel to do when faced with the terror authority that constantly strives for our delegitimisation, that has lost control of much of its areas, including Gazam of course, to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization,” concluded the ambassador.
Reading a presidential statement from the Council in New York, Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta and President of the Council in February, said the Council “reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two -State solution based on the 1967 lines.”
Briefing the Council, Tor Wennesland, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the world is “witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly twenty years” and that he is “concerned that developments on the ground are continuing their negative trajectory, gaining in both pace and intensity.”
Wennesland added, “At the same time, unilateral actions are moving the parties still further apart, exacerbating tensions and driving the conflict. Immediate efforts are required to reduce tensions. But restoring calm is not, on its own, a recipe for progress.”
Amid the mounting violence, the Special Coordinator warned about “a concerning deterioration in relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority”, the Palestinian Authority (PA) announcing that security coordination with Israel “no longer exists” following the 26 January Israeli search and arrest operation in Jenin.
Wennesland also said that, “with the holy month of Ramadan once again coinciding with the Passover and Easter holidays this year, joint efforts are needed to ensure that this period passes safely and peacefully for all.”
The Special Coordinator raffirmed that “provocations, disinformation and efforts by extremists to stoke violence must be addressed swiftly and effectively.”
The Deputy Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Leni Stenseth, also briefed the Council.
According to Stenseth, “a growing number of Palestine refugees in the region stand on the brink of despair.”
The UNRWA official explianed, “Multiple crisis, conflicts, the never-ending occupation, the socio-economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising global food and fuel prices caused by the conflict in Ukraine, have pushed growing numbers of Palestine refugees into poverty.”
Stenseth said that “competing global priorities and shifting regional dynamics have almost annihilated any remaining attention to the plight of Palestine refugees today” and, meanwhile, “the political, socio-economic and security conditions that surround the refugees continue to deteriorate.”
For Stenseth, “the lack of adequate, sustainable and predictable funding has put UNRWA in an impossible situation.”
The official said, “We have reached the limit of what we can do with the resources we have. Our total income in 2022 was approximately the same as in 2013, while the needs and costs are exponentially greater. The status quo is no longer sustainable.”
Representing the United States, Permanent Representative Linda Thomas-Greenfield made a “clear, unequivocal statement”.
“We strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it will advance thousands of settlement units. And we strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it begin a process to retroactively legalize nine outposts in the West Bank that were previously illegal under Israeli law,” Thomas-Greenfield explained.
According to the ambassador, “these unilateral measures exacerbate tensions”, “harm trust between the parties” and “undermine the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution.”
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative, said, “The Council never addresses Palestinian incitement. Never. Let alone condemned.”
Instead, Erdan continued, “the Council is focused, once again, only on Israel.”
“I mean, it is difficult for me to understand what did the Council truly expect Israel to do when faced with the terror authority that constantly strives for our delegitimisation, that has lost control of much of its areas, including Gazam of course, to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization,” concluded the ambassador.
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