{"id":225308,"date":"2019-11-27T12:41:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=225308"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:41:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:41:10","slug":"thinking-middle-east-conflict-can-be-managed-or-contained-a-dangerous-illusion-warns-secretary-general-in-message-for-international-day-of-solidarity-with-palestinian-people-press-release-sg-s","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/thinking-middle-east-conflict-can-be-managed-or-contained-a-dangerous-illusion-warns-secretary-general-in-message-for-international-day-of-solidarity-with-palestinian-people-press-release-sg-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Middle East Conflict Can Be Managed or Contained “A Dangerous Illusion”, Warns Secretary-General in Message for International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People – Press Release (SG\/SM\/19883-OBV\/1940-PAL\/2236)"},"content":{"rendered":"
SG\/SM\/19883-OBV\/1940-PAL\/2236<\/strong>
\n27 NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n

Following is Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary\u2011General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u2019 message for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, observed on 29 November:<\/p>\n

Resolving the Israeli\u2011Palestinian conflict remains one of the most intractable challenges facing the international community.\u00a0 Regrettably, over the past year, there have been no positive developments, and the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate.<\/p>\n

The intensification of illegal settlements, demolitions of Palestinian homes and the pervasive suffering in Gaza must stop.\u00a0 The establishment of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation of international law, as stated in Security Council resolution\u00a02334<\/a>\u00a0(2016).\u00a0 These actions threaten to undermine the viability of establishing a Palestinian State based on relevant United Nations resolutions.\u00a0 At the same time, the indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars towards Israeli civilian populations must cease.<\/p>\n

I call on Israelis and Palestinians, and all their supporters, to take steps that will restore faith in the two\u2011State solution.\u00a0 There is no viable alternative.\u00a0 It is a dangerous illusion to think that the conflict can be managed or contained in perpetuity.\u00a0 Only constructive negotiations between the parties, in good faith, with support from the international community and adhering to long\u2011standing United Nations resolutions and long\u2011agreed parameters, will bring about a just and durable solution, with Jerusalem as the capital of both States.\u00a0 What is needed, first and foremost, are leadership and political will.\u00a0 The efforts of civil society and those on all sides who seek to bridge the gap between Israelis and Palestinians also need to be supported.<\/p>\n

On this International Day of Solidarity, let us reaffirm our commitment to upholding the rights of the Palestinian people.\u00a0 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will not waver in its commitment to the Palestinian people as we strive to achieve their inalienable rights and build a future of peace, justice, security and dignity for Palestinians and Israelis alike.<\/p>\n

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SG\/SM\/19883-OBV\/1940-PAL\/2236 27 NOVEMBER 2019 Fran\u00e7ais Following is Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary\u2011General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u2019 message for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, observed on 29 November: Resolving the Israeli\u2011Palestinian conflict remains one of the most intractable challenges facing the international community.\u00a0 Regrettably, over the past year, there have been no positive developments, and the situation […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2433,2621,1329],"document-source":[1753,5352,6169],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2473],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542,6541],"class_list":["post-225308","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-french-text","document-category-message","document-category-press-release","document-source-ceirpp","document-source-secretary-general","document-source-united-nations-department-of-global-communications","document-subject-solidarity-day","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english","document-language-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/225308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/225308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=225308"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=225308"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=225308"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=225308"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=225308"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=225308"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=225308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}