Palestinian U.N. ambassador: No act can ever justify genocide by whomever, wherever, against any people

INA-  SOURCES


Regarding the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Riyad Mansour, the ambassador of Palestine to the UN, sent letters to the secretary-general of the UN, the presidents of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly.

Mansour stressed that “Nothing that can ever justify genocide. No act, no attack, no threat can ever justify genocide by whomever, wherever, against any people."

He pointed to "Israel's deliberate attack on a tent encampment sheltering Palestinian families who had been recently forcibly displaced there, a place designated a "safe zone", by the explicit "evacuation" orders by Israeli occupying forces (IOF). This Israeli strike on the Tal al-Sultan area of Rafah killed at least 45 Palestinians, most of them women and children, many killed instantly in their tents and others who burned to death as fire spread throughout the encampment following the bombing, leaving a scene of absolute horror."

Mansour also noted “All this is happening despite the third set of Provisional Measures Order indicated by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to Israel on 24 May, including the explicit order to: "Immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part".

“We call once more on the Security Council to act as a matter of obligation in line with its Charter duties and as a matter of urgency to bring a halt to this genocidal war in Gaza by which Israel, the occupying Power, has thus far killed more than 36,050 Palestinians and wounded more than 81,000 Palestinians, the majority of victims children and women. We call again on the international community as a whole, including the Security Council, to act now to bring a halt to the slaughter of our people and their irreparable harm being done to them. A ceasefire must be demanded and implemented now and the Palestinian civilian population must be protected,” he said.

He affirmed : "It is time to hold Israel, the occupying Power, and all of its responsible government and military officials and forces accountable for all of the crimes that they are perpetrating against the Palestinian people, methodically, deliberately, maliciously and wantonly across Gaza and the the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.”

He also asserted that “All States have a duty to act in this regard in line with their international legal obligations and any sense of humanity that remains in this world. We again appeal for their action now to protect the Palestinian people and bring an end to this grave injustice.”