The current spate of deadly violence is distancing the prospect of a two-State solution to end the Israel-Palestine conflict, as the occupation is “eating away” at both societies, the UN rights chief told the Human Rights Council on Friday.
Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians “is again reaching a boiling point”, the UN Middle East envoy told the Security Council on Monday, warning of escalating violence amid a stalled peace process.
A recap of Tuesday’s stories in brief: UN ‘regret’ over US settlements reversal; Almost daily attacks plunge Sahel into ‘three-country crisis’; live ammunition reportedly used against Iranian protesters; reconciliation helps ‘repair fractures’, promote peace; call for poorest countries to take leading role in their own development agendas; and World Toilet Day.
Many Palestinians living under Israeli occupation suffer from a “coercive environment” where settlement expansion has made people’s lives so unbearable that they feel pressured to move, according to a top UN official there.
James Heenan, head of the UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said that permits for building in the West Bank, were “almost non-existent” now for Palestinians.
“The two-state solution remains the only way to achieve the legitimate national aspirations” of Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Special Coordinator of the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Thursday.
Speaking via video-teleconference, Nickolay Mladenov also expressed concern about the threat of what he described as an “abyss of radicalism that is sweeping the region”.
On Wednesday, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged for more support to the two-state solution and warned there was no “Plan B.”
