Palestinian envoy urges UN action over Jerusalem

 
International community urged to act to stop Israeli 'illegal and aggressive' actions in Jerusalem.

 
UNITED NATIONS - The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations accused Israel on Monday of "illegal and aggressive" actions in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem and urged the Security Council to take urgent action after recent clashes.

"At this critical juncture, the international community cannot stand idly by as Israel, the occupying power, persists in illegal and aggressive actions, particularly in occupied East Jerusalem," said ambassador Riyad Mansour.

"The necessary efforts must be exerted, including by the Security Council, to uphold its responsibilities and legal obligations to protect and enforce international law and prevent an already volatile situation from further escalating."

"Israel, the occupying power, must be made well aware that the international community will neither recognize nor condone the illegal facts it is attempting to create and entrench in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in East Jerusalem," said Mansour in his letter addressed to the Security Council presidency, held this month by Vietnam.

"We thus call for urgent action to compel Israel to cease its illegal practices and to scrupulously abide by all of its legal obligations, including under the Fourth Geneva Convention."

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