Israel is the elemental explanation for the disaster seen in Gaza, Türkiye’s everlasting consultant to the UN Office in Geneva mentioned Wednesday.
“The fundamental cause of the catastrophe we face in Gaza today is the Israeli occupation. As long as this occupation persists, resistance against the occupation by Palestinians will also continue,” mentioned Burak Akcapar.
Akcapar’s remarks got here after former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, Chair commissioner of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem and Israel, which is investigating crimes dedicated in occupied Palestinian territories, offered the fee’s report throughout an interactive dialogue session held throughout the framework of the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Akcapar mentioned the report exposes among the battle crimes and crimes towards humanity dedicated by Israeli forces towards civilians in Gaza.
He identified that Israel’s steady refusal to cooperate with the Commission has overshadowed the report, and findings primarily based on Israeli sources relating to assaults on Israel didn’t go the objectivity take a look at.
He additional mentioned they assist the report’s name for a right away and sustainable cease-fire, the lifting of the Gaza blockade and the uninterrupted, satisfactory and steady supply of humanitarian support, in addition to the mutual launch of detainees and prisoners and an finish to the concentrating on of civilians and civilian infrastructure.
He famous that these calls are consistent with Resolution 2735 adopted by the UN Security Council aiming to realize a cease-fire in Gaza.
Urging each member of the worldwide neighborhood to assist the sovereign state of Palestine primarily based on the pre-1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem, Akcapar mentioned that “Türkiye, as a leading humanitarian donor for Gaza, is ready to contribute to efforts aimed at resolving this significant conflict in our region.”
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