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Ki Moon Denounces Settlements: Don’t Shoot the Messenger, ’Israel’
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The United Nation [UN]'s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon once again censured the Zionist entity for its decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories and illegal settlement construction on the occupied lands.
"History proves that people will always resist occupation," Ban said in an opinion piece published on the website of The New York Times on Sunday and in the paper itself on Monday.
The UN chief denounced Tel Aviv's plans to build over 150 new settlements and to confiscate 370 acres of agricultural land in the occupied West Bank.
"Israeli" settlements keep expanding," he wrote, adding, "At the same time, thousands of Palestinian homes in the West Bank risk demolition...
"As I warned the Security Council last week, Palestinian frustration and grievances are growing under the weight of nearly a half-century of occupation. Ignoring this won't make it disappear. No one can deny that the everyday reality of occupation provokes anger and despair."
The South Korean diplomat also expressed concern about the continuation of tensions in Palestinian territories, which he said may jeopardize the so-called two-state solution. "I am so concerned that we are reaching a point of no return for the two-state solution."
The UN secretary general has voiced strong criticism of "Israel's" policies in recent days.
On January 26, he said in an address to the UN Security Council that "Israel's" settlement activities should be stopped for "progress towards peace" to be achieved.
The following day, Ban told a UN committee on Palestinian rights that the Palestinians, especially the youth, "are losing hope. They are angered by the stifling policies of the occupation."
The remarks prompted "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accuse Ban of giving a "tailwind to terror." Netanyahu also claimed that the UN had lost its neutrality "a long time ago."
In an apparent reaction to such rhetoric from Netanyahu, Ban titled his Times piece "Don't Shoot the Messenger, "Israel"."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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