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Download CSVPalestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 26 sentences
- Excellency Dr. Khalil al-Rahman, President of the General Assembly, Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads and Members of Delegations, For the second consecutive year, the Palestinian delegation was denied the entry visas required to reach New York and participate in the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in person.
- We also affirm that the Palestinian people and its leadership should not be punished for demanding an end for the occupation or for turning to the UN, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court.
- Denying the Palestinian delegation access to the UN headquarters is a violation of the United States' obligations as the host country.
- Mr. President, esteemed member states, I speak to you today as the Palestinian people faces one of the most dangerous times of its history.
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 16 sentences
- For decades, I've stood before this Assembly and warned of the dangers of leaving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict unresolved.
- In the first 300 days of the so-called ceasefire, at least 300 Palestinian children were killed.
- But this Israeli government keeps moving the goalposts, continuing its attacks and destruction of civilian infrastructure, refusing to withdraw, and squeezing Palestinians into barely a third of Gaza.
- An attempt to erase Palestinian life and impose a new territorial reality in Gaza.
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- And when we did, nine years later, Palestinian terrorists hijacked a passenger airplane headed for Israel.
- They threatened to kill them all if Israel did not release Palestinian terrorists.
- On that horrific day, thousands of Palestinians, terrorists, stormed into Israel from Gaza.
- Who picked up Palestinian children at the Gaza border.
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- The systematic destruction witnessed in the Palestinian territory and the ensuing full of victims and displacement are of the responsibility of the international community, especially the United Nations.
- We have to protect the Palestinian people and end their suffering.
- In this vein, we renew our support for a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian cause based on the peace, the Arab peace initiative and the UN resolutions to establish the state of Palestine that is independent, viable along the lines of the 4th of June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
- We do welcome and commend the recent measures undertaken by a number of European countries to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers who have been implicated in violent acts against the Palestinian people.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President, Madam President, The Palestinian question remains a constant priority in the foreign policy of the Kingdom of Morocco, based on its belief in the justice of this, that this is a just cause and it's central to achieving peace and stability in the Middle East region.
- Building on this conviction, the Kingdom of Morocco, under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, believes that the establishment of a lasting peace in the Middle East depends on the establishment of an independent, sovereign, and viable Palestinian state on the borders of the 4th of June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with the State of Israel in peace and security.
- In the face of the tragedy that the brotherly Palestinian people continue to endure, the Kingdom renews its call for respect for the ceasefire in Gaza and for the entry of humanitarian assistance into the Strip in sufficient quantities without impediment or interruption.
- At the same time, Morocco stresses the need to support the Palestinian Authority, particularly in the financial, technical, structural, humanitarian, and training fields, and to accompany the reforms it is undertaking within its various institutions.
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President, the State of Kuwait reiterates its principled and firm position condemning the ongoing violations by the Israeli occupation forces against the brotherly Palestinian people.
- The Palestinian people continue to suffer under difficult living conditions caused by policies of displacement, arrests, and settlement.
- This includes the complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Gaza, the assurance of humanitarian aid access, and the return of the Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip.
- we affirm that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President, if justice and the application of rules is the litmus test of the credibility of the international system, then the Palestinian issue remains the clearest example of the existing dysfunction.
- What the Palestinian people have endured and continue to endure in terms of suffering, repression, and violations must not become a normalized reality or a protracted crisis managed from one cycle to the other.
- In this context, Egypt reaffirms its categorical rejection of any attempt to displace the Palestinian people from their land, whether from the Gaza Strip or from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
- Believing that stability can be achieved in the region while ignoring the suffering of the Palestinian people and merely managing the occupation rather than ending it is nothing but illusion.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- More of us have taken steps to push back against the illegal and violent settler occupation of Palestinian land in the West Bank.
- It is the stated intent of the Prime Minister of Israel, who said clearly that, and I quote, "We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state.
- while Palestinian communities face a sustained campaign of displacement and destruction amounting to ethnic cleansing.
- Entire villages have been razed, homes and vital infrastructure demolished, and thousands of Palestinian families driven from the places they have called home for generations, and exposed to intimidation and violence.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- How can we restore this trust while the Palestinian people are subjected daily to the most horrific crimes and violations and denied their most basic rights to life, security, freedom, and self-determination, while the international community remains unable to put an end to their ongoing humanitarian suffering or to enforce respect for international law and international humanitarian law?
- Tunisia recalls that the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion of the 19th of July 2024 affirmed that the occupying entity is compelled to end its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory and that all UN member states are likewise compelled not to recognize as lawful the situation resulting from that unlawful presence.
- The catastrophic humanitarian conditions endured by the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip, as a result of continued casualties, displacement, the destruction of homes and infrastructure, and the collapse of the health care system, require safe, urgent, and sustained humanitarian access.
- Tunisia considers that any attempt to dismantle this long-standing UN agency or to undermine its mandate prior to a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian refugee issue
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- And, naturally, no progress can be made if there is any question of the forced displacement of any of the Palestinian population.
- Settlement expansion, running directly counter to the resolutions of this General Assembly and designed to undermine the Palestinian territorial integrity, must stop and stop now.
- So too must the violent settler attacks on Palestinian communities, increasing at an alarming rate.
- These are all essential preconditions to a just and lasting peace, as is a credible and reformed Palestinian Authority that can demonstrate to citizens of both Palestine and Israel that it has the transparency, the accountability, the institutional effectiveness, and above all, the democratic legitimacy to be a truly effective partner for peace.
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- including the withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip, the disarmament of Hamas, and the advancement of a serious political horizon leading to a just and lasting settlement of the Palestinian question based on the two-state solution.
- This entails the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and security.
- We also underscore the importance of ensuring the unification of Gaza and the West Bank under a Palestinian authority that, once reformed, will be capable to fulfill its responsibilities and ensure that arms remain solely under its control.
- We further underscore the urgent need to halt Israel's dangerous escalation in the West Bank and its settlement activities, accompanied by the rise of settler violence, terrorism, and the siege of Palestinian village, as well as the ongoing in East Jerusalem and at the holy sites, and the attempts to impose a new historical and legal status quo on the ground.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- This injustice against our Palestinian brothers and sisters deeply offends the conscience of humanity.
- And from this rostrum, from this podium, we'll continue to make the Palestinian people's fight heard throughout the world.
- Although the Palestinian resistance movement has agreed to move to the second stage of the peace plan, the Israeli government refuses to stop the occupation.
- When Palestinian children look up at the sky, they will see kites flying freely, not fighter jets, UAVs, or drones.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- As genocide and war crimes against Palestinians continue, and their actions are not confined to Gaza.
- Humanitarian assistance must reach Palestinians safely, rapidly, and at scale.
- For the Palestinian people, a sovereign future means freedom, dignity, self-determination, and the right to live their security in their own state.
- The Maldives will always stand with Palestinian people and their undeniable right for that future.
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- For generations, The Palestinian people have waited for justice, statehood, and dignity.
- In the West Bank, Palestinians continue to endure occupation, expanding illegal settlements, settler violence, and displacement from their homes and land.
- It requires addressing its root cause and realizing the Palestinian people's legitimate right to self-determination and an independent state of Palestine based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
- Without justice for the Palestinian people, there can be no lasting peace.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- The Palestinian people have an annihilable right to self-determination and to their own state.
- We support the Palestinian Authority and its reform efforts, including democratic election.
- We urge Israel to release withheld clearance revenue and to facilitate correspondent banking service for the Palestinian Authority.
- This development undermined the possibility of a viable Palestinian state.
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- The Israeli occupation continues to kill Palestinian civilians.
- From this podium, Algeria renews its full and unconditional support for the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.
- Foremost among them is the Palestinian people's natural right to establish an independent and fully sovereign state with Al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital.
- And if the Palestinian cause constitutes a daily test of the credibility of the international legal system, Africa is yet another test.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Last month, Israel issued tenders for the construction of the E1 mega settlement, which would drive a wedge through the West Bank and threaten to put a viable Palestinian state beyond reach.
- So we have acted by banning trade in goods with illegal settlements, recognising that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory is unlawful, and sanctioning those taking part in the construction of illegal settlements.
- We want to see Israeli and Palestinian people living side by side in peace and security.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- But then came the Palestinian Nakba, 1948, Over the following years, we read about the wars of partition, famine in South Asia, Korean War, onslaught in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the infamous Khmer Rouge genocide, later the Bosnian genocide, Rwanda genocide, and so many other wars.
- Regarding the situation in the Israeli-occupied territories, Gaza and West Bank, Timor-Leste joins with the vast majority of UN Member States to reaffirm our belief that the two-state solution is the only viable solution for Israelis to live in peace with themselves and with the Palestinians, and for the Palestinians to live in peace with themselves and with the Israelis.
- We finish our meetings, we plan our weekends, we grow inure to the killings of Palestinians.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Somalia stands firmly with Palestinian people and their legitimate right to self-determination and statehood.
- We reaffirm our support for a just and lasting peace based on a two-state solution, with an independent and viable Palestinian state along with the 1967 borders.
- A just resolution of the Palestinian question remains essential to lasting peace and stability in the Middle East and beyond.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- We want a prosperous and safe Israel, but the same applies to the Palestinians and to Israel's neighbors.
- Israelis and Palestinians deserve to live side by side in peace and security, with a credible path to a two-state solution.
- Palestinians in Gaza desperately need peace and stability, with Hamas disarmed and the IDF withdrawing from the Strip.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, for generations, Palestinians, particularly women, children and the elderly have been subjected to occupation, eviction, suffering and death.
- Last year, Mr. President, I had shared with you the heart-wrenching story of Hind Rajab, an innocent Palestinian girl who was brutally shot by Israeli soldiers.
- Excellencies, it is deeply worrying that Israeli violence has now spread to the West Bank, where the forcible eviction of Palestinians clearly reflects Israel's genocidal agenda, which continues unabated.
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- The continued suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and the targeting of civilians by Israeli occupation, the obstruction of humanitarian assistance, attempts at forced displacement, and the continued expansion of illegal settlements all constitute serious violations of international law and international humanitarian law.
- The Kingdom rejects any attempts at forced displacement or changing the status quo of the Palestinian territories.
- We stress that a just and lasting peace can only be achieved through the implementation of the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 3 sentences
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- The Republic of Djibouti further reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and its full support for their legitimate rights, in particular their inalienable right to the establishment of an independent and sovereign State.
- We roundly condemn illegal settlement activity, violence committed against civilians, including by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, forced displacement, and any policy aimed at altering the demographic and territorial reality of the occupied Palestinian territory.
- Djibouti will continue to support efforts to bring an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people and to ensure that justice, peace and international law prevail.
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- And let us be clear, self-determination is a right to which both Israelis and Palestinians are entitled.
- That means a Palestinian state living alongside Israel in peace, security, and dignity.
- And the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination in a state of their own is also not up for debate.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Generations of Palestinians will carry the pain and trauma left by the genocide of women and children perpetrated By Netanyahu government in Gaza, Israeli civilians pay the price for radicalism and intolerance of Hamas terrorist acts.
- Illegal settlements in the West Bank are making the two-state solution increasingly unviable, essential for Israelis and Palestinians to live in safety.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- As Palestinian factions agreed to arrangements for the collection of weapons as stipulated in the agreement, Israel, for its part, must fully honor its commitments in their entirety: a definitive cessation of operations, withdrawal from the Strip, lifting of the blockade and the unconditional delivery of humanitarian assistance.
- The continued persecution, apartheid, and settler terrorism in the occupied West Bank, and the desecration of Islamic and Christian holy sites, foremost among them the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, denying the Palestinian people their rights, most notably their inalienable right to establish their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- From what we have observed, we do not discern encouraging signs regarding the likelihood of reaching any peace agreement in the near future in the wars between Russia and Ukraine, in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East, and in the Persian Gulf.
- The expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and lands through expansion of Jewish settlements in West Bank must elicit the strongest international outrage and condemnation.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- There, the plight of the Palestinian people continues to worsen after decades of occupation, repression, and the alteration of their identity.
- All of humanity yearns for international instruments and resolutions, to move from texts and promises to a reality, and for the right of the Palestinian people to their state to be realized in accordance with international law.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians, women, children, and elderly have lost their lives, and entire populations stand on the brink of extermination.
- The international community will regain its credibility first by taking urgent action to silence the guns, to protect civilian lives, whether Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, or Syrian, and ultimately implementing United Nations resolutions, including the two-state solution with Israel and Palestine coexisting peacefully.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- The suffering of the Palestinian people remains a profound test of the credibility of the international system.
- We reaffirm the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination, membership of the United Nations, and our support for a just, comprehensive, and lasting two-state solution, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace, security, and dignity.
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, the Republic of Yemen, reaffirms its unwavering support for the Palestinian people's right to freedom, dignity, and the establishment of their independent sovereign state in accordance with international resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
- We call for ending the suffering of the Palestinian people, protecting civilians, and promoting stability in this world.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Today, the regime's Prime Minister told this Assembly that he has brutally killed nearly 75,000 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, and injured around 157,000 others, simply because he had no other choice.
- What message does this assembly send to Palestinians when their leaders are barred from speaking here due to the United States' obstruction, while a criminal responsible for the killing of 75,000 Palestinians is given this podium?
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- And there can be no stability in the region as long as this organization remains unable to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination, like all other peoples of the world, no less and no more.
- I must stress here that cutting off funding to UNRWA or undermining its mandate does not end the rights of Palestinian refugees.
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 2 sentences
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Our nation's journey to independence has shaped our consistent support for the Palestinian people and their right to determine their own future.
- Indonesia will continue to stand with the Palestinian people until their right to self-determination is fulfilled and until an independent and sovereign state of Palestine is realized based on the two-state solution in accordance with international law and internationally agreed parameters.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Excellencies, last year, this Assembly endorsed the New York Declaration, a roadmap towards the two-state solution, a path to lasting peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians.
- And in the occupied West Bank, settler violence and settlement expansion threaten the daily lives of Palestinians, and undermine the prospects for a future Palestinian state.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 1 sentence
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Qatar · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 1 sentence