{"id":236160,"date":"2020-05-29T13:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=236160"},"modified":"2020-06-19T15:53:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T19:53:03","slug":"annexation-daily-press-briefing-excerpts-6","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/annexation-daily-press-briefing-excerpts-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Annexation \u2013 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
29 MAY 2020<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of the 29 May 2020 noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

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Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 My second question, yesterday, Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu gave an interview, and he said he was determined to annex 30\u00a0per\u00a0cent of the West Bank \u2014 that’s his word, 30\u00a0per\u00a0cent \u2014 of the West Bank and, of course, the Jordan Valley.\u00a0 And when asked about Palestinian citizens in those annexed areas, he said they would not be given the Israeli citizenship.<\/p>\n

First, isn’t that a flagrant case of apartheid?<\/p>\n

And the second question, when the UN\u2026\u00a0 when Netanyahu give these kind of flagrant statement in violation of UN resolutions and international law and there is no outcry for action from the upper echelon of the United Nations, wouldn’t that be a signal for him that the world community is living with this kind of behaviour?<\/p>\n

Deputy Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 We have come out against this behaviour.\u00a0 We’ve made very clear that we are against these unilateral steps.\u00a0 I think Nickolay Mladenov spoke very eloquently about the need to avoid these steps that will endanger the two\u2011State solution, and he also made very clear, in his remarks to the Security Council, that he believes the recent reaction from the Palestinian side is basically a cry for help, and it must be listened to.<\/p>\n

And, so, we will continue both to work on the diplomatic tracks and to make clear our opposition to annexation or unilateral steps.<\/p>\n

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For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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