There is a myth being advanced in this Chamber by certain speakers: that the peace process over the last three to four years was in an idyllic state until the May 1996 elections that brought the current Israeli Government to power. Those speakers have forgotten that hundreds of Katyusha rockets fell…
Discussion about the situation in the Middle East requires a broad analysis of the major
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Communist bloc in Eastern Europe put an end to global super-Power competition. The Arab-Israeli conflict could finally be apprehended as a major regional issue devoid of…
In the last four years, the people of Israel have witnessed two contrasting realities in their
But the people of Israel witnessed another reality as well. From the 1993 signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO until the May 1996 election of the current Israeli Government,…
Israel has followed the informal consultations on item 157, entitled “United Nations reform: measures and proposals”, with great interest.
We believe that reform of the Organization is of paramount importance and that the programme outlined by the Secretary-General is sound and moves in the right d…
Israel’s vote in favour of the resolution as a whole represents its appreciation of the professional work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in all areas under its mandate. However, in reference to the third preambular paragraph of the resolution, it is our firm position that the appli…
I wish to exercise my delegation’s right of reply to the very lengthy remarks made this morning by the Syrian representative.
It is indeed unfortunate that as we gathered here this morning to discuss the report (A/52/292) of the Director- General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultur…
The delegation of Israel has joined the consensus on this resolution for the fourth time in a row. In so doing, we are guided by the desire to make peace with our neighbours, all of which are members of the League of Arab States.
Today, after a long period of standstill in the peace process, there …
I would like to begin by congratulating the President on his unanimous election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. It is my hope that at this session the Assembly will be successful in bringing nations closer to each other and in finding ways to a…
This draft resolution, adopted by the Fifth Committee under agenda item 123 (b), is fundamentally flawed. The singling out of one country to bear the costs of the damages to a United Nations peacekeeping force attributable to a military incident is utterly unprecedented and contrary to the practice …
On the day on which three Israeli women were murdered by Palestinian terrorists, and many more, including children and babies, were wounded, 13 members of the Security Council have raised their hands in support of a one-sided draft resolution which singles out Israel. We would like to thank the dele…
This draft resolution is one-sided and biased. It singles out Israel and is detrimental to the Middle East peace process.
Today Israel mourns the six schoolgirls and their teacher who were murdered this morning in the Jordan Valley. This terrible crime reinforces our belief that the only way to pro…
Since the Madrid Peace Conference in October 1991, Israel and its Arab neighbours have been engaged in creating and nurturing peace for our region. Our hope is to end the cycle of hatred, violence and bloodshed which has gripped our region for so long. The only way to do this, as has been proved tim…
The delegation of Israel has joined the consensus on a resolution on this item for the seventh time in a row. In doing so, we are guided by the desire to make peace with our neighbours, all of which are members of the League of Arab States. Israel supports cooperation between the United Nations and …
At the outset, I would like to share Israel’s outrage at the brutal murder, two days ago, of an Israeli woman, Ita Tzur, and her 12-year-old son, Ephraim, and at the wounding of five members of their family outside of Ramallah by Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Popular Front. I call on the P…
For the better part of this decade, the peoples of the Middle East have been travelling on the road towards peace and a better future. The road has proven difficult, often pushing our commitment to peace to its breaking point. But the road to peace has also proven to be the only way to escape the cy…
Israel intends to continue, together with the Palestinians, the march towards peace until we reach our goal of a full peace between the two sides and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
However, to refer to 29 November 1947 and resolution 181 (II) and to suggest that it was acceptable to the …
Several previous speeches referred to General Assembly resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947. As the meaning and context of this resolution were misrepresented, I would like to set the record straight.
Forty-nine years ago the General Assembly adopted a resolution in favour of the establishment o…
I would like, at the outset, to re- emphasize that the Government of Israel and the Israeli people yearn for and are committed to peace with all our neighbours. We have experienced too many wars in which
It is now more than three years since Israel and the Palestinians embarked on the historic path…
The world faces enormous humanitarian challenges in Africa — the most recent in eastern Zaire — and in other regions of the world. Throughout the world there is a direct connection between economic prosperity and political stability. Likewise, there must also be a strong link between relief and assi…
The delegation of Israel has joined the consensus on the resolution just adopted. In so doing, we were guided by the desire to make peace with all of our neighbours, all of whom are members of the League of Arab States. Israel has joined consensus on this item for the last three years. During the pa…
