S/PV.2725 Security Council

The Sacurity Council will nuw remme ite ccneideration of the itaa cm its agenda. Ime first speaker io Mr. Naesamba Se&, Chairman of the Cumittre an the meroicie of the Inalienable Rights of the Paleetinian Deople. I invite him to take a Place at the Council table and to aabe his statement. Mr. BARRE (Senegal), Chairwan of the Oxwnittee cn the Esercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (interpretation fra Branch): A warrior (~11~ng diplomatea that ie the title that I would have suggested to Your biographer, Hr. President. Pot decade8 new you have, with a rkill to uhiuh you bold the aeetet, maateted the intricacies of the6e tvo ptofwionr, in order to rbvanee internatianal telatioas ox resolve situation8 threatening interneticnal pnuo ad Muutity. I am canvinoed that the Smutity Camoil will bonefit ftolr that talent in the settlement of the quwtioa auttently kfote it. In edvanae, u8 thank flou and aongratulata youa I take thir cppattunity alro of oongtatulating your predswasot, #kraadot Sit John ‘Ibouon of the United Kingda, un the exemplary way in which he pruidti met tha Ceuncil@r work in Dlovmber -and with hi8 English 8eneeofhumour. tiaally, f thank all th8 amabsrl) of the Council for authuti8irbg 8er in W Oapmcity a8 Chairman of the Committee an the IBceroiee of the Inalienable Right8 of the Palestinian People, to take part anoe again in a debate on the rituaticn in the Arab territories ocuupied by Israel. The Coranrittee observes with ev&r-groving concern that the eituation in the Palestinian and other Arab territories oucupied by Ierael, including JeruSale% Continue8 to deteriorate. Recent went6 are all the more dieturbing because they directly affect not merely the future of the Palestinian populatim in the OccUPi~ territories, but also international peace and security. The very fact that the kecurity council has been obliged to meet once again to consider this 8itUatiOn (Mr. Sam&I, Chairman, Committee on the metciee of the Xnalienable Rights of the Palestinian People) COllfiN - if further proof were neceaoary - the deep concern of the international cumunity at the event8 in tbe axrupied territories and their world-wide aonseguences, wbicb are serious, to Bay the least. Well-inforaad eource8 report that Iaraelf aoldier8 opened fire last ‘Phurt3day witbin and around Bir zeit Univercrity again& Paloetinian etudente who were demonstrating against the Irraeli frm-fret policy and against the deotructive measure8 8pplhd daily againat universities in the occupied territories,. As a result of tbat fusillade of l bets, tvo students zero killed outright and a third died an hour later in hoepita at RmaUah, in the occupied weat Bank. Wrthormre, 15 rtudentm uero rrounded, and two of t&a are in oritiaal aondition. %4m tbrea studontr killed worm Jawad Abu-Salnb, Ram1 &di and BIib 8ulaiman zbahab, all of ubm uam from tbo Ciraa Strip. mrdiag to information wo bava raaoived, mre then 500 Iararli soldiers are Ptrolling the ottrut of rumallah an4 Bit sait. Tbsa two tom6 bm0 been &dared a rilitxy aam and have been prohibited to tbe loual and intrrnational preu. 8OldiOrO omtinue, mreover, to mrround the area of Bir 2dt Univerrity, uboro almat 200 etudente have gatherad to protect against the aurder of their eouadu. (Mr. Sarri, Chairman, Committee an the Exercise of the Inalienable Riqhts of the Palestinian People) &cording to the Jerusalem Fast, Israeli troops entered Rsmallah mspital by force and remwmd the bodies of the dead studenta to an unknoun destination. These incidents are only the latest IPsnifestations of the policy of repression and the iCOn fiat adopted by the Ioraeli authorities to check Palestinian activities directed againet the military occupation and progressive annexation of the occupied tetritozies. These Israeli practices in pursuance of this policy have been desoribed in the -ittee's report to the General Assembly an8 in letters that I hawe addressed to the Council during the course of this year. They include, ammg other things, expulsion, admiaistrative detentia, without charge or trial for reneuablo periade of six months and the ieponitlon of restriatiaa on freedom of movemant, trade union freedom and ire&a of the press, including the alosing of neuspapers and the arbitrary arrest of journalists, trade union nabere and students. According to informtim ramioed by the aoclrittee, there have hmn several uases of torture and the oonbitions of detention and imprisonment of Palestinians continue to be inhumsne. Rlrthermore, the collective punishment and Other acts of repression perpetrated by the Ietaeli oooupation forces against the Palestinian populatiae have bmoae an alnmst daily fact of life. The ConWIittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Riqhtr of the Palestinian People would like to te-eephaeise that euah eeaaurea constitute a violation of the universal mlaration of itman Rights, the Pourth Geneva Convention and the relevant resolutions of the United Natione on thie matter. The8e meaeuree have heen taken in an atmosphere characterised by growing provocation by the Jewish eettlere established in the occupied Palestinian territociee. That provocation is clearly intended to drive the local population to emigrate, thus furthering the annexation of those territories by Israel. The (Mr. Sart6, Chairman, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People) latest incident took plaae some 10 days ago in the Holy City of JerUealeIII. A group Of Jewish settlers went on the rampage, setting fire to houses and vehicles belonging to Palestiniaus living in the old city, in particular in Rhalidye Street. They attacked aad beat up a number of Palestinians, provoking the flight of several Palestinian families. Aeoording to reliable sources, this caapaiga of intimibstioa was launched by yeshiva seminatista more than a month before the inaident in which a Jewish seminarist was stabbed. Their strategy also aoneisted in &unaging Palestinian homes. Ebr more than a week they shot at or stoned passing Palestinian vehicles. Shopkeepers verb obliged to remain at home and practiaelly compelled to impose a aurfew upon themselves. Givea these tragic events, whiuh only increase the suffering of the Palestinian psople aad make even more remote the prospect of a peaceful solution, the Committee of vhiuh I have the honour to be the Chairman would like once again to appeal urgently ta the Security Council to take practical steps to put an end to this atate of affairs, uhieb to say the least is distressing. During the UOUIB~ of this year the Committee has continued to aa@msiae that, owing to Israel,8 policy and practice0 and failing ptogrees tcwarde a COmprabensive, peaceful, just and lasting solution of the problem, the tensfans aad violeuce in the ragioa can oaly increase, seriously jeopardising international peace and security. It is claar that thie state of affair8 will amtinue unaltered as long aa the Palestinian people are prevented from exercising their right to selfdetermination, nations1 independence and sovereignty and to return and have their property teetered. and aa lang an fha PerlopCi??in_?? r-1 ctker ?sab brrr4bAr4nr -"ma---.--- continue to be occupied. How can this state of affairs be ended? Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people) The General Assembly has already answered our question. On 2 December the General Aeaeubly, in adopting resolution 41/43 0, reaffirmed once again that the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East in accordance with General Assembly resolution 38/58 C uould constitute a significant contribution to the search for a just and lasting solution to the Paleetinian question which could result in a comprehensive, just aud lasting settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The general Assembly, furthermxe, endorsed the idea of w eetablishing within the fraaerrork of the Semicity Council, with the participation of the permanent membwe of the Council, a preparatory committee to take the necesesry etepe for the convening of the Conferenoe. That resolution was eupported by 123 delegations, the overwhelming majority of the Mombore of the United RationS. It ir therefore clearly aeoeasary to approach thir problem with a new sense of determination. It is esaautial to take steps to initiate the process whiuh will lead to a peaceful 5oluti0n. That ie the objective of the Conference, and the Searetary4enera1, to wha I wish to p8y a tribute, oontinues to make the appropriate efforts in this direction. Consequently, we invite those that have so far oppo5ed the holding of that Conference to associate theMelves once again with the democratic wishee of the uajority of nations 8ud to work in a note oonstmctive fashiar for the convening and sucaess of that International Peace Conference on the middle Rast. The Security Council,by acting on the basis of its legitimte authority and respect for the oommn interest of mankind, can bring about peace in the region and thus praaorve mankind from the danger of a far more extensive 03nflagratbn. In this conneotion, the Cmnmittee is convinced that the International Peace Conference on the Middle East, which enjoys practically unanimous support, offers all the parties conaerned the full possibility of participating in the neqotiaticms, which should lead to 8 just and lasting solution of the question. fn vim of the constant deterioration of the situation in the occupied terrftorieer We appeal to the swurity Council to take appropriate measures to ensure resuzaption of the policy of dialague amng all the parties concerned so as to end this tragic situation, which has lasted far too long, and restore a just and laating’peace in the nibble Ewt. The PRESIDe#rc I thank the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the kind words he addressed to us. The next op3aker is @be rrpreeentatfve of Jordan. I invite him to take a plaue at the mil table and to uke his statement. Mrt. S&Ml (Jordan) (interpretation from Arabic): I should like at the outset to utend our sinoore thanks to the member8 of the Security Council for allWing me to 8peak on the ritwtion in the occupied Arab territoriw. I 8hould almo k failing in my duty, Sir, if I did not congratulate you on War WWmPtfon of the presidency of the Council for this amnth. Your well-krmwn enperienee and knowledge of international affairs will undoubtedly enable you to WndWt th@ deliberatione of the Council in the best poreible manner. The epecial responsibflity of your country with regard to the question under consideration, the relations between your country and mine and the desire of our two countries for a oomprehensive, peaceful, just +ettlement in the Middle East on the baeis of international law all oontrtbute to the special iHlportm!ce of these meetings of the Security Cwncil under your presidency to discuss the situation in the occupied territoriee. I would also be temies if I did not convey our thanks to your predecessor, Hi6 Excellency Sir John Thoxtmn, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for the muot skilful and exe&Wry manner in whbc?h he conducted the deliberation6 Of the security Council laaet month. The sots of aggression against Arab citizens in the holy City of JerWalex, and the aocoxpanyiug and subsequent events in the West Bank and the occupied Oaxa Strip, point to certain important facts. Some are attempting to dietort those faeta, while others try to ignore them or underestimate their gravity. The bloody strife in the Boly City two week6 ago between defenceless Arab citizens and lsraeli settlers ie a manifestation of the tense situation not only in Jerusalem but throughout the acoupled territories. A few day8 ago that volatile Situation exploded at Bir eeit University and in the city of Gmaa# so far, four students have been killed, and others wounded. Sinae then the situation has spread to Wablue, the Balata camp, khan Younie and El-Khalil. Siuee the begindug of the Irraeli occupation in June 1967, the ?Ioly City of Jerusalem ham bean subjected to the most dangerous Israeli practices and actionar fOICMt amung them the Israeli annexation of the golj City in 1967, in violation of the historical, religioue and national right8 of the Arabs and the Muslims, and in defiance of the will of the international coxxuuity, the principles of internatioual law, and the feelings of raillions of followers of the I’elamic and Christian faiths. Ietaeli a&e of aggveasioe against the Xoly City have not stopped since. The Lrr,.. ..-.-I- -a,.- La- Lure Lh- .rrraC AS n.-.. rCCnre-&aA r*.lrte h” m*-n nr UVL, ru--ro ~~“5 ..- Yb”.. c.*w -.a*y... WC . . ..a.* Y”..s...r-“w “--WV..- -, __--.. bombing, not to mention other acts of desecration against that symbolic holy shrine, the fit& of the two kiblahs and the third holiest shrine for mill.ions of (MrG Salah, Joedan) wu6lims. There have also been eote of desecration against other Islamic end Christian holy shrine6 in several aitiee of the West Bank. Over 20 JewiBb orgenizetione, whose member8 are active inside and outside Israel, are attempting to destroy the Al-Aqea mo&gue. Some of these orgenitatione are closely linked with a number of Israeli leaders, including cabinet ministers and ambert of the xnetraet. The result of bringing Israeli settlers into Jeruealem has been seen, with eesaults approaching carnage againat defencelees Paleetinieus by the settlers. We Cannot believe tbet whet recently happened in Jerusaleu will not happen again, end will not lead to more extensive civil strife between Israeli settlers end Arab citisena, both in Jeraualem and in the rest of the occupied Arab territories. 18ree1’8 bebeviow ie baaed on tbe premise that its aontinued occupation of the Arab territories, and ita attempts to change the legal, demagraphia end gemgraphic nature of those territories, will ultiaately lead to acceptanae of the fait aawipli. But eveate in the occupied territorie6 should have sufficed to eawinue Israel that it6 aofkinud oaaupation of the Wee Bank, the Gasa Strip and the golan Reighta will not lead to peace. A desire for peace is incoapatible with Ieraelgs praatiaes against the Palestinian people and against the occupied territories. Given ito establishment of aore than 200 settlements each in the West Pank, the gena Strip sad the Golan, its annexation of Jeruselea, cud its well-knwn Ptacticee, IereLal’a claim that it desires coexietence is highly questionable, es being in conflict with the facts. It hee hecome clear to everyone that Israel’s practices belie its declared i%GZe EOt bir&ret*nding. -%hose practices contreaict xetael*s statements and render any Ieraell call for peace meaninglese. The continued occupation end inhumaue and illegal Israeli policies are leading to further violence and resietenue. The Palestinian students were demoustrating against occupation and against oppresrrive Israeli practices. Israel must realise that the continuance of this situation will not alleviate the tension and turmoil. fie Atab Palestinian people will not surrender to occupation) the situation will only serve to entrench hatred, rejection and extremlss. The events that erupted recently and are oontinuing in the West Bank reveal another fact, about Istael’s concept of security. We have spoken on previous waasicxs of the provocation and hostile attitude adopted by Israel against Arab aitisans, leading to a climate of tension that Israel can exploit for many purposes. In this aasa ve see Israel attempting to disrupt and undermine the aadlemio life of Bir Zeit University, because it considers edwation to bs one ehmRnt in preserving the netional identity of the Atab under occupation. we oaurmt rule out Ieraeli exacerbation of the situation fn the west Emk and the G8sa strip, involving the killing of Arab students in Order to cover up an internal arid& espeaially in the light of facts reaently revealed pointing the finger at Israel as a bnefioiary of regimal wers and crises. The principle of provocation and of inciting cfviliaus through the creation Of crises is an unchauging element of Israel’s relationship with the Palestinian people. Israeli armoured vehicles and soldiers went to the universities; the Students did not go to the soldiers. It was clear from the statemeut made last Priday by the Israeli representative in the Security Council, when he displayed what he claimed to be etudent pamphlets calling for resistance, that Israeli -,-..-a C.. o--1-- La..- rlrrrrl.. hLIAlvAa (-4-n .-~PPOVMPO 0d F~bc gah_ulont dnrdtor ies. oor”rL-J c”c”Ye ..Y.O “*.“““I --I*.“.. *..-- ..--- ---- - -*_- thus violating the sanctity of the university. While Israeli ocoupation ie the 6ource of the violence and extremism leading to resirtmce, the situation i8 m&e increasingly cxmplioated by the explicitly decilarad polioies of Israel. We have egoken before about how Israel ha8 no Peaceful yplicie6 and about how it does not dietinguieh between war and peace. Irrael thuo ha6 only a akilitary polioyr its foreign poliay is merely a tool to further it5 ailitary activities. Itta propaganda mchine ie continually used to attempt to justify occupation, expansion end miUtary adwentures. (Mt. Salah, Jordan) ‘Ihis was made clear in the statement of the Israeli representative that I umtimed earlier, the burden of which was an attempt to justify the military ocaupation of the occupied Arab territories by accusing Palestinian students of having harassed security forces and by depicting the occupation aa a blessing. Everyone knows that that policy is not only a grave mistake but a permanent threat to stability aud coexistence. The gravity of the situation is clear to all and its greatest danger arises from attempts to ignore it or turn it to the advantage of either side. me Palestinians have suffered dispossesion ant3 cppreasios at the hands of Xeatelt their suffering ir without precedent in recent history. The tragedy of Palestine ha6 been created by attempt8 to ignore or forget it, to exploit it and use it to serve long-term ehds that have nothing to do with the legitimate rights of the PalWtinian people to their land and their property. In the heat of recent ewentsr we mu6t not lose eight of the true crux of the Palestinian problem, which ie~ the tontinued Israeli mpatioa of the Weet Bank aad the Geaa strip. That accuprrtion and the asnyinq Ioraeli poliaies are the reasons for the increaeed violenoe and teasion prevailing in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip at the present time. In the light of the foregoing facts - namely, that the real problem is the Israeli accupatfon aed that the accompenying Israeli policies are both a danger and a mietake - the Security Council, the body entrusted with the mainteuance of international peace and security, must deal with the problem appropriately and iu a manner that will contribute to the achievement of peace and the maintenance of the Council~s credibility. Therefore, any action that the council taay take to achieve the aforementioned aims must include laying the bases agreed on by inkernitiGiGl Consensus a8 necessaty to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting political settlement of the Palestinian problem through implementation of the relevant (#z. Salah, Jordan) rerolutione of the Oouneil, particularly resolutions 242 (lS67) and 338 (l973), and through fulfilment of the legitimate right@ of the peleetinian people. ‘Ibe Security CounoPl could contribirte to calming the situation by reaching aW%mnt on the convening of the International Pease Conference nn the Middle mat under the eulrpicee of the United Nations and with the pnrticipation of the Bemanent m&or8 of the Council and the patties concerned. until that happene, in order to bring an end to the Israeli occupation, which is 6 source of violence and turmoil, the Counoil must deal with the Israeli policies that affect human rights in thoao territorb6 and that 8re contrary to the prinaiplea of international law with regard to military ouaupation. In thio wnnaetfar, any tewlution adopted by the counoif murt inalude, in addition to eondamation and danunuiation of the killing and iwpriunwent of PabStinian &!&nts, and the threat0 to the livu of aivilian6 in the ocaupied torritotierr that, oondeunation and donunciatian of Iaraoli polioiee again& 0ivilian.a in general8 reuondlyr omdemation of the fllegitimaey and illegality of Israeli uttlemnte in the mmpiod torritorim and ruognition that the building Of further settlm8nt.a uonstitutom a threat to the peace, maurity and otability of the region, and, thirdly, rejeution of Irraeli attempte to alter the getographicr dewvaghic and legal nature of the City of Jerusalem and tama in the west Bank and the Gaoa Strip and condemnation of the Israeli practices against Islamic and Chtiatian Holy Placee, educational inatttutione and mademtc rrz&oms. Partial or superficial treatment of the Paleetinian problem would give an incorrect iapreesion of the Security C~uncil~s role and of the real situation in the oocupied Arab territorieet it would distort the facts of the Arab-Isra@li conflict. Thr PRRSIRRtITa I thank the tapee8entative of Jordan foe the kind uoeds ha addreseed to me* The uext epeakee ia the representative of the Syrian Reab Republic. I invite hiu to take a plaae at the Council table and to make hi8 atateRIent- He. AL-ATAS (Syrian Arab Republic) (interpretation from Aeabic)s It gives me geeat pleaauee to congratulate you, sir, on behalf of my delegation, on Your amukptim of the peeeidenuy of the Security CouncU foe this aonth. I should alao like to take thie opportunity to exprwn to youe peedeoeesoe our appreciation Of hi8 guidance of the Couuoit~te *ark last aonth. Tim Counoil ie conaideeio9 today the aituatlon in the ocoupiti Arab tereitorim following the killing by the eiarirt weupation foecee of a numbar of atudenta OS the Bie Zeit University and the wounding of a number of others on the way to the university. All the pmmding rpeakeee in tha Counuil hoe qualified that 88 a ~eiuinal and baebaewr sot aamitted by the Zionist oceupahn COKCea a9ainet innwent civilian8 and a flage8nt violation of the law, uhethee written or auiatcmaey, relating to tba rituatim of oivilian paeoonn in time of war or OQWWtion, in aaaoedaeae uitb the Fourth ganeva Convantiou, of 1949. At lamt Peiday’a ueetlng of the Counail the gionist eepeaaentatioe went to great len9the to give aplanations and juetificatione that ware not very convincing even to Ieeael’ta alliaa in the Council of the murders of civilian etudente at the Bit 2eit Univeeeity, by his countey@a teeeoeiet occupation forces. He argued that those teqxansible foe the iron-fist policy had been compelled to open fire on the demonettatoee, but that is a barefaaed lie, foe Iecael’e action8 ate certainly criminal and deeerve the condemnation of the Security Council. The arrogance Of the Zioniet repreraentetive is an insult to the intelligence of the members of the Security council. (Mr. Al-Ataesi , Syrian Arab Republic) During hie statement and juetificatione, he dwelled on the advantages of Israeli occupation of Arab territories and attempted to paint an idyllic portrait) he argued that without it the students would not have had school.6 in which to Study and’ that without ite benefits the Arab inhabitants Muld even hfve been unable to receive treatmetnt in hospitals. These, he said, were the benefit0 of Saraeli WCupation, without which there would have been nowhere for the Arab inhabitants to practiae their religion. That ie the Ieraeli arrcgance we condemn todaY* %e incident at Bir zeit University was prernaditated and carefully orcheettated. It wae~ not the first incident of that kind. Zhie Council has been the scene of a debate on many such incidents involving the murdering or intimiddtionof univerrity~studente, or continuation of the umpreheneive Wttfeaent poliay to compel the Atab inhabitant8 to leave their Waes and lands, or the derearation of the Al-ma Mosque by the tionirt bettlere. All aucb mtionr and practices by Israel are part of a carefully orcheecrated campaign, and they are all &mcribed in detail in the report that the Special WtW to Invwtigate 18raeli Practice8 Affecting the Human Rights of the Fopulation of the Ocaupied mrritoriee presented to the @metal mwembly at its forty-firot 6eseim. The Campaign to intimidate the Arab inhabitants began hefore the foundation of Israel in 1948. It has been waged for almost 40 yeare of continuing occupation of Arab lands. Ierael’s objective irr a secret to no one8 the Israelis theauaelves do not hide the purpose of their activities, which are intended to intimidate the Arab I??.~bitStC tzd to GpiGGd i &ate of psychosis among their ranks, including students, shopkeepers, farmers and craftsmen , so that they will feel compelled to leave their lands, their country, their villages out of fear of murder or torture at the hands of the terrorist occupation forces in tke occupied territories. Mr. Al-Ataesi , Syrian Arab Republic) The massawes of Wir Yaeein and other aute perpetrated by ?srael before the founadtion of the State of Israel were surely intended to intimidate the Arab inhabitants into leaving their towns and villages out of fear of the brutal forces Of accupation, thus turning them into deportees and refugeee. There ie no doubt that the refugees living in tent8 were forced to do so as a reeult of the terror PerPetrated by ferael designed to drive them from their lande and farms and to cmpel them to flee froll the prospect of murder at the hands of the Israeli oaaupat ion forces. Hietoty ia nm8 repeating itself. The incident at pit Zeit and those in the city of Jerusalem a few days before that, and the barbsrow events in the occupied Golan flsights are but the lateet such events in the long history of Zianist aggression againot the inhabitant8 of the wmpied Arab l8ndr. They have their -al only in ffitler*e fasaist r6gima or in awrtheid South Atriaa. 8# else ean me describe the events at sir Zeit univer8ity and in the Mesa Strip? What are we to call them7 -0 aonstrwtion of bsrriers on publio roads and the searohoo of those going to or returning fra their works what uan us Gall them? Ad hou can wo describe the violetions of Arab homes, the looting of &tops? SOW elw Oould we deecrib what ie happening and the cries of Thase the Wabs out of Israel, the land of the Toraha, by Yahane and his gang? Pcu are we to interpret the etatemente by Shamir, who has said that Jewish eettlers are entitled to live in the oCOUPi6d West Bank and Gaze Strip because these are an integral psrt of Ierseli territory? Or Peres’ etatemmt that the settlement Policy ha8 been an official Ml 4-u & all rarro14 wpr c----l e-e --- - ___ nwnte? Eow are we to regard the repeated attempt8 to burn down the Al-Agea bW8gue or to caPture and Judafze it7 What are we to 8ay about the nuxder of two young Palestiniana following the incident involving a bus (Mr. Al-Ataeei , Syrian Arab Pafiublic) on its vay to Rafh? That incident wae the result of a becidon by Shamir? I am talking about the Shin Beth scandal. Whet about Rabin’s Btatement in Stockholm that Israel fan114 wt withdraw from southern Lebanon? What are ve to think of yesterday% etatementa by ZiOniet students who said thet they vi11 drive the Arabs froa the Gaza Strip and the West 6&k? i&at are we to call all of these aggressive Israeli practices? Can anybody doubt thet terrorism is the arly term to be applied to those acts, ana abject t*rroriea at that? ten whet fetrel io doing be aeaeribea as civilimd acts? ‘iheY We in accordance vitb tho Siwirt ulaim that the Stete of Irrael ropreeento a b8rrler lmtueen We&em oioilisetion and Arab bmbmriab ffow CM ow consider swh Israeli graeticer to be aivilize6 uhen they result in the death of atu4wta, mumaatoar terrorian, the defiling of bistoria sitea aad tbo biBfiguring of the cultural haritmgo? It ir quite oluar that Israel is oynong~oru 4th terrorism, murk and the ahtad of fasts. mdeo$ all famelo* 8otiwa derive fra a ringle truth refl~thg ita true iuge. I have referrd to Imrael’m terrorist wtionr in the occupied Palestinian an6 grab lands, hut I beve not yet mentioned the Btate terrorism practised by Israel on the international seene, such as kidnappings and outions againrt aircraft. I amI it will be seenr confining myself to tbe e&abject under discussion. As 1UIg as Israel oontinuee its accupstion of Arab lands and does not withdraw from ti,e occupied Arab tetritoriw , events similar to the murder of students at Bir Wit University will occur sumer or later. Cuexietence between the DAll*gt~!+l?? -Ir* tk s~iz=t?s fsrrsi5 :6 iF+GsPiiiia, 4i& equaiiy imposeibte ---C-e for the Syrian people in axupled Golan. (Mr. Al-Ataeei, Syrian Arab Republ icl Out Arab nation will do its utmost to liberate ite land and to drive out the Zionist settler6 and terrorista. The bitter reaiatance in southern Lebanon ia an exssple for all who vish to free their lande; it ia an exaple that we &all follow. The oentr81 prablea ia the aontinuing Ierael occupation of Arab territories, in violation of General Aasambly reaelutians which all call upon IStaO to withdraw tram all the crccupied Arab territories. Less than a week ago, at the end of its debate, the Genaral Assembly reaffirmad those resolutions in the voting on Palertine and tRa Middle Best. All those resolutions uondem fore01 for its aontinuing oaaup8tion of Arab land6 and for ita inhmn prautkas in those Arab territories. If Israel agreed to implement the re8olutiona adopted by the international eomunity ue should certainly not be meeting here to aonoider this -hint rorultimg frolr tlm ottvr aouittml by a racist, famiet army 8gainet students of Bir Sait University in the flower of their youth. The PRMIUEt?h I thank the representative of tha Syrian Arab Republio for tha kind crorb8 be ddremsed to me- The next apmker la Hr. Clovie Mekaoud, Permanent Observer of the League of Arab St8t98 to the United wations, to whom the Counuil extended an invitation under rule 39 of its prcwisional rules of procedure at the 2724th meting. I invita him to take a plaue at the Counail table and to meke his 6tatetnent. Hr. HARSWDr loeedleee to say, Hr. President, I join in the congratulations extended to you. You are known for your diplotmtic skills, indeed, your creative diplomatic achievements. I take this opportunity also to expreee our rsrrr4rb4M A-* te rrrrrlr+u Urn-I err- ----w-e.- -- -------, ---_--- in uh@s y+~r pr~~meor, the representative of the tlnited Ringdom, guided the deliberatione of the Council laet month. And f ohould like to exprem, through you, to the members of the Council, our gratitude (Mr. Hakeoud) for the invitation that extended to the Observer of the League of Arab State0 to the united Nations. The Seautity Council is once again called upon to meet to deal with the growing violence in the occupied territories. The recent incident8 in JetUBalem, Bir aeit, Ramallah and other plaaes in the occupied territories have been deeoribed and documentad by various? speaker8 here and by the varioue commi88ion8 of inWiry. It i8 iIUQOtt8nt, at this tiIB8 when the Volatility Of th8 8ituatiOIb in the ocaupied tetritorie8 ie a prescription for a continuing explosive situ&ion fn the Middle East, that we fooue onae egain on the priorities that will Of&l0 ttm international aolarunity to bring about the peaoe th8t h88 eluded the Wddle 888t for So long and the termination of tb violenue that be8 cbaraaterimd mny of the iemuer th8t arise from thim acmfliat. Perbprue rhould inauire intoeomeof the ae8enticrththavekea uud in recent d8ys, l epecielly by the Israeli delegation. We have notiaod that tlw Israeli delegation ham repeatedly eqsha~ised the benign nature of tbe rilitery Qdminirtrationm. It i8 imrtmt to note that the term l arauprtian* newer entera into Imaeli official mmment8. I think thie ie very rignifiaant, bw!au# bra.1 doe# not recognise that the Weot mnk, Gasa and 8mt Jeru88lem 8te oaaupiab territories. Aa a matter of fact, the term %caupatiotP i8 not mentianed at all in any of the official etatemnt8 by Ieraeli repreeentativea. I think this i8 very eignificant, too, because in a way it eignela the root of the problems. The Arab have been aeked repeatedly, e8pCially by the United Statear whether (98 remqnlae the relevance of Security council reaolutiono 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) se a beio for an overall eettlecnent of the problema of the Middle Eaet. Therefore we have to aok the united States , eince it proclaim0 that it adheres to Security Council resolution 242 (1967), who is violating that (Mr. Haksoud) LMolUtion, inaanuoh as Security Counail resolution 242 (1967) deactibea tha territories under Israeli oooupation as occupied territoriesl therefore the Geneva Convention is applicable to them. so, rather than a ouestion, this is really a SuggeStiOn on the part of the Arab League rind the Arab States to the united states to inauire into the basic reasons why Israel doas not ever deooriha it8 preeence in tha ocmgied territorie8 as occupation. Conseouently, and following on that, we find that Israel, inasmuch a6 it keepo those territories in limbo as far as their status to mmcdrned, im assuming for itemlf the right to establish colonising settlement6 - the 3oraenian nsbassador has mentioned the figure 200 - to annex at will the city of Jerusalem, ex cathedra deulerinq it its sole capital and to Wnify’ it in defiance of th4 varioue relevant resolutions, to uhiah the tlnited State0 ie alme a subwrrikr. The self-indulgence and ~icwuie with which Israel behave0 in the West sank, Gasa and Jerusalem is the behaviour of a Btate that cmdders these axwpied twritories fair game in the establishment of new settlements, diefranchising the papulation, disaualifying them from eoual opportunity, establishing a auaai-aPartheld rbgime in the occupied territories ati full realh&ia, renan&g the occupied territoriee Judea and Sawria, pending the procemi of creeping annexat ion. (MC. Nikfmud) Fran tnet point of view, the various inaidenta of violence, the various practices - inhuman and otberuise - of wbid, we buve heard in recant days, and earlier, constitute not aimplV an unfortmte, reqett*le, cardaunable accident, but a pattern of behaviour flwing from a deliberate poliay daeiwed to gut a cumpt into effeot. That aanarpt ia that three oacupied tarritaciea are? in tne final analysis, part and parcel of the ultimate Israel they aaek to establish. we rsiee that point becarree recently tie 10raeli oaeupticm autbaities and the Ieraeli repce0enntativem in the Bpecial Political Cerittee of Me Oeneral AmeuUy have been calling these rettlenmts in the occupie& territaiea *Jewish villages*. Tbe i&a of these new semnti~ 18 that if they are COpeabd frequently anoa* they will assume tRe aura of ptrrtial permnen~. Tbum, we have an attunpt by Israel to alotbe ita oaauptiar in the aoncapt of inherent permmnaace, thereby autting off my hope of self-&tminetion ta me population in the occupied territnri4u. Furthermre, by wing l udh terms , Israel hm to all intents and purpoeea utilat@d the tecritarial aapotm of Beaurity Coancil raeolution 242 (1967), which@ in the rrftarmmth of the l967 uar, rmlled out the territorial mramters of tie Iaraali mtriaary and @a ArabPalwtinian mtriaasy. Therefae, mcurity Council reSalutia# 242 (A967), whiab the mited States eponsaed and oonstantly repat and defenda, h&a to all intento ad purpmee been abrogated by mtilation and awping annexaticn and the eatablisnmmt of illegal eettlemants in the various occupied tecci tories - Rich Israel does not teoogniire aa occupied. ?Bmce, if one accept8 this assuqtion - for which Israel seeks to gain acceptance 0 that these are not ocarpled territories, then mat gives Israel permission an% licence to behave liue a military administrator an&, consequently, to be no longer accountable in regard tci the various mite% IWtions re%olutio~. (Hr. Mak8oud) In tiot, in Israel*s conaciou~ policy and mconroious fdeologkal attitudes, all Me delibersticne of the ~eaurity Council are, in the final analyaie, interference in Iereel'e internal affaira. It is ulia creeping MnomtiQ1, this we of We term mJawish villageem, this avoidanae of the term %maapied tutitafum that prto Ietael in tit81 cmfrartatia, uitb the intecnatim8l ~ppunity. BUttberote, Israel barr unilatsrallyannexedJerusale& Thrtcr, the grotsetationa of theOrgmtnathnof the I~lamia Carfereme,of Sadan, of the Pal-tine Xdberaticm OrganiSatia,, of Sy~b - in&bed, of the uble Alc8b and m6lim uald - aout tbeviol@tioaat~~ing phaa in UIO oowlled aapiulof Ieraal beam, OS it mm, a kind of gangingup on Iuael, a kind of intetfarano, tn its intuna 8truatucu. All thin io very mciom. It in not a matter of l emnti6. It Lo not a @ry QI wade. xtgoa fu dnepu,beaarue it&early utiuuttesIaaella AMentiOn not ably to annexI not aaly to omupyy but to expnd. %t al80 clvrly utiaulatw fscaal~8 fnta~tlan to direnfrmdbiae the Palestinians, to di54mfimdri8a the Syrian0 in the alan Hoi**. But, mudr Dte imprunt, it ie en atbgt by Imraal to teain inuwme from aaaomt*ility to the intrnatianal iwnmenmw to Ma internrtimal will, aa refleuted in vulous Genaal A#e*ly and Seaurity Co&mail teBolutiona. That ie why Ieraal ~tegorLcally tefuees to determine and define for the inte.rnatiumloJmmunity the parametersof itsbadsre. It rejecta the fntarnatiaral ~nferenoe uI3id-1 haa been aacepted, alamat by w international comenas. IL tefueea to unravel the pacamteseofitabcxdere, and thenit Bang199 before ua the notian of n~tfatitne. But we have Been and experienced the type of negotiations that Israel eeeka. Israel does not seak to negotiate a (Mr. Maksoud) credible outcom or a utually acceptsble outcom. Iecael seeks to negothte from the pint of its occupaticm. Negotiatian undec the striouret3 of 00aupatbm ie dlotatim, not negotietiar. In the Et32 ceBolutiQ)s, the Arab Statee have olearly indicated that they want a ccmpehensiwe settlement; they wdnt the effort68 of the Bsourity Council to be included in a very effective and constructive manner. They hwe done that because they believe that the question of Palestine, JIich waa an intarnetiarally created pablem, must have a eolutiar that ie fnternatiamlly abated. That ia why we have popmed and eupported a clearly struotured htmmtional oarferencm on the Middle Baet, rhare all the outstanding problem arising from the Ml&lo met oonfliot awl8 be solved rimulteneously. Pa all the pmblenm hwe an im$nct on eaah oma . Tbe acuuptiar of Me Oolan Flei@ti hae an mut on rouUmfn LebmmL The quutian of Ierael’e umtimmd begma~y and its oaauption of eoutbcrn tQmun ha8 an impct not anly 01 Lebaa,@m internal oituatim but aleo ae the aituatiar in the wut me&, the gua Eitrip and Jeruseler. Benm, einoe all tbme attecr hwe an imat on ea& otbec, they mu8t be dealt with simultMeout8ly. W fool that in thie ry me niddle gut pobla would be e%tciorteb tta Ute B&at-West optio. A situ8tiar *ould be generated in uhiQ the remlutiar of the Middle met conflict uould aamtitute an inpt for We relmmtion of intanetianal ternfar. That would mlble the oupst-Pavers to ad&we the global pioritiee*of diearmament. wo feel, aleo, thst the intemmtiansl carference a, the Middle East would rmmce to the mited lbtiare ntedraniem the oredibility and effectioenum enoiea@ ta it in the [hited ??atione Charter. Inatemd of being peroktently m8Cginalitedr (Mr. Maaksoud) t&o mited tzsticxu would be en&led to play it0 central role in peaae-aaking and Peace-keeping both within anb outaid the region. I do not want to c&eel1 on the various malpaeticee of the Israeli oaaugaticm. I harre bram attentifm to this questian of oewntias bemuse of im dialectical rehtionahip to the ideology of ~iarim and to ~srael”s policy fawasda tie oacupied tetritorisa. Prom Mat point of viw, the violence is a by-prohrct of a basic policy &ich baa to be ad&eaaed mul, if I my say aor carfr4nMd. In this resgmct, I v~uld like to We olear awe and for all our Arab gashian pertainfng to the question of vialen~ - viol@me Jlich we all abha and seek to raist. ht llle oawm an6 for all state our distinotian be&em terra ime and rwistanQ. WIat we find boday in the smth of Lsbmm, Uo Uut Bank Mb Gus ate acts Of resistcmce to oaxpticm, which are legitimate in intsrnatiarsl law and under thr UIited Natione charter. Ue have seen in Jasusalem and in the various occupied cities of the met Bmnk and Ga2a that rasiebnob to occugetiar has invuiably started with petitions, denmnstrrtions md aivil disobedienca. That would be follcmed by the coarciU~ ,of the co-called aas11 units of the lW, when they were threatened by the etarethrauing of students, &ich was the ultimate display of violence that they aould erdribit. Therefore, in a way, violsnoe in response to reei6tance is the optian of last rmort. The violencs of oauuption is the optima me method and the exaluive wan8 by whidt bo pepmate aacupatiw. mrraiso is an aat of dupuatiw, the explarian of frmtcatiw, the rawlt of the hat that people ue mati to feel hqmlmo and helpless. Xn that respat, the tasistinob figtar in the sautb a in clre oaarpied Palutinhn territaies is a pmsa, rrbo has faith in the inaitability of the adtiaemtbt of hix ri*tx. The terrwixt, at b63t, is s-e -0 baa rrifped hi@ hop. In Umt xeme, terroria is not anly a violatiw oL resistanak, but it ia itm negatia, and itm ultimate adpermary. ‘fhat io *y w are eager Umt, *ile we all *are in awdeming aats of turaim, desperatiw and reaigrsticm from hope, we plead with the mapbus of the Bbcuriw Cow&l, mtruatad with the responsibility for law ad adu in the intsrnstiaml aonmunity to remwe the aausss, and to expedite the pooess of restoring internatiaoally remgrised righte. Xn that respct, it is important ta define again what the Palestine Liberatiar orgminatian (PLD) is. The Pslesthe Liberatia, Orgeniaatian, rhiah ie a fuil me-et of the fssque of Arab States, ie to the Palestinian maple the framework of thei: peoplehod. In a uay, the PLO ie a state of mind for the Palf3stiniane in the absence of their State. Therefore, one cannot say that PIA of non-PI& activities in me Wast Bank ue an exercise in deliberate diverefarary tactics. Every (Mr. Hakaoud) Palmtinian is part an8 parcel of the Paleett%ian peoplshood, tiich bee been teargrieed by the internatiaral oonm~unity a8 hatling the PI0 a@ ita vehicle of erl;ceseian and ita repreeentatiar. That is why, when the Pm triee to build up ite Popleh@ - with am under oowpatian,aoae in refugeeuaq,eoae in the diaupaa - it ie doing 80 in adet that they my uontinue to be a focuo of their natiamlidmti~. The fact that when sm Palaetiniane say, We want to return to i?alwtinea -~peoially therein therefugeecmperrbohave beendiafrmdrled daas L948, when ctrey were dioplaad - and aanifeet a &mire to return to Palatine, it ic,beoame theyrare thrownout of Palestine. Theywerenot thrown out of a otrwtured taeel. In or&r to l mroise a divereiamy taotio, Israel Beaks tp pojrot thie notian of tbe Palwtinium@ b-ire te return to their hoaeia md tbett haeirnb in Palatine in apualyprio terms, &aiming tbb meam tie i&a of Qatroying Paael) but tbio is akly in ader to freexe the effate toallow thePalastiniam to oosrdse the rtgbt of adf~~rseian and eelfde~rminati~ in the oaupied territaiu of Palatine. As ue bave repeae8ly mtatid we appy to the Seaurity Counuil, and soak an intertitiaml mnfetrenoe, became we want to malwage the maoptidd with ax little violence as possible. The existing oiolemce ix the texult of medelay andprocraetinatiane fhatheveuharro~rioed the handling of the queetion of Paleetine. The PR5IDRWr fthank Mr.Makteoud for the khdwrde that headdreaeed to mo* Hr. BELO-V (Union of Boviet mcialiet lwpubliar) (interpretatiar from -~._ #uSei( Rir, P should like to begin my otstement by extenfling my congratulationa to yob ae Ptesidlent of the 8acurity Council during the laaet uxsnth of 1966, a year rhfcn hae bean fClled with awjar intematimel eof&te , among which an especially important place helmge ta the Soviet-Ametiam sumit meting in WPaytjavik. I (MC. Belanogov, USSR) should also like to express my gratitude to your pre&cesmx, the representative of the mibad 6tingdom, Ambaseedot Thomm, who succesefully guf&d the mrk of the C~~rcil during the anmth of Ncwetier . The Soviet delegation has listened attentively to the s&tement of the Chairman of the NowAlQmd Mwement, the repreeentative of zi&aIwer &RbWWdar hhdenge, at Whose tqUeSt the Security Council ha ban anvmed, and also to the stetements of other delegation% There can be no doubt that the situaticm existing as the result of the actias of Israel in tie oawgiad Palestinian and other Arab territaiee is a source of great concern fm mabefa of the ulited Naticne. m wre than a decade, daepi te numerous resolutians of the Security Council, the General AsseaMy and other interaatiuml bOtum% Ietasl has amtinued to iqae those dedaiars. It rejects we iaalianrble natimal rights of the Arab people of Palestine, is Uying to eliminate tha Atd, prammae in Che occupiad Arab terrimries and to absab those territaie8. OeiY tnat aim it hae been aartying out, a polioy of euah etude and mass violetian of human ri#ate that it taUea the form of gendbe with reapeat to the lo&al Arab ppulatian. The mm t resent went8 in Jerusalem and in the ci tie8 of Umu~llah and aft Zeit, cannot be coneidered in ieolatian from the general eituation in the territaies occupies by Israel, of *idr three cities also me an integral part. The attempts by Israel to change the historic nature, demographic wl~positim ana legal status of the occupied territories, Including eaetern Jerusalem, have been vigorously confkmea. In particular, in Security Council resolution 4713 (19zO), all acts and meaauces of euch a nature undertaken by the Israeli occupying authorities in Jerusalem ace unequivocally deecribed BB illegal and as null and void, and as constituting a serious obstacle to the adrieoement of a uxrqreheneive, just and lasting settlement in the Hi&ile bet. (Hr. Belonogov, USSR) The Poraeli occupying authorities mercilessly crush all reaction by the Arab population. From the time they were eeised in 1967, the Golan Reights, the Weet Sank and the Gaoa Strip h8ve heen in a very dangeroue situation, where the authorities can hold any inhabitant in prison Zor up to six IROdIe without investigation or trial. During the ooaupation mny tens of thousands of Palestinion8 have passed through Israeli prisons or have been arrested. As eaphaeiaed during the General Assembly's debate on the rsptt of the Speoial Carsittae to Investigate Xeraeli Practice8 Affeoting the fluman Rights of the Population of the Ocoupied Territories, approximately 10,000 P8le8tinian8 8re in prison at present. Individual8 under inveetigation are beaten, tortured by the use of eleotric current and by long-term subjeotion to the alternate effect8 of heat ald oold. There are ~011 known oases of tboee arre8tad eillply diaappetaring without trace. Collective punishment is widely practice& oitiee are deularetd to be in a etete of 8ieget ehape are clo8ed4 movement in given areas i8 prohibited; water and el8Utriaity are cut off) entire blacks of hxmee Ore rased; echoole, universitiee and ho8pitale are closed. Tel Aviv Wi8he8 fully to integrate the occupied territories by i~hmenting there State 8nd legal infrastructure and laws in effete in Ierael itself. The repeal of local law0, the confiscation and destruction of property, violation8 of looal legal systems and other actione by the Israeli aUthOritie8 conetitute a ctuQe violation of such ilsportant international legal documents 88 the 1907 Wague Convention and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. (Mr. Belonogov, USSR) Attempt8 to portmy Imae e8 a kind benefatztor concerned for the Paleatiniene and ssroly aMking to provide then with a university education are provocative - that io the only word one aan ufie - in their syniaiem. In that connection it i0 aUffiCient to oite a mingle ouotation from a atatem8nt made by the Israeli MinieteC of Defence, Yitehsk Rabin, to the Israeli Miniotry of Defence magazine Basachaneh: We do not need a highly educated Arab population in the tettituriee of Jude8 and Samaria, which ue intend to use for the reeettlement of OW oitiaenr*. It uo4Ad be harder to find a dearer &finition of the easema of Israeli policy in the occupied territories. I would note that aJudea and Samariem are the name8 used in Israel for aertain occupied Paleetinian territories. MO refetenaer to tJm mud to enawe Iarael*a oun uaurity through uhat in Israel ia oslled the struggle against terrorism, no laud daclarationa of Tel Aviv’s ellegedly peaaoful intentiona cm jurtify fateel@* arude trampling under foot Of IIDtmO of internetiond &u, tb0 Chertar and Dnitd latione rerolutions. It ie imeible lrot to Wnder whether Tel Awiv acm really hope that relianae on brute forae end on bigh-handed attempts to drive an entire people into tewrvatione or to arive them out of their haasland sltogether 8re truly an effaetive way to ensure it8 own seeutity for a lung tire to come. Such thinking ie a mkery of the legitimte tight8 of paoplee. xt eleo jeoptwdiaeo the future Of the Israeli people and the Stete of Israel. Thro%@out the world it ie now increaeingly undetetod that one.8 own eecurity can be built only by taking into amount the security of other peoples and their wioh to be the taaetera, of their own fate. That ie down by experience itself. mspite cruel and barbaric methda, including overt genocide, lerael ha8 been unable 60 far - and, we think, wit1 continue to be unable - to break the wt. Belonogov, QSSR) Paleetinian people, its will to resi8t and it8 derire to oreate a State of it8 avn, or to destroy its political vanguard, th8 Palr6tine Likratian Organisation (PL0), which ha8 been protecting that people and repre88nting ita legitimate intere8th The exietence of tha Arab Palaatinian p8opl0, like that of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, ie an objwtive Pact. tW om h88 the right ta ignore that Pact. There can be no doubt that part - a large part - of the blame for the ab8mce of a settlement of the eituation in the Middle Ea8t mu8t be born8 by the United States of Aaterica. It is vell known that th8 ovorwhoting majority of United Btatee econaaic and military assistance to foreign Statar go88 to tinmae and BMW0 th8 ptOVi8iOn Of f#~l,tel, t0 ‘pel hViV’8 4Mmn8imi8t pO1iUiO8. In the la8t mven year8 alone 18tael ha8 unlma8h8d a major war - the aggro88ion against I&anon - and ha8 f28rried out armed terroriet &ta&r again8t a number of Arab state8 and dosear of 8i6ilar attmk8 again8t tha P8lestinians. During tho89 yaar8# Washington has paid out $12 billion to th Zionirt State. It i8 cryrt81 olear that mre it not for the militrry, politiaal snd fiIUWOi81 8uppott of the United States, the Governmnt of 18rael uould ba auting in a ~letely dittorent way, anb the security Council roould have no mod to coII8idW the rituation in the Middle Eaot over and over again. Peace with ju8tlae for both the Arab pmples and the People of Istael would have long heen ertabliahed. Thr Soviet delegation believe0 that 18rae1'8 action8 in Jetuealem, a8 well a8 in mlleh and Bir aeit, cell for firm comdemnation. It supports the demands voiaad here for the Secugity Council to adopt all the measures necessary to prevent the recurrence of such actions in the future. The present diSCUSSiOn in the Ceuneil, aa well a8 the diecuesione held in the General Assembly at it8 current 8e88ion, h6ve ehown a broad understanding of the faat thst the policy of military MfrOntatim between Israel sad the Arab8 ha8 not brought and cannot bring peace and oala to ths peoples of the Middle East. It ha8 not brought a fin81 settlement of the Arab-Israeli cmfliat any closer but has, in fact, only aggravated that conflict. It i8 no mere happenstance that in the diecuee$on of the auestion of the situation in the Israeli acaupiea Arab territories here In the Security Counail nearly all of the Bpeakere, with rata exceptions, beve stres88d the need to adopt praotical mawres t0 implement United Nationa decisions on the entire range of bliddle East problema ad have pointed out that, without a fundamentel solution to the aueation of Palestine, the establishment of a just and 14eting peace in that ’ region is inpOssible. There is a growing awareness of th8 fsct thst tlm achievement of mutually -Qtable agreenents on this key issue , as well a8 on other fundament81 aSQeCt8 Of a sattlement to the Uiddle East problem, can be achieved only in the context of an international oonferenae with the participation of all the parties directly involved, including th8 Peteetina Liberation Organitotion (PLO). The proposal to hold an international conference has once again received the broadeet possible supgort and approval at the present session of the General A88embly. The creation of euoh machinery would allow for a unification of the efforts of all States in the achievement of an imnedlate and juet political settlement and would give tangible (Mr. Belonogov, USSR) impetue to the beginning of a movement toward8 peace snd would tend to calm the adverw and explosive tendencies that exist in the region. This year the General Aeeembly ha8 taken a further 8tep toward8 a settlement by adopting an appeal for the oreation of a preparatory committee within the security Council, with the participation of the permanent membera of the Counoil, to agree on the neceaaary measures for the convening of 8uch an international conference. The activity of euch a preparatory committee rrould promote the launching of the negotiating proueee to bring about a conference to eettle, on a just and lasting basis, in the interest of all Statee and peoples of the region aud in the interest of international pesoe and eecurity. For it8 p8tt, the Soviet Union oncet again calls upon all Strtee to contribute to defusing the conflict situation in the Middle East and Mater, ite readinere to co-operate with all those who are striving to arrive at a settlement of the Middle Baet problem on a juet and lasting baSi8r taking into acrcount the legitimate intereete and rights of all States ati peoples in the region. The Soviet delegation ie retiy to support draft reemlutioe 8/18506. The PRESIfSWfr I thank the representative of the Union of soviet sooialiot Republica for hia kind wards eddreeaed to me. Mr. TU blengjia (China) (interpretation from Chinese) t This i8 the first time I am speaking in the Security Council. 1 feel privileged to be able to congratulate you, Sir, on your aeaumption of the preeidenoy of the Council for his month. I am 8ure that, given your rich experience , telent and diplometic ekille, you will he able to guide the Council*8 work smoothly this month. I wish also to thank the President of the Council la& month, Sir John Thomson, Ambassador of the United Rinqdola, for the proficient and serene manner in iuhich he presided over the Council proceedings in a very busy month during the current session of the General Aeoembly . (Hr. Yu Wengjia, China) Tim chinetm delegation ie ehoaked to learn that in reaent days Ioraeli troopE brutally opened fire upon defenceless student8 at air Zeit Univeroity in the West Bsnk, leaving a nuder of students dead and womded. Israeli troop8 continue to subject the Oniveraity to military siege and the situation there remain6 grave. The Cbineee delegation witabee to exprees its indignation and its condeanstion of tbe new atrocitier comitted by the Israeli tromps ;md to convey its sympathy and eolidarity to the killed and wounded Palestinian etudenta and their berewed fuiliee. In bie letter of leet September a0dressed to tbe Sauretarydenersl, the Cba$rmn of the Special Coumittee to Invertigrte Ieraeli Prtmtices Affecting the Human Rigbte of tbe Populetion of tbe Occupied Territories exprmraed hir concern at tbe Imtaeli eutboritier~ intenmifiaatian of tbe iron-first poliay that has led to tbe l +al&ion of violewe end the deterioration of tbe dtuaticm in the We8t 8ank and thm QIsa Strip. Through ita examinetion of that report by the SpBdal Comittee ud the doptian hy an overwbeting majority of eoveral relevant rosolutbru 8t the ourrent aemrion of the Genral Uwemhly, the intematiunal aomunity ha8 onae again amldad that Ietael, the occupying Powr and a signatory to the Geneva Cenvention relative to the Proteution of Civilian Pereoas in Tim of War, 8bi&e by tbe Cunvention and impram the conditione of tha Palestinian and otimr Acab peoples in the auaupied tewitoriee. General Amembly reeolution 41/63 0, in particular , aondewo Ierrael for ite policiee and sate of suppression againat the university faculties and etudente in the occupied Palestinian territories. RoweveII, the Ieraeli authorities have turned a deaf ear to the atrcng call of the international community and have intensified their brutal euppreeeion against the etudento who oppose Iarael’e iron-fist policy and deet.ructive nwasures against (Hr. Yu Hengjia, Chins) acsduio inotituticfm in tha oaoupid tatritcrie8. That aormtituto8 yet anothet ptOva3ativa ahallurge to tha authority of tha United Uation8 and tully attests to the f&t that, far frem having i~prootd the acnditiono of the pqptlation in the ocaupied territorie8, a8 tha 18r8eli r~prerent8tive ha8 art-ted to h8ve u8 balieva, the fscaeli authooLtir8 8te continuing thrir prmttce 0C tta@ing won the P&a8tini&Ib -16.8 ba8ic right ta O%i8tenCe. In viaw also of the racent fire-hcmb attacks that have ravaged Palestinian reOidentiel area0 in the old city of Jerusalem ahd the repeated Israeli attacks in eouthern Lebanon, especially on Palestinian refugee campsI the Chinese delegation ha6 aOEe to the conulusion that what happened at Bir zeit University was by no mans an isolated incident but the continuation and intensification of Israeli policy, a policy of hostility against the Palestinian people aud denial of their national rights. That incident was an integral part of the stepping up cif the oaupaign of suppression by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinian people. ~ha internatioual cosmunity should pay full attention to that development. The Chinese delegatiae calls upon the Semrity Council to take urgent masuree to aheck the atrocities of the Isreeli authorities and demand immediate Ieraeli iaplemontatiao of the Geneva aonvention relative to the Protection of civilian Person6 in Tim of War and ceeeetion of its suppression of the inhabitants of the oC0upieU krritorieh The Qinese delegation also calls upon all countries aud peoples that uphold justiae and love peaae to strengthen their suPport for and solidarity with the . Palestinian people. Yhe PRESIDEUTr I thank the representative of China for the kind vorde he addr~essed to ID8. The representative of Israel wishes to speak in emerciee of the right of reply. I invite him to teke a place at the Council table and to raake his statement. Mr. UEPADYAUU (Israel) I In exercising Israel’s right of reply, I should like not merely to reply to aome~ of the statements that have been made here - I eaY so ktcause I could not poeeibly take the time to refute all of thein - but to give the three reasons why vittualiy all of the things that have been eaid in this debate ae a whole should be rejected out of hand. The first is that it is, to use the words of the Syrian representative, an Organised, premeditated event that we are w:\tnessing here. There is a clear, systamatic and deliberate effort on the part of the.PW to incite violence. I 8m not speaking merely of what is happening here, but also the campaign that we have seen over the last few months of the deliberate murder of innocent people and attcungre to preposition, organise and incite the riots that have taken place and that will, I regret to nay, probably take place again if the PW is allowed to 90 through with what it is doing. The idea is that you provoke a deliberate teapnnse by the authorities. You hope, indeed ycu ensure, that there will ba casualties, by cock-throwing, by preventing medical aseistance frm reaching the paople who are injured, and then ycu use those casualties to stir up further anti-Jewish hatred, Jewish-Arab hatmd. ‘&en you bounca it off back into this Council and you use the propaganda effect to stimulate still more violonce in the field. So you recycle this hatred* This ie wimt ths PW is trying to do: to use this forum. I huve heard in th$s Chambar an attea@t by Hr. Hakeoud to sayr @Well, this is all right8 people can do thisi people living under military rule have every right to reaott to every meana.* This is of course an attempt to legitidae terroriamB But the important thing is not merely that this is illegitimate, that these murderous attacks on people and the deliberste attempts to incite violence are not legitimste means~ it is that they indicate what the true aim is. And the true aim of the PLO is not to liberate the west Bank, as it calls it, or Judea and Bamariat it was established before, it ia to liquidate the Jewish State. mie ie hat they want to do. And it uses the means of terrorism, and seeks to use this Council, to l@Pitfmize any and all means to that end. (Mr. Netanyahu, Israel) That io the firet ceaaon it should be rejected - because the council ie being asked to participate in a general pattern of provocation and incitement to oiolence, and indeed inaitemnt to the destruction of a member State. The waond point ir this. I have desaeibed the fact8 of what happened. I &and, and Ietael etande, by those facts. I have not really heard them being SOricuely contented by any of the speakers here. And if they do contest then, it ir eimply false. The statements that we made about what happened are abaolutely true. '#ov, we said that Iarael aotdl in e fully reeponsible manner. We said that the ~ernmant~8 first obligation - any Govetnwnt, anywhere, in territory of any etatur under its m-01 - i8 to curb violence, to maintain law and order, end to rertore it if it ir lost. We regret the leer of life and the injuries, but we also remin absolutely adamant in ineirting on the principle that mvernmente muat take measures - at tti, rogrettebly, foraible meawre8 - to rertore lm end order. I think everyone bore agrea8 with thi8 principle. I think they agree because otherwise we would ait here aed Ulk about other inaidente that ere taking piece tcday in the uxld. Every time there was a dmrtration, every time there were riots, every tiate there were awwlties, every time deummtratcre got up and threw pavement atones at poliae and the police took action in their own defence - and there might be MWdtiW# there have been ewh ceeualtiee - on the beeie of the principle that the Council is being aaked tc adopt, the council would have to meet. And it would not make any difference if they were internal disturbances, if they were irredentiet attacks, if the group8 involved were eeekfng to overthrow a Obvernment, change ite policy or take a territory) it would make abeolutely na difference, (Mr. Netanyahu, Israel) bec!ause what we are dealing with is the principle that a Government may take atian, including forcible action, when the civil peace is being threatened. That ie the second reason why this debate is unwarranteds becauee the Saeurity Council should not be asked to lend its hand to the impairmemt of a basis right that every one of the Member States around thie table, and indeed every one Of the Menher States of this body, correctly retains for iteelf and for the exeroiee of government aa a whole. The third point relate8 to wbat happens when that right ie not retained. that happena is exactly what we have today in lebanon. There ie no aovernment to etep in and bring about sac order, to aurb violence. And what we aee# in fact, is the olaughter and the injuring of thourandr, including in the last few day& which bringr ms to tbe point of wbat I have beard bore today. moody talks about that. lmat &es not merit a aeetiag of the Security Counoil. It im auriou8 that a few &ye ago Passer Arafst, whose representative bee uauaed this Council to be convened, complained about Syria%9 use of ahemical weapon0 in 8abr8 and 8hatila to masame Palmtinian Arabs. ‘Lhat dou8 not merit a requert, even 6 failed requemt, for the covening of the Council. Wet at allr it 16 not bcoqbt up. And the current warfare that is going on there ie not brought up. And the maahinatione and the murderous intramural slaughter that take place in Lebanon, with the agitation of Syria ~JK¶ Libya and Iran, are not brought up. ‘Ihey do not merit any diecueeion. And the Iran-Iraq warI in which we are talking about net thousands, not tens of thousands, but hundreds of thoueands, Indeed millione, is not brought up. Oh, well, it is brought up. Here ia the resolution following the dtscueeionr not a amdemnation, not aa much diecueaion aa we ace having here, which will probably run on into another meeting, perhaps tomrrow morning. uhat we have is a resolution that calls on Xran and Iraq to implement fully one of the resolutions and requests the Seoretary-General to talk to the parties. That is the end of it) a prilliolr and a half casualties and that is the end of it. There is no Psntion of cheaidal weapme, in Lebanon as well as in the Iran-Iraq warI and the arming of Syria with chemical weaponej nor of the bmbing of open oities or neutral shipping) nor of the horrific aarnage taking place in Letsanon. All of that does not occupy this council. Uhat f have juet said leads to the third reasen why the Council should not fall into tbio trap, which is that it would thus lend Ltself to Ate am loss of credibility, ite own lo85 of authority and prestige. (Mr. Netanyahu, Israel) l%is is siuply 'not So-thing that people can look at and say, Well, the SeCurity Counoil truly acts a) setters of great international impcrtance: international peace and 8ecurity.a so, first, the Security Council, for these three reasons, is asked to assist in the provocation of violence, indeed of terrors secondly, it assail6 the baeic right of Goverments - any Gcvernment - to maintain law and order) and, thirdly, it ignores the real conflicts that are taking place in the world today. 'Ihese three reamno rob this type of discussion of serious respect and of legitiuacy, which brings me to the statement of the Soviet repreemntetive. Re Spoke about the fnterneticnal Peace Conference. Be spoke of the International Peace Conference in the eam breath that he acmeed Israel of genocide. I would diteat the Scviet repremntative to the Soviet Union’s record in the Panchir valley end the millicn~ of refugeas in the neighbouring areas adjoining Pakistan. Xe Spoke of the reeogniticn of ccuntries that international conflict8 Should be rmclved by letting fmcple~ bs maStera of their cm fate. I presuua that indudes Estonia, Lithuania, tatvie and Afghanistan, not to mention other satellite States of the 6ovkt Union, or, for that matter, the oppteseion of the soviet Jew80 The aritioal thing ie not the hypocriey that we see in this forma. I spoke two days ego to a senior diplomat here, and he said, "Well, what do you expect? This is a hypoariticel fOtUmm WI, say, *Fine, if it is a hypocritical forum, then do not con@ and aek us to join thie forum manned by countries that call for out expulsion, accuse ue of genocide, and join other countries that ask, in fact, for the liquidation of Israel, and say ‘Come, coam into thie trap. loin the bocriey. Let us, in fact, attack you , and let us do worse than that, let u8 join a PLO am3 Syrian effort - that ie the one thing on which they agree - to liquidate you’ .’ This is ttot &something to which Ietael will Lend ite hand, and that ie why (Mr. Netanyahu, Israel) thie debate ad& nothing to advanoe the oatme of peace. It doe8 a geeat deal to destroy the credibility and preetige of the United Nations and the Security Council. ltre PlU3SIDEtm Mr. Clovis Maksoud, Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations, to whom the Council hae extended an invitation under rule 39 of ite provisional rule6 of procedure, wiehee to make a further etatement. With the consent of the Council, I invite hia to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. Hr. BWWXJD: I am sorry that I have to make another otatement, but f think that there ie a need to clarify som of the oft-repestatl distortions. me People under owupation m the Weat Bank are not trying to incite violence. Occupatim is inotitutionalised violonce. ‘whey are trying to ease it out by ubatever mena poeeible, and if the ultimate weapn of the Palestinian 8tudente im etoaetbrowing, I think that that ie a dercripticn of the nature of the violence that l~itinate resistsnce takes. The notion ha0 often been emphaeiaed th8t the cbjmtivo of the Palestine Liberation Orgenifmtion (PI01 - end nw Syrfa Rae been included - ir to liquidate Israel. If the abjmtive Mre to liquidate Israel, there mould not have hem an effort on the part of the ammber States of the Arab l&ague, including the Pu) and Syria, for the aonvming of an international HiMle Bast oonference to bring about the consummation of all the resolution6 of the United Netime. ‘Ptrere ie no resolution of the United Nation6 that calls for the liquidation of Israel. what we are aeking in these deliberations of the Council is, what Israel ie it that seek@ to amtinue? It hae been the international coneemus that the bordero before 1967 constitute the parameters. We have asked those in the Security Council, and outside of it, to spell out very clearly if they accept the territorial parameters that have been prescribed in Security Council resolution 242 (1967). We would like (Mr. Kaksoud) to know who is violating the basis of a;r overall settlement by establishing *Jewish villages* in these territories? The notion of liquidation has often been raised. The PLO, in 1969, when it advocated a democratic secular State, made an intellectual historical reconciliation with the Jewish presence in Palestine. Perhaps it did not accept the Zionist structures, but it accepted an intellectual historical reconciliation. It stated that because somebody is a Jew, that does not disqualify him from being in Palestine, but because somebody is a Jew that does not allOw him absolute negemony over the entirety of Palestine. That was the element of that intellectual reconciliation. Subsequently, when after a total Israeli rejection of the proposal, the PLO stated that it wanted to establish a national authority over any part of occupied Palestine that had been evacuated by the Israelis. In the first resolutions we accepted the 1967 frontiers provided that the Palestinians right to eelf-determination would be restored. Therefore, the question of liquidation is only a ted herring, to divert attention from Israel’s own self-righteous contempt of the various united Nations resolutions. That is why we state that what is crucial at this ukxnent is that the question of liquidation ie a red herring, to avoid withZrawa1 from all the occupied Arab territories. Purthermore, when it waa said that it ia the function of government to establish law and order, is the government a government In occupied territories, or ie it an occupation authority? It is not a government, when Israel is in East Jerusalem, it is not a government , when Israel is in Gaze or in the Syrian Golan Heights) it is not a government when it is in South Lebanon) it is not a government, when it is in the West Sank. It if3 an occupation authority. It is not even a military authority. The military is only one single aspect of an occupation authority. Therefore, we are still dealing with a diversionary tactic, a filibustering campaign, an attempt to avoid addressing the issues before the Council and an attempt to perpetuate occupation under different names. Therefore, it is not the function of the Israeli Government to police. It might be the temporary function of the occupation authorities to comply with the Geneva Conventions, but it is not the function of the Government of Israel to establish the prelude to perpetual occupation and annexation.

In view of the lateness of the hour, I intend to adjourn the meeting now. With the concurrence of the members of the Council, the next meeting of the Security Council to continue the consideration of the item on the agenda will take place today at 4 p.m. The meeting rose at 1.10 p.m.