{"id":213743,"date":"2002-07-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=213743"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:40:20","slug":"auto-insert-213743","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-213743\/","title":{"rendered":"Destruction of Palestinian homes in the West Bank &#8211; SecGen statement &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY REPORTS ISRAEL USING MEASURES<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>THAT AMOUNT TO COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#160;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan:<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Secretary-General is disturbed by reports that the Israeli government has again destroyed the homes of Palestinians in the West Bank, and are considering the forcible transfer of relatives of suicide bombers from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">While he has repeatedly condemned suicide bombings and upheld Israel&#8217;s right to defend itself, the Secretary-General wishes to make clear that self-defence cannot justify measures that amount to collective punishments.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">* *** *<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY REPORTS ISRAEL USING MEASURES THAT AMOUNT TO COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT &#160; 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