{"id":240325,"date":"2020-10-14T22:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T02:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=240325"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:56:20","slug":"palestinian-prisoner-maher-al%e2%80%91akhras-hunger-strike-settlement-un-funding-pa-construction-in-area-c-14-oct-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/palestinian-prisoner-maher-al%e2%80%91akhras-hunger-strike-settlement-un-funding-pa-construction-in-area-c-14-oct-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian Prisoner Maher al\u2011Akhras’ Hunger Strike, Settlements, UN Funding PA Construction in Area C \u2013 14 Oct. 2020 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
14 OCTOBER 2020<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

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

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Thank you, St\u00e9phane.\u00a0 Yesterday, I ask Farhan [Haq] about the situation of the Palestinian POW, Maher al\u2011Akhras, who enters today his 80th day of hunger strike, if there is any language from [Nickolay] Mladenov.<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 What I can tell you is that Mr. Mladenov, our Special Coordinator on the ground, is deeply concerned about the deteriorating condition of Maher al\u2011Akhras, a Palestinian being held in Kaplan Hospital, who began a hunger strike over 79 days to protest his administrative detention by Israeli authorities.\u00a0 The Special Coordinator reiterates his call for all those held under administrative detention to be either charged or released immediately.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Thank you so much.\u00a0 And I have another question.\u00a0 Today, Israel approved building 2,166 units, expanding current settlement or building new settlements.\u00a0 Are you aware of this development?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I personally had not seen that report, but our position on settlements remains unchanged.\u00a0 [He later added: \u00a0We are concerned about the reports of Israel\u2019s settlement advancements in the occupied West Bank and will continue to follow developments closely, as the Israeli High Planning Committee finalizes its meetings tomorrow.\u00a0 The Secretary-General has consistently reiterated that all settlements are illegal under international law and remain a substantial obstacle to peace.\u00a0 We urge the Israeli authorities to refrain from such unilateral actions that fuel instability and further erode the prospects for resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on the basis of relevant UN resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements.]<\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Thanks.\u00a0 Just to go back to Israel region, Israeli NGO Regavim has claimed that the UN funds has given its political support to the PA (Palestinian Authority) to illegally build in parts of Area C in what they say is the area of Peduel in Samaria region.\u00a0 Do you have anything on this, or can you get me something on this, please?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I will try to get you something on this.\u00a0 If you could just email me that\u2026\u00a0 email me some information, I\u2019ll look into it for you.<\/p>\n

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

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