{"id":241116,"date":"2020-10-26T00:43:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T04:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=241116"},"modified":"2020-11-05T00:46:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T05:46:53","slug":"settlements-palestinian-prisoner-maher-al%e2%80%91akhras-hunger-strike-26-oct-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/settlements-palestinian-prisoner-maher-al%e2%80%91akhras-hunger-strike-26-oct-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Settlements, Palestinian Prisoner Maher al\u2011Akhras\u2019 Hunger Strike \u2013 26 Oct. 2020 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
26 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\u2011General.<\/p>\n

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Middle East<\/u><\/p>\n

You heard [Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process,]\u00a0briefing<\/a>\u00a0the Security Council this morning on the Middle East Peace Process, saying that the pandemic stretches on and its consequences accumulate, Palestinians and Israelis alike are feeling the effects.\u00a0 He is particularly concerned about the spread of the virus in Gaza and the long\u2011term damage to the Palestinian economy and social cohesion, including impacts on education, for the next generation.\u00a0 His full statement was shared with you.<\/p>\n

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

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 My second question, Mr.\u00a0Mladenov, in his speech, he repeated that Israel is going ahead with plans to build 5,000\u00a0units in occupied Palestinian territories.\u00a0 He also mentioned the situation of Maher al\u2011Akhras, who’s been on\u2026 almost 90\u00a0days on hunger strike.\u00a0 However, Israel even chose not to mention in the speech of the Israeli ambassador the settlement or any of these? \u00a0What is the UN can do other than just mentioning these developments or appealing to Israel to stop these internal activities? \u00a0They have never stopped it, again and again and again.<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Well, each Permanent Representative or senior official who addresses the Council from a Member State is free to say whatever they want.\u00a0 We stated our position.\u00a0 It’s very clear, and we’ve made that position known, both privately and publicly, to Israeli authorities.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 I have my phone back, so my colleagues can tell me who’s going on.\u00a0 So, Iftikhar, please, go ahead.<\/p>\n

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For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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