{"id":241755,"date":"2020-11-05T22:36:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T03:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=241755"},"modified":"2020-11-17T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T04:06:54","slug":"house-demolitions-in-the-west-bank-5-nov-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/house-demolitions-in-the-west-bank-5-nov-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"House Demolitions in the West Bank \u2013 5 Nov. 2020 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
5 NOVEMBER 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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West Bank<\/u><\/p>\n

Quick note on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where on the West Bank, the acting Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Yvonne Helle, said that 73 people \u2014 more than half of whom were children \u2014 were displaced when Israeli authorities demolished their homes earlier this week in the community of Humsa Al Baqi\u2019a.<\/p>\n

Ms. Helle reminded all parties that the extensive destruction of property and the forcible transfer of protected people in an occupied territory are grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.\u00a0 The humanitarian community stands ready to support all those who have been displaced or otherwise affected and they reiterate their call to Israel to immediately halt these unlawful demolitions.<\/p>\n

And her statement has been posted.<\/p>\n

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

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Bring you to the\u2026\u00a0 I have two questions.\u00a0 The first question is regarding also the subject of Palestine and the statement you read.\u00a0 My question is, do you\u2026\u00a0 does the Secretary\u2011General condemn the demolition of Palestinian houses? \u00a0Thank you.<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Yes, we\u2019ve always\u2026\u00a0 I mean, Mr. [Nickolay] Mladenov, in his reports and the Secretary\u2011General\u2019s own reports, we have always stood firmly against this policy, and we\u2019ve made it known both publicly and privately to the authorities.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 But that\u2019s actually different from condemning, so\u2026<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 We stand against, we condemn, I mean, we\u2019re\u2026\u00a0 it\u2019s\u2026\u00a0 we stand against these acts, and we\u2019ve denounced them.<\/p>\n

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

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