Ban Ki-moon
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel Sunday to end its “occupation” of Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.
By Chana Ya'ar
First Publish: 1/15/2012, 4:15 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel Sunday to end its “occupation” of Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.
Wrapping up the final day of his three-day visit to Lebanon, Ban slammed Israel in remarks made during a keynote speech in Beirut at a conference entitled “Reform and Transitions to Democracy.” The conference was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Among the speakers at the three-day event were former Arab League secretary-general and Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
“The Israeli occupation of Arab and Palestinian territories must end. So must violence against civilians,” the U.N. Secretary-general stated. “Settlements, new and old, are illegal. They work against the emergence of a viable Palestinian state,” he continued, according to the AFP news agency. “A two-state solution is long overdue,” Ban added. “The status quo offers only the guarantee of future conflict.” Read the rest on: Arutz7
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