24 November 2000 (A/ES-10/47, S/2000/1116)
Letter sent by Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Ambassador and Permanent
Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, the President of the Security Council, and the President of
the General Assembly
(Israeli Willful Killings)
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On 22 November 2000, soldiers of the Israeli occupying forces
once more committed wilfull killings against Palestinian civilians. The
soldiers at an Israeli army checkpoint near the city of Rafah in the Gaza
Strip opened heavy fire at an approaching car, killing all three unarmed
civilians in the car. The soldiers also fired at a car behind it, killing one
passenger and wounding another. Further, on 23 November 2000, in an
Israeli-planned assassination, one person was killed when his car was bombed
near the Palestinian city of Nablus.
Moreover, the killing and injuring of Palestinian by the
Israeli occupying forces continues. In this regard, and in follow up to my
previous letters to you, dated 29 September to 20 November
(A/55/432-S/2000/921; A/55/437-S/2000/930; A/55/450-S/2000/957;
A/55/466-S/2000/971; A/55/474-S/2000/984; A/55/490-S/2000/993;
A/ES-10/39-S/2000/1015; A/ES-10/40-S/2000/1025; A/ES-10/42-S/2000/1068;
A/ES-10/43-S/2000/1078; A/ES-10/44-S/2000/1093; A/ES-10/45-S/2000/1104;
A/ES-10/46-S/2000/1107), since my last letter to you and as of yesterday, 23
November 2000, the Israeli occupying forces killed 16 more Palestinians,
bringing the total number of deaths to 231 Palestinian civilians. (The names
of the 16 martyrs are annexed.) During the same period, many other Palestinian
civilians were injured, some of whom remain in critical condition.
I would also like to refer to the letter, dated 20 November,
by the Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations regarding the
explosion of a roadside bomb, which was aimed at a bus and which resulted in
the death of two Israeli settlers and the wounding of others, including
children. That letter repeats the same Israeli nonsense about Palestinian
official responsibility for this attack. The Palestinian Authority made it
clear that it does not condone such actions and that it definitely has no
responsibility in this regard. Children should always be spared the traumas
and atrocities of armed conflict. It must be mentioned, however, that the road
on which the bombing occurred is under full Israeli security control and, more
importantly, it remains the ultimate responsibility of the occupying Power not
to illegally transfer their nationals into the occupied territory in total
violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the relevant United Nations
resolutions.
On Wednesday, 22 November, upon the request of the Arab Group
at the United Nations, the Security Council once more considered the extremely
dangerous situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. We reiterate the
call that we have repeatedly made to the Council, including during the
Council’s most recent debate, to take action in follow up of the efforts to
establish a United Nations Observer Force to be dispatched throughout the
territories occupied by Israel since 1967. We believe that the necessary time
for ample consultations on the matter has already elapsed and action now is
urgently needed as the situation clearly continues to deteriorate.
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Names of martyrs killed by Israeli security forces
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including Jerusalem
(Monday, 20 November through Wednesday, 23 November
2000)
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Monday, 20 November 2000
- Ibrahim Ahmed Hassan Othman ( 16 years old)
- Hamed Jaber
- Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Farra
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Tuesday, November 21 2000
- Hammad Othman Al-Sumeri
- Mohammed Lutfi Massad
- Mohammed Suliman Abu Obeid
- Hussein Mohammed Mustafa Derab’ieh
- Jasser Taleb Al-Nibititi
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Wednesday, 22 November 2000
- Jamal Abdel Qader Abdel Raziq
- Awni Ismail Daheir
- Nael Shehdah Al-Lidawi
- Sami Nasser Abu Laben
- Najeeb Mohammed Mahmoud Kishtah
- Ibrahim Hussein Al-Maqnan ( 15 years old)
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Thursday, 23 November 2000
- Ibrahim Abdel Karim Bini Odeh
- Maram Emad Ahmed Hassouna ( 3 years old)
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