members of the Elders have called on the Security Council to prevent the Netanyahu government from achieving its aim of making Palestine “disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically”.
Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, former First Lady of South Africa Graca Machel, former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark and Pakistani lawyer Hina Jilani made the statement after a visit to the occupied West Bank, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon.
In particular, the advocacy group founded by Nelson Mandela expressed concern about new illegal
pressed concern about new illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, led by far-right Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir.
“International handwringing and regret will be of no value to Palestinian men, women, and children if the E1 settlement proceeds to cut through the West Bank and seals off East Jerusalem,” the Elders said.
“The UN Security Council must act to ensure that the path forward is firmly grounded in international law,” they said.
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