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UN Security Council to Discuss Israeli Violations on Wednesday

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. (Reuters)
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. (Reuters)
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UN Security Council to Discuss Israeli Violations on Wednesday

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. (Reuters)
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. (Reuters)

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Monday that the United Nations is required to be more credible by starting to translate Palestinian-related international statements and positions into actions.

The PM was speaking ahead of a UN Security Council open debate scheduled for Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

“At the request of the Palestinian government, the UN Security Council will discuss Wednesday the breaches committed by the occupation forces, the continuous attacks by settlers in the West Bank, including the occupied city of Jerusalem, and the ongoing Israeli siege on our people in the Gaza Strip,” the PM said following a cabinet meeting.

Shtayyeh said there has been a noticeable escalation in settler violence, house demolitions, forced displacement, detention and killing of Palestinian civilians, including children.

“The occupation soldiers killed a child from Deir Nidham while on Monday morning another child from Abwein died from his injuries after he was shot by Israeli bullets,” the PM said, adding that dozens of people were also injured in confrontations with Israeli soldiers in several areas in the Jordan Valley and Masafer Yatta.

Palestinians are hoping the Security Council would adopt resolutions to support the Palestinian cause, although such a position is unlikely to happen.

Last Friday, Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Riyad Mansour slammed the international community’s inaction towards the Israeli violations of international law, including the UN Charter, Fourth Geneva Convention and UN resolutions.

He made his accusations in letters sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the General Assembly and this month’s President of the Security Council (France) and tackling the deteriorating situation resulting from Israel’s violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry asked the UN Security Council to respect its legal and moral obligations regarding Israeli violations and crimes against Palestinians.

It condemned in the strongest terms the occupation forces and called on the US administration, the Israeli government and some European countries to immediately recognize the State of Palestine.

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Lebanon's Parliament Renews Army Chief's Term in First Session after Ceasefire

Lebanese policeman stand outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon October 17, 2017. (Reuters)
Lebanese policeman stand outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon October 17, 2017. (Reuters)
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Lebanon's Parliament Renews Army Chief's Term in First Session after Ceasefire

Lebanese policeman stand outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon October 17, 2017. (Reuters)
Lebanese policeman stand outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon October 17, 2017. (Reuters)

Lebanon's parliament Thursday renewed the term of army chief Joseph Aoun, who is seen as a potential presidential candidate in next year's vote.

The parliament has seldom met since Israel’s war with Hezbollah began 14 months ago, and has not convened to try to elect a president since June 2023, leaving the country in a political gridlock.

Thursday’s session is the first since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on Wednesday which has left the Lebanese military responsible for ensuring Hezbollah fighters leave the country's south and its facilities dismantled. The army is expected to receive international aid to help deploy troops to deploy in the south to exert full state control there, The AP reported.

Gen. Joseph Aoun is seen as a likely presidential candidate due to his close relationship with the international community and his hold on an institution that is seen as a rare point of unity in the country facing political and sectarian tensions. Lebanon has been without a president since Oct. 31, 2022.

It is unclear whether the decision to renew Aoun's term will impact his chances as Lebanon's next president.

Hezbollah and some of its key allies and their legislators have been skeptical of a Aoun presidency due to his close relationship with Washington.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who spearheaded negotiations with the United States to end the war, also called for parliament to convene on Jan. 9, 2025 to elect a president, the first attempt in almost 19 months.

French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, tasked by French President Emmanuel Macron with helping Lebanon break its political deadlock, observed the session before meeting with Berri and later caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

Berri, in an address Wednesday, urged political parties to pick a president that will bring Lebanon's rival groups together, in a bid to keep the war-torn and financially battered country from further deteriorating amid fears of internal political tensions between Hezbollah and its political opponents following the war.

The militant group's opponents, who believe Hezbollah should be completely disarmed, are furious that it made the unilateral decision to go to war with Israel in solidarity with its ally Hamas in the Gaza Strip.