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 In the mentioned report, Ban criticized the Israeli enemy for for the bloodshed that Zionist soldiers caused along the occupied Palestine-Lebanon border on May 15, when thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon marched on the Palestinian border to mourn the 63th anniversary of the creation of Israeli entity. Ban said the Israeli enemy has used excessive force against unarmed protesters.“The UN Secretary General’s stance towards the Maroun Al-Ras massacre was very disappointing,” Moussawi said in a statement. “Yet, this stance did not surprise us as we’re used to the international organization’s positions.” According to Moussawi, the least that the United Nations, which represents the highest international organization concerned with peacekeeping, was absolute and full denunciation, although not enough, in addition to the pursuit for the criminal Israeli leaders. “However, it seems that the UN archive does not tolerate any condemnation of the Israeli enemy,” he went on to say. |
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 In a report released by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this week, Israeli entity was severely criticized for the bloodshed that zionist soldiers caused along the Occupied Palestine-Lebanon border on May 15, when thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon marched on the palestinian border to mourn the 63th anniversary of the creation of Israeli entity. According to the report, at least seven people were killed and over a hundred others wounded after “Israeli soldiers” opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, who were holding a symbolic march toward their homeland on the Lebanese side of the border. Palestinian and Lebanese sources, however, say at least 10 Palestinian demonstrators were killed in the violence. The report, which was based on the findings of an investigation by the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, also criticized the IOF for failing to follow appropriate and conventional crowd control methods and "using direct live fire against unarmed demonstrators" in a situation where there was no immediate threat to life. "Other than firing initial warning shots, the Israel Defense Forces did not use conventional crowd control methods or any other method than lethal weapons against the demonstrators," the report adds. It also says that "the firing of live ammunition by the Israel troops” across the Blue Line [the border fence] against the Palestinian demonstrators violated the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Zionist army and Lebanon. A total of 25 protesters were killed in southern Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Syria's occupied Golan heights by IOF on Nakba Day, but the UN report has solely focused on the Lebanese-Zionist confrontation, not mentioning anything about the IOF’s violence in other regions. Meanwhile, the UN report has angered Zionist officials, and the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the entity has cut contacts with the UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Michael Williams, who has authored the report, until further notice. "I am shocked by the number of the deaths and the use of disproportionate, deadly force by the Israeli Defense Forces against apparently unarmed demonstrators, which I condemn," Williams said a day after the deadly incident. |
UN slams Israel over Nakba anniversary bloodshed
[ 06/07/2011 - 02:24 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)-- UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon blamed Israel for the killing and injury of many Palestinian refugees who were commemorating the Nakba anniversary last May near the Palestinian-Lebanese border fence.
Ki-moon sharply criticized Israel and its troops' behavior and said they used unnecessary force against Palestinians marking the Nakba Day inside the Lebanese territories.
The report was released by Ki-moon earlier this week and passed on to the 15 members of the security council.
The report focuses on the events of May 15 when thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon marched on the occupied Palestinian borders to commemorate their anniversary called Nakba.
The Nakba means catastrophe and refers to the day when European Jews with the help of Britain and colonial powers occupied Palestine in 1948 and started to expel its natives from their homes.
For its part, the Israeli foreign ministry reacted and cancelled a visit to Tel Aviv scheduled to be made by the UN's special coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams
In case you missed it
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In case you missed it
- Franklin Lamb: Majesty and massacre at Maroun al Ras with Photo Story
- Nakba Day show with Franklin Lamb from Shatila Refugee Camp & Gordon Duff of Veterans Today
- Franklin Lamb: You asked about Nakba day in Beirut. Well, the Guinness Book of Records outfit showed up.
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