The UN Secretary-General once again condemned Israel’s attempt to expel the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip and praised their “resilience and courage”, which prevented “ethnic cleansing”.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres once again condemned Israel’s attempt to expel the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip and praised their “resilience and courage”, without which they would have been subjected to ethnic cleansing. The UN Secretary General now demands the same determination from the international community.
“The intention could be for Palestinians to leave Gaza and for others to occupy it. But there has been – and I pay tribute to the courage and resistance of the Palestinian people and the determination of the Arab world – an effort to prevent ethnic cleansing from becoming a reality,” Guterres argued in an interview with The Guardian, noting that ethnic cleansing ethnic The cleansing of the Palestinians remains a danger.
“We will do everything we can to help them stay there and avoid ethnic cleansing. “That could happen if there is no strong determination from the international community,” he added.
Source: Observadora
