UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting on Palestine

The increasing violence in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip that left at least 39 dead so far will be discused in “the emergency Palestine session” today.

The session was organized at the request of Jordan, the only Arab member in the UNSC.

Also Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, wrote a letter to UNSC on Tuesday. He wrote: “Since our last letter to you, on 12 October 2015, the Palestinian civilian population, including women and children, have continued to be killed, injured and terrorized as a result of Israel's latest rampage of aggression throughout the Occupied State of Palestine, including East Jerusalem.”

Then, he made a call to the Security Council for acting against “the occupying Power's violations of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law.”

At least 32 Palestinians have been killed and 1,400 Palestinians were injured by the Israeli forces across the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the last two weeks, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Seven Israeli's have been killed since the beginning of this month.