  {"id":192805,"date":"2014-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=192805"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:29:05","slug":"auto-insert-192805","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-192805\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General&#8217;s press encounter in southern Israel &#8211; SecGen remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#104160;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>OFF-THE-CUFF<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#004080;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Secretary-General&#8217;s press encounter in Southern Israel<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Ein Hashlosa, 14 October 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">SG:&nbsp;&nbsp;Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Shalom.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I would like to thank the Government of Israel, and in particular General Noam Tibon, for allowing me and my delegation to see the underground tunnels.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was shocked and alarmed by these underground tunnels which have been used for penetration for terrorist purposes.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have been particularly condemning these rocket attacks by Hamas from the air and also attacks through leftover tunnels, underground tunnels.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is unacceptable.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have been repeatedly saying that rocket attacks killing the civilian population is not acceptable.&nbsp;&nbsp;It should be condemned.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nobody should live under constant threat or fear by these rockets and the penetrating alarming underground tunnels. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I have been meeting the leaders of both Palestine and the Israeli Government and I am coming from Cairo after having attended the Donor Conference for Gaza Reconstruction.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have been repeatedly saying that the building and destroying and building and destroying &#8211; that cycle must be stopped.&nbsp;&nbsp;And I have been urging the two leaders of the two States to address the underlying issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;For that, they should sit down together and resume their peace talks.&nbsp;&nbsp;That is the only way &#8211; a viable option, so that the two peoples can enjoy peace and harmony and security.&nbsp;&nbsp;We have to do all that the two-state solution first asks people to do, so that Israeli and Palestinian people can live side by side in peace and security. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I just met the grandparents and uncle of Daniel &#8211; a four year old &#8211; just a young boy.&nbsp;&nbsp;What has he done wrong?&nbsp;&nbsp;Why has he to die?&nbsp;&nbsp;Even without knowing anything, even without being able to grow up at the age of four years.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is very sad.&nbsp;&nbsp;I conveyed my deepest condolences to the family.&nbsp;&nbsp;But I only hope that my words of condolence can only help a little bit, even a little bit healing their wounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;But that may not be enough.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">For that, I urge again &#8211; the two parties should, must address all the underlying issues to bring peace and harmony and security to the two peoples.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Thank you very much.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Off-the-Cuff on 14 October 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/26AA0944CFADA4D885257D7100482384.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Gaza City &#8211; Secretary-General&#39;s remarks to reporters in Gaza after meeting with Ministers of the Government of National Consensus<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4CFAB898E2F52AF685257D710051116A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Gaza City &#8211; Secretary-General&#39;s press encounter in Gaza<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFF-THE-CUFF Secretary-General&#8217;s press encounter in Southern Israel Ein Hashlosa, 14 October 2014 SG:&nbsp;&nbsp;Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. 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