  {"id":204815,"date":"2012-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=204815"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:50:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:50:58","slug":"auto-insert-204815","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-204815\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban: Israeli occupation stifles Palestine economy and lives &#8211; UN Radio audio feed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Ban: Israeli occupation stifles Palestine economy and lives<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Listen&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"> [<a href=\"~parts\/c-palestine-vpca-feb6.mp3\" id=\"c-palestine-vpca-feb6.mp3\">c-palestine-vpca-feb6.mp3<\/a>] <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has renewed his call for progress in the Middle East peace process, citing the toll taken on the economy and lives of the Palestinians by the ongoing Israeli occupation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ban got a first-hand look at the situation on the ground during his trip last week to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Charles Appel reports.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Mr. Ban Ki-moon has once again called for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory that began in 1967 as well as an end to the long-standing conflict.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Mr. Ban was speaking to participants at the UN Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People taking place in Cairo, Egypt.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Settlements and their infrastructure severely restrict access to land and natural resources by the Palestinian people, he said.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>The issue also hurts prospects for a negotiated solution, he added.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>The UN Chief described the situation as &#8220;unacceptable&#8221;, calling for occupation measures which stifle Palestinian life to be rolled back.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Charles Appel, United Nations.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Duration: 42&#8243;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ban: Israeli occupation stifles Palestine economy and lives Listen&nbsp;&nbsp; [c-palestine-vpca-feb6.mp3] Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has renewed his call for progress in the Middle East peace process, citing the toll taken on the economy and lives of the Palestinians by the ongoing Israeli occupation. 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