Second Committee, 5th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 81st session

🇮🇱 Israel, 🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of Iran, 🇱🇧 Lebanon

1. 🇮🇱 IsraelFirst replyin response to Lebanon▶ 2:37:27 · 3 min

   May I just remind the delegations that the number of intervention is exercised of a right of reply should be limited for two per item, and the first intervention should be limited to three minutes. Thank you, Madam Chair. I am taking the floor in exercise of my right of reply in response to some of the comments we have heard from Lebanon, the Palestinian delegation, and a few other delegations against my country over the past two days. Chair, it is deeply regrettable, though unfortunately not surprising, that Israel continues to be lectured on Gaza while Hamas is so often left out of the discussion. It is the first year in the 21st century without any rockets from Gaza raining down on Israel and Israelis. The first year this century. This development was not development was not brought about any peace overture from the Palestinians. It was brought about the Palestinians trying to annihilate Israel. And Israel saying, You will not destroy us. We are here to stay. And so, of course, the Palestinian delegation neglected to mention the attack launched from Gaza three years ago, tomorrow. An attack that in in one horrible morning resulted in the slaughter of twelve hundred Israelis and other nationals men, women, children, babies. Deliberately slaughtered in cold blood. Nor did they mention the hundreds of Israelis and other nationals taken into Gaza that day, many of whom were themselves slaughtered during the brutal their brutal captivity. The Palestinian delegations defend these events. They defend them by not acknowledging that they ever occurred. As if the conflict that erupted was initiated by Israel. It was not. It was initiated by the Palestinian terrorists affiliated with Hamas. And so, Madam Chair, the Palestinian statement is a lie. It is a lie in fact, what they have said, and it a lie and it is a lie because of what deliberately omitted basic critical facts in order to mislead and deceive delegations in this room. But dramatically reading of false history does not change the fact that it is false. The ongoing refusal of the Palestinian delegation to face these facts should lead every delegation, or at least most delegations here, to fear a future in which facts no longer matter. And where terrorism becomes an acceptable tool in international relations. Madam Chair, I'd like to end our day on a positive note. As mentioned in our statement, we do have a ceasefire, and it's been holding for a year, and brought much relief to Palestinians and Israelis alike. I hope that our work here can contribute and support positive results on the ground. I thank you.

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2. 🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of IranFirst reply▶ 2:40:24 · 2 min

   Masmila Rahman Arraheem, thank you, Madam Chair, for the floor. Yesterday, representative of a certain delegation and today's morning representative of another delegation made an unnecessary and unwarranted reference to my country in their statement. I wish to categorically reject those claims and place on record the following position. The Islamic Republic of Iran was subjected. To an illegal use of force and acts of aggression in blatant violation of the United Nations Charter and International Law. As a result, thousands of people, including women and children, have lost their lives. Civilian and critical infrastructure has been destroyed, and severe economic, social, and environmental damage has been inflicted. Iran Condemns these attacks in the strongest possible terms and denounces them as a flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Iran has exercised only its inherent right of self defense. All measures taken by my country were lawful under international law and aimed at protecting its sovereignty. Territorial integrity and its people. We underscore that in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and International Law, including the principle inflected in the General Assembly Resolution 3314 and 2625, states are under an obligation not to allow their territory, military bases, or facilities to be used to facilitate to facilitate acts of aggression or other ac other acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. I thank you.

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3. 🇱🇧 LebanonFirst replyin response to Israel▶ 2:42:40 · 17 s

   Madam Chair, thank you for giving me the floor. Uh my delegation is compelled to exercise a transfer of reply in response to the intervention just made by Israel, bringing in matters not related to the work of the second committee and not even the statements and elements mentioned by the delegation this morning. Thank you.

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