5 MAY 2020
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today＊s noon briefing by St谷phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
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Questions and Answers
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Question:? Yes, my question about East Jerusalem, St谷phane.? The people in East Jerusalem, they are losing on both sides.? The Israelis are not extending their services to combat COVID?19, and they＊re not allowing PA [Palestinian Authority] to be active in East Jerusalem.? In fact, as we mentioned before, they arrested the minister for a couple of hours and the governor, and they broke down a clinic in East Jerusalem.? They arrested voluntary committees, and they are suffering.? And it＊s ex＃ the disease＃ or the pandemic is spreading fast in East Jerusalem, more than the rest of the West Bank or even Gaza.? Is something to be done about that?
Spokesman:? Let me get an update from our colleagues at OCHA in Jerusalem, and I will come back to you.
Document Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Secretary-General, 鎊飪APP Department of Global Communications
Country: Israel
Subject: Access and movement, Health, Jerusalem
Publication Date: 05/05/2020
URL source: /press/en/2020/db200505.doc.htm