2 DECEMBER 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:? Thank you so much, St谷ph. ?On Monday evening, the Israeli occupation forces forced Mr.?Abdo# Fawwaz Abdo to demolish his own home 每 upon the excuse that it doesn*t have a permit ? in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabal al?Mukabber. ?So, how do you classify this crime? ?When you force somebody to demolish his own home and leave his family in the street, that*s one question. ?And second, how come a crime of that magnitude passes unnoticed by the Special Representative of the Secretary?General, Mr.?[Nickolay] Mladenov?

Spokesman:? I*m not aware of# I personally am not aware of this particular incident. ?That*s not to say that Mr.?Mladenov is not aware. ?We have spoken out, I think, very strongly against any type of demolition in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, but we*re# I*m happy to look into the case for you.

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