  {"id":179889,"date":"1985-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=179889"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:55:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:55:47","slug":"auto-insert-179889","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-179889\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation\/Palestine question &#8211; Letter from CEIRPP Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;line-height:150%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;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:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Letter dated 29 March 1985 from the Chairman of the Committee on<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People addressed to<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>the Secretary-General<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In my capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, I wish to draw your attention to recent policy statements made by Israeli Government officials concerning the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The <u>Jewish Telegraphic Agency<\/u>&nbsp;and the <u>Jerusalem Post<\/u>&nbsp;reported on 21 March 1985 that Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin assured Jewish settlers in the Katif region in the Gaza Strip that the region &quot;in any event, must remain an inseparable part of the State of Israel&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;He also reportedly stated that the territory &quot;geographically has always been part of the Biblical Land of Israel&quot;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">A similar statement with regard to the Jordan Valley was attributed to Prime Minister Shimon Peres.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Ha&#39;aretz<\/u>&nbsp;of 22 March 1985 reported that the Prime Minister had assured settlers in the area that the Jordan Valley was an inseparable part of the State of Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People is gravely concerned at such statements which are yet a further confirmation of the policy of annexation of the occupied territories by the Government of Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I wish therefore to reiterate the Committee&#39;s view that such a policy is a violation of Israel&#39;s obligations under the Charter of the Âé¶¹APP and the fourth Geneva Convention and of numerous resolutions of the Âé¶¹APP, and that it endangers peace and security in the region and undermines international efforts to facilitate a peaceful solution.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In conclusion, I would like to request that this letter be circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under item 33 of the preliminary list, and of the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(Signed)&nbsp;&nbsp;Massamba SARRE<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Chairman of the<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;Committee on the Exercise<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;of the Inalienable Rights<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;of the Palestinian People<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">_____________<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A\/40\/50 and Corr.l.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;85-09126 1512s 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