A UN committee called for the development and implementation of an “immediate and complete ceasefire,” in light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of this month.

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said, in a statement issued today, Friday, that it is “concerned about the scale of the escalation and the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the Gaza Strip, calling for an immediate and complete ceasefire, and providing all necessary financial and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.” In addition to opening humanitarian corridors.

It called on Israel, the occupying power, to fully respect its international obligations, especially those stipulated in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which Israel ratified in 1979.

It also called on Israel to ensure that all Palestinians under its occupation, especially those living in the Gaza Strip, enjoy their full rights under the Convention without discrimination, especially their right to life and personal security, as well as their right to medical care and the right to freedom of movement.

It indicated its deep concern about the decision taken by the Israeli occupation authorities to tighten the long-standing siege on the Gaza Strip and cut off basic supplies such as food, water, electricity, medicine and fuel, which amounts to a form of collective punishment against 2.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The committee stressed the need to lift the Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and urgently allow humanitarian aid to arrive, work to rebuild civilian infrastructure and homes, and ensure freedom of movement, housing, education, health care, water and sanitation, in accordance with the agreement.

Deeply concerned by the Israeli decision of 12 October ordering 1.1 million Palestinians in northern Gaza to move to southern Gaza within 24 hours, including those who have taken refuge in UN facilities;

It called on Israel to condemn any form of hate speech, to distance itself from hate speech and racism expressed by politicians and public figures, including members of the government and parliament, and to ensure that such acts are investigated and their perpetrators are punished appropriately and strictly, in addition to combating the spread of hate speech. Hate and racism in the Israeli media, the Internet and social media.

In this context, she pointed to the sharp increase in hate speech, racism, and dehumanization directed against the Palestinians since the seventh of this month, especially on the Internet and in social media, including by senior officials, politicians, members of Parliament, and public figures, especially statements that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made a statement on October 9 in which he referred to Palestinians as “human animals,” indicating that it was “language that could incite acts of genocide.”

It expressed its deep shock at the ongoing brutal and indiscriminate Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip, especially the air strikes that resulted in the death of more than 7,000 Palestinians, including at least 2,900 children, and the injury of more than 18,400 since the 7th of this month, in addition to... More than 1,600 people, including 900 children, are trapped under rubble in Gaza, and tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed.

The Committee also expressed its deep concern about the continuing long-term Israeli military occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israeli actions and practices, including illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, which amount to violations of the Convention and other international human rights obligations. .

It pointed to the deterioration of the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank since the 7th of this month, including the restrictions imposed by Israel, the occupying power, on freedom of movement, and the increase in arbitrary arrests of Palestinians in the West Bank and Palestinians inside the 1948 territories, as well as the increase in illegal use of... Legal use of lethal force against Palestinians, and the increase in colonialist violence, which led to the martyrdom of 110 Palestinians in the West Bank, including at least 32 children.

The Committee noted that the early warning measures and urgent measures it took under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination come within the framework of appropriate preventive measures to avoid widespread violations of human rights.