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UN chief urges Israeli leader to take courageous steps toward peace
Source: Deutsche Welle
Date 28.06.2016
UN chief urges Israeli leader to take courageous steps toward peace
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to take what he called "courageous steps" toward peace. Ban also condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks, which he called "terrorism."
On his 11th visit to Israel as secretary-general - expected to be his last before leaving office at the end of the year - Ban reiterated calls to keep open the possibility of a two-state solution.
Ban also acknowledged the threats facing Israel. "But we must not allow difficulties to become excuses for inaction," he said in a statement read alongside Netanyahu at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem.
Ban meets Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas later Tuesday in Ramallah.
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UN chief urges Israeli leader to take courageous steps toward peace
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to take what he called "courageous steps" toward peace. Ban also condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks, which he called "terrorism."
On his 11th visit to Israel as secretary-general - expected to be his last before leaving office at the end of the year - Ban reiterated calls to keep open the possibility of a two-state solution.
Ban also acknowledged the threats facing Israel. "But we must not allow difficulties to become excuses for inaction," he said in a statement read alongside Netanyahu at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem.
Ban meets Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas later Tuesday in Ramallah.
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Read more: http://www.dw.com/en/un-chief-urges-israeli-leader-to-take-courageous-steps-toward-peace/a-19363113
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Source: Agence France-Presse and Ynetnews
Netanyahu to Ban Ki-moon: Help return our soldiers and citizens
PM urges Ban Ki-moon to use his position as UN Secretary General to force Hamas to return bodies of missing soldiers; Ban ki-Moon says blockade amounts to 'collective punishment'
AFP & Ynetnews|Last update: 28.06.16 , 17:30
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Jerusalem on Tuesday, where he thanked the secretary general for meeting with the families of the Israelis being held in captivity by Hamas.
He told the secretary general "I want to thank you Mr. Secretary for agreeing to meet with the Goldin, Shaul and Mangisto families."
"Hamas is cruelly and illegally holding the remains of our soldiers and holding our citizens. I ask you to use your standing to help return home these soldiers and these citizens. It's a humanitarian position and elementary humanitarian requirement that Hamas and its criminal activities is of course throwing into the winds," he said.
Netanyahu continued, reiterating that "Hamas is a terrorist organization. Hamas has genocidal aims. It doesn't merely practice terrorism. It says openly that its goal is to wipe away from the face of the earth a member state of the United Nations."
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PM urges Ban Ki-moon to use his position as UN Secretary General to force Hamas to return bodies of missing soldiers; Ban ki-Moon says blockade amounts to 'collective punishment'
AFP & Ynetnews|Last update: 28.06.16 , 17:30
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Jerusalem on Tuesday, where he thanked the secretary general for meeting with the families of the Israelis being held in captivity by Hamas.
He told the secretary general "I want to thank you Mr. Secretary for agreeing to meet with the Goldin, Shaul and Mangisto families."
"Hamas is cruelly and illegally holding the remains of our soldiers and holding our citizens. I ask you to use your standing to help return home these soldiers and these citizens. It's a humanitarian position and elementary humanitarian requirement that Hamas and its criminal activities is of course throwing into the winds," he said.
Netanyahu continued, reiterating that "Hamas is a terrorist organization. Hamas has genocidal aims. It doesn't merely practice terrorism. It says openly that its goal is to wipe away from the face of the earth a member state of the United Nations."
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Read more: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4821461,00.html
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