RAMALLAH, December 13, 2025 (WAFA) – The Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, sent three identical letters to the UN Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council for this month (Slovenia), and the President of the UN General Assembly, regarding the continued Israeli assaults and crimes against the Palestinian people.
Mansour highlighted ongoing settlement expansion, ethnic cleansing, and incitement by Israeli occupation forces across the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, noting Israel’s total impunity and systematic breaches of Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 2803, and the ceasefire agreement.
He underscored the escalation of Israeli forces and settler attacks on Palestinian communities, property confiscation, and destruction under a government openly pursuing plans to annex Palestinian land, forcibly displace civilians, and deny Palestinians their inalienable right to self-determination and independence.
Mansour also noted the intensification of illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in blatant violation of international law, Security Council Resolution 2334, and advisory opinions issued by the International Court of Justice.
He condemned ongoing arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment, and torture of Palestinian civilians, resulting in nearly 100 deaths among detainees since October 2023.
The ambassador condemned Israel’s provocative and illegal actions in occupied East Jerusalem, including the December 8 attack on the UNRWA headquarters, which violated international humanitarian law, UN privileges and immunities, and the October 2025 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.
Mansour also warned of Israeli threats and plans to annex additional Palestinian land in the Gaza Strip, including claims that the “yellow line” represents a new border between Gaza and Israel, violating both the ceasefire agreement and international law prohibiting land seizure by force.
He highlighted Israel’s continued obstruction of humanitarian aid, restricted UN access, and the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza, marked by famine, malnutrition, health system collapse, and the deprivation of shelter for hundreds of thousands amid harsh weather.
Mansour further reported that Israeli forces have killed more than 383 Palestinians, including many children, and injured over a thousand in Gaza since the start of the ceasefire on October 11.
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