הנסיך זייד ראאד זייד אל-חוסיין, הנציב העליון של מועצת זכויות האדם הנוכחי
בניגוד חריף לתגובתו הרשמית של מזכ"ל האו"ם באן קי-מון, הנציב העליון של הגוף העולמי לזכויות אדם, הנסיך זייד ראאד זייד אל-חוסיין, מירדן, סירב באופן גלוי לכנות את הירי שבוצע על ידי שני פלסטינים ביום רביעי שעבר בתל אביב, פיגוע, בו נהרגו ארבעה בני אדם ו-16 נפצעו, וסירב לציין כי התוקפים היו פלסטינים. יתר על כן, בניגוד לבאן קי-מון, בהצהרתו זייד סירב לגנות את מנהיגי חמאס שחגגו את הרצח.
במקום זאת, אל-חוסיין הקדיש את עיקר דבריו לגינוי תגובת ישראל למעשי הרצח, והועיל להצדיק את התוקפים וכי התקיפה לכאורה בוצעה על רקע "תחושת העוול והתסכול שחשים פלסטינים בזמן מתוח מאוד זה". הצהרתו הרשמית למטה.
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Press briefing note on Israel / occupied Palestinian territory
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani
Location: Geneva
Date: 10 June 2016
The High Commissioner condemns the gun attack in Tel Aviv on Wednesday in which four Israelis were killed and a number were injured. This is the largest loss of Israeli life in a single attack since the current surge in violence.
We are also deeply concerned at the response of the Israeli authorities, which includes measures that may amount to prohibited collective punishment and will only increase the sense of injustice and frustration felt by Palestinians in this very tense time. The response has included the cancelling of all 83,000 permits granted to West Bank and Gaza residents to travel during Ramadan, the suspension of 204 work permits of individuals in the alleged attackers' extended families, and the sealing off of their entire home town by the Israeli security forces.
Israel has a human rights obligation to bring those responsible to account for their crimes. And this it is doing. However the measures taken against the broader population punish not the perpetrators of the crime, but tens – maybe hundreds – of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
ENDS
For more information and media requests, please contact Rupert Colville (+41 22 917 9767 / rcolville@ohchr.org ) or Ravina Shamdasani (+41 22 917 9169 / rshamdasani@ohchr.org) or Cécile Pouilly (+41 22 917 9310 / cpouilly@ohchr.org)
Location: Geneva
Date: 10 June 2016
The High Commissioner condemns the gun attack in Tel Aviv on Wednesday in which four Israelis were killed and a number were injured. This is the largest loss of Israeli life in a single attack since the current surge in violence.
We are also deeply concerned at the response of the Israeli authorities, which includes measures that may amount to prohibited collective punishment and will only increase the sense of injustice and frustration felt by Palestinians in this very tense time. The response has included the cancelling of all 83,000 permits granted to West Bank and Gaza residents to travel during Ramadan, the suspension of 204 work permits of individuals in the alleged attackers' extended families, and the sealing off of their entire home town by the Israeli security forces.
Israel has a human rights obligation to bring those responsible to account for their crimes. And this it is doing. However the measures taken against the broader population punish not the perpetrators of the crime, but tens – maybe hundreds – of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
ENDS
For more information and media requests, please contact Rupert Colville (+41 22 917 9767 / rcolville@ohchr.org ) or Ravina Shamdasani (+41 22 917 9169 / rshamdasani@ohchr.org) or Cécile Pouilly (+41 22 917 9310 / cpouilly@ohchr.org)
