Kuwait condemns Israeli actions against Palestinians

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) should hold Israel accountable for its human rights violations against the Palestinian people, said a Kuwaiti diplomat here Tuesday. In a UNHRC meeting on the Israeli occupation of Arab lands, Advisor at the Kuwaiti permanent delegation to the UN headquarters in Geneva, Saud Al-Saeedi, said that Israel's actions in the Palestinian occupied territories were a clear violation of the Geneva fourth convention concerning civilian rights during times of war and occupation. He also indicated that Israel was violating international human rights in the way it treated the Palestinian people, adding that such treatment was clearly aimed at preventing Palestinians from establishing an independent state in the future. The Kuwaiti diplomat also condemned the continuation of Israeli settlements in Palestinian lands, stressing that UNHRC on-going calls to Israel to stop these acts were ignored by the government in Tel Aviv. Al-Saeedi cited the Israeli campaigns against the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories Richard Falk, saying that the UN official's reports on the situation in Palestinian lands reflected true inhumane acts perpetrated by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. The tough treatment of Palestinian prisoners within Israeli jails was also a sign of Israel's unjust attitudes and disregard to human rights, said the Kuwaiti diplomat. Al-Saeedi stressed Kuwait's support of the Palestinians right to establish an independent state within the 1967 borders. The meeting today is part of the 23rd session for the UNHRC which began in May 27th and will continue till June 14th.