Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki on Sunday denounced the inertia of the UN Security Council in the face of the bombing of the Gaza Strip by Israel.
The Israeli army launched an offensive on this Palestinian enclave in retaliation for rocket fire from Hamas.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki on Sunday accused Israel of "war crimes" before the UN Security Council, denouncing Israel's "aggression" against "the Palestinian people" and its "holy places".
"Some don't want to use those words - war crimes and crimes against humanity - but they know it's the truth," he said at an emergency Security Council meeting.
"From what threshold are you scandalized?"
"Israel is ruthless and relentless in pursuing its colonial policy," he said, calling on the Security Council "to act to end Israel's attack" against the Palestinians.
"How many Palestinian deaths will it take before a conviction?", He also asked when the United States has twice refused for a week a text calling for an end to the clashes, proposed by Tunisia , Norway and China.
"From what threshold are you scandalized?", Also launched the Palestinian minister.
The risk of "an uncontrollable security and humanitarian crisis"
The clashes in the Middle East must "cease immediately" because they risk "triggering an uncontrollable security and humanitarian crisis" in the region, for his part warned the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, opening this meeting of emergency of the Security Council. "The carnage continued today. This senseless cycle of bloodshed, terror and destruction must end immediately," he insisted during this videoconference session in which several ministers participate.
According to diplomats, a Council declaration is being negotiated in parallel, but support for a text by the United States, which has refused to do so for a week, remained uncertain. "The clashes must cease immediately. The rockets and mortars on one side and the aerial and artillery bombardments on the other must cease," Antonio Guterres also said.
"The clashes risk dragging Israelis and Palestinians into a spiral of violence with devastating consequences for the two communities and for the entire region," continued Antonio Guterres. The violence "has the potential to trigger an uncontrollable security and humanitarian crisis and further encourage extremism, not only in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Israel, but throughout the region," he said. on guard.