During the Security Council’s monthly session on the “situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question,”the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wencesland, said that The cessation of hostilities negotiated last month between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, remains “very fragile”, expressing his fear that the “sensitive situation” in Jerusalem would lead to a “border armed conflict.” The UN is working closely with all concerned parties and partners to solidify a ceasefire, allow the entry of urgent humanitarian assistance and stabilize the situation in Gaza”, he said. Wennesland demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories since 1967, stressing that the settlements constitute a flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions and international law, as well as a major obstacle to achieving a two-state solution and comprehensive peace.He called on the Israeli authorities to stop the demolitions and the seizure of Palestinian buildings, including schools and humanitarian projects. Wencesland expressed his concern over a plan to expand the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem, warning that “if implemented, this plan would strengthen the continuity of the illegal settlement that separates East Jerusalem from Bethlehem and other Palestinians cities in the southern West Bank.” For further details, click here