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Palestine UN envoy: Israel’s ‘right to defence’ is really a ‘licence to kill’
8 October 2023 21:08 BST
The Palestinian Authority's ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, warned the international community against reiterations underlining Israel’s “right to self-defence”, as such messaging “will be interpreted by Israel as [a] licence to kill, to pursue on the very path that led us here”.
"317 Palestinians or even more were killed in a single day, including children, some of them just a few months old, or entire families who were killed together," Mansour said, ahead of a closed-door discussion at the UN Security Council; "Will this bring security? Will it advance peace?" he asked.