'Israel's goal has always been maximum Palestinian land with minimum Palestinians,' Palestinian UN ambassador says

Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations Riyadh Mansour slammed the international community on Friday for failing to hold Israel accountable for the resumption of the full-scale war on Gaza and its military invasion of parts of the West Bank. 

"The Israeli plan relies on its assumption that it will not face a decisive international response and clear consequences for its crimes and unlawful actions. So when you reiterate the principles, they take note and they continue with their illegal action," Mansour told a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York. 

"Israel's goal has always been maximum Palestinian land with minimum Palestinians," he said. 

"Confronted with this unprecedented Israeli escalation, there must be an unprecedented escalation of international measures and response. If you do not escalate your action - concrete action in upholding international law, defending Security Council resolutions and UN resolutions - Israel is not going to change its behaviour," Mansour stressed.