Dingo Longdon.
Under the current circumstances, the general goal of a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities cannot be changed, and the general principle of protecting civilians cannot be abandoned. On December 4, Chinese spokesman Wang Wenbin once again expressed China's position at a regular press conference.
On December 1, local time, after a seven-day temporary ceasefire, Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) resumed fighting in the Gaza Strip. On the same day, Israel** said that Israeli intelligence was developing a plan to hunt down Hamas leaders living in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar. On December 2, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli forces would expand ground operations in the Gaza Strip until all objectives were achieved, and had instructed the IDF to resume fighting "with increasing intensity." The situation between Palestine and Israel has deteriorated again, and the long-awaited dawn of peace is fleeting, which is deeply worrying the international community.
The current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has dragged on to this day, causing a large number of innocent lives and an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. According to statistics from the health department of the Gaza Strip, as of the 3rd, the Israeli army's military operations in the Gaza Strip have caused more than 1550,000 Palestinians died, 4More than 10,000 people were injured. About 1,200 Israelis have died in the clashes, the Israeli side said. More than 10 days ago, Israel and Hamas reached a temporary ceasefire agreement mediated by various forces, during which the two sides released some of the detainees and detainees of each other, giving people signs of easing the situation. The international community has also actively promoted a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, with the UN Security Council adopting Resolution 2712, urging the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages, calling for the urgent imposition of a long humanitarian moratorium "sufficient days" throughout the Gaza Strip and the establishment of humanitarian corridors to guarantee humanitarian access. Now that the flames of war have resumed, it runs counter to the expectations of the international community and once again shows that the Palestinian-Israeli situation is difficult to return and complicated and difficult to solve.
In the face of a situation that most countries do not want, the overriding priority remains a ceasefire and an end to hostilities. There is no safe zone under fire, and allowing the fighting to drag on will only bring more death and destruction. The Gaza Strip is not a firewall, and if the flames of war are allowed to spread, it could turn into a catastrophe that engulfs the entire region. The history of the Palestinian-Israeli issue over the past several decades has repeatedly proven that force cannot win lasting peace, that military means are by no means the way out, and that countering violence with violence will only intensify hatred and antagonism and fall into an endless vicious circle. Since the outbreak of the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, China has been working hard to de-escalate the conflict and protect civilians, to expand humanitarian relief and prevent humanitarian disasters, and to call for a return to the two-state solution and an early settlement of the Palestinian issue. As the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this month, China has always regarded the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as the most pressing issue and pushed for the adoption of relevant resolutions by the Security Council. At the recent high-level meeting of the Security Council on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, Wang Yi, member of the Politburo and head of the Communist Party of China, once again called for a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire with the greatest sense of urgency and more pragmatic and forceful actions to protect civilians.
Promoting a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire with the greatest sense of urgency requires more efforts to move towards a systematic solution to the problem. All parties to the conflict concerned should exercise restraint, any violence and attacks against civilians should be unacceptable, any violations of international law, in particular international humanitarian law, should be condemned, and all detainees should be released. The international community, especially the influential countries on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, should play a responsible role, implement UN Security Council Resolution 2712 and the resolutions of the emergency special session of the UN General Assembly, promote a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, earnestly protect the safety of civilians, alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, resume the peace talks process as soon as possible, and make unremitting efforts to achieve peaceful coexistence between Palestine and Israel and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East. The Charter of the United Nations entrusts the Security Council with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and the Security Council must take active action on major issues of war and peace, life and death, and fulfill its responsibilities for peace and speak out for justice. At the same time, the international community should convene a larger, larger and more effective international peace conference as soon as possible to reshape the credible multilateral process, revitalize the political prospects of the two-state solution, and resume direct negotiations between Palestine and Israel.
The question of Palestine has always been at the core of the Middle East issue and a wound that is constantly being torn open in the world today. The tragic lessons of the cycle of Palestinian-Israeli conflicts have fully demonstrated that sustainable security can only be achieved by upholding the concept of common security. The international community must act urgently to push for a ceasefire to end the fighting, protect civilians and put an end to the humanitarian catastrophe.