The UN coordinator for the Middle East, Robert Serry, appealed today for greater efforts by the international community to break the deadlock for months that are the peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. "Quite frankly, the parties have little trust between them and international efforts are needed to help them overcome their differences, "Serry said in its monthly report to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East.
Emphasized the "dramatic political changes" taking place in that region, while the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are stalled. Serry was referring to the series of popular protests that so far this year have occurred in North Africa and the Middle East between Arab countries and that, for now, have taken the power to former presidents and Tunisia and Egypt, while intensifying the riots in Libya, Algeria, Yemen and Bahrain.
Regarding the specific situation of Palestinians and Israelis, the UN coordinator for the region said that "it is unlikely that the parties overcome the mistrust without a credible and effective international intervention in the peace process." Israel's refusal to extend a moratorium on the construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories was the president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas, to break the direct negotiations.
The UN has repeatedly stated that these settlements are illegal and called on Israel to freeze. Serry reminded the Council that members of the Middle East Quartet (UN, EU, U.S. and Russia) has set next September as the moment that should achieve the goal of having two states living in peace and security with borders recognized by both.
At the end of his speech at the Council, the UN representative said that the upcoming Quartet meeting in Brussels next week and stressed the need for Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. "I think they should make practical suggestions for resuming the peace process, "Serry said, also hinted that" maybe he should bring to the parties that the two-state solution is not something that can be there forever.
"On the field are issues that can complicate the solution and therefore I believe that something must be done urgently, "he added. 
Emphasized the "dramatic political changes" taking place in that region, while the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are stalled. Serry was referring to the series of popular protests that so far this year have occurred in North Africa and the Middle East between Arab countries and that, for now, have taken the power to former presidents and Tunisia and Egypt, while intensifying the riots in Libya, Algeria, Yemen and Bahrain.
Regarding the specific situation of Palestinians and Israelis, the UN coordinator for the region said that "it is unlikely that the parties overcome the mistrust without a credible and effective international intervention in the peace process." Israel's refusal to extend a moratorium on the construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories was the president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas, to break the direct negotiations.
The UN has repeatedly stated that these settlements are illegal and called on Israel to freeze. Serry reminded the Council that members of the Middle East Quartet (UN, EU, U.S. and Russia) has set next September as the moment that should achieve the goal of having two states living in peace and security with borders recognized by both.
At the end of his speech at the Council, the UN representative said that the upcoming Quartet meeting in Brussels next week and stressed the need for Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. "I think they should make practical suggestions for resuming the peace process, "Serry said, also hinted that" maybe he should bring to the parties that the two-state solution is not something that can be there forever.
"On the field are issues that can complicate the solution and therefore I believe that something must be done urgently, "he added.
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