(United Nations) Israeli Ambassador to the UN Yehuda Lancry - The Council is meeting just days after a Palestinian suicide bomber boarded a city bus and detonated a powerful explosive charge - turning an ordinary street in Tel Aviv into a scene of horrific carnage. Israel has been following with great interest those internal Palestinian voices that were beginning to question the value of the Palestinian campaign of terrorism and suicide bombings. Out of a genuine concern for the plight of the Palestinian people, Israel had begun to scale back some of the security precautions it had implemented to ease freedom of movement, particularly the suspension of curfews. It was no coincidence that the terrorist attacks had resumed precisely as those precautions had been relaxed, affirming that the only thing standing between Palestinian terrorists and their Israeli victims had been the preventive actions of the Israeli military. Time and again, Palestinian terrorist groups had shown their eagerness to scuttle any attempts to energize the peace process and restore hope to the people of the region. The responsibility of the Palestinian leadership to decisively and resolutely combat Palestinian terrorism stems from relevant Security Council resolutions, signed commitments, and requirements of international law.
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