<article data-history-node-id="447357" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-welcomes-countries-move-restrict-trade-illegal-israeli-settlements" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-welcomes-countries-move-restrict-trade-illegal-israeli-settlements" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN welcomes countries' move to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The UN human rights office on Tuesday commended the plans by the 12 countries to introduce restrictions on trade in goods with illegal Israeli settlements.</p> <p>“The seriousness of the situation in the West Bank calls for urgent and concrete measures,” said the spokesperson to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.&nbsp;</p> <p>Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Presidency also issued statements on Tuesday welcoming the measures by 11 European countries and Canada to sanction illegal Israeli settlements.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="437695" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/no-military-objective-justifies-destruction-societys-infrastructure-un" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/no-military-objective-justifies-destruction-societys-infrastructure-un" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">No military objective justifies destruction of a society’s infrastructure, UN chief says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply troubled” by the statement suggesting that an entire people or civilization may bear “the consequences of political and military decisions,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.</p> <p>Guterres comment comes after Trump’s warning to Iran earlier on Tuesday that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened.</p> <p>“There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society’s infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations,” Guterres’ spokesman said.</p> <p>The secretary-general reiterates that leaders can still choose “dialogue over destruction” and the choice for talks must be made now, Dujarric said.</p> <p>Guterres also called for stepped-up diplomacy to find a path to peace and appealed for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the spokesman said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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