UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenca on Tuesday highlighted the need for recommitment to two-state solution in the Middle East.
The recent crisis in Jerusalem has once again highlighted the unsustainability of the current situation, as well as "the need for a political horizon and clear recommitment by the international community and both parties to ending the occupation and realizing a two-State solution," said Jenca while briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East.
Jenca said that, in a few days' time, the third anniversary of the ceasefire that ended the last round of hostilities between Hamas and Israel in Gaza in 2014 will take place.
He added that, since then, the overall humanitarian conditions in Gaza have worsened, with the punishing measures taken against Gaza by the Palestinian Authority since April only adding to the crippling humanitarian effect on the population because of Israel's closures.
He called on Palestinian leaders to address the destructive consequences of these divisions.
