国际英语资讯:UN chief says dreams to see Gaza part of sovereign Palestinian state_时事

国际英语资讯:UN chief says dreams to see Gaza part of sovereign Palestinian state

The demonstrators also called on Guterres "to intervene and put pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its violations and crimes against" the Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

They also condemned what they termed the silence of the UN toward what is happening in the Gaza Strip for more than ten years.

Moreover, dozens also demonstrated outside the UN school Guterres toured in northern Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Gaza-based Palestinian Council for Foreign Relations said in an e-mailed press statement that the council condemns the inattention of the UN secretary general to the suffering of more than 2 million Palestinians living in Gaza.

"This inattention violates the simplest principles and goals of the United Nations," the council said. "We call on the UN secretary general to make a real visit and a real tour to Gaza and see the deep suffering of the people."

The Portuguese UN chief is not scheduled to meet with any of Islamic Hamas leaders, who have been ruling Gaza since their movement violently seized control of the territory in June 2007.

A day earlier, Ahmed Bahar, deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, or parliament, said Guterres' visit to Gaza is "unwelcome," because he expressed solidarity with Israeli hostages and neglected thousands of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.

But later, Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman in Gaza said in a press statement that Guterres' visit to Gaza is "welcome," after the UN chief paid a visit to the families of the Palestinian prisoners during his tour in West Bank.