Palestinian, Israeli representatives have sharp exchange at Security Council meeting

The United Nations Security Council on Monday discussed the intensifying conflict in Israel and Palestine, with representatives from the two sides having a sharp exchange of accusations.

The meeting started with a briefing from Muhannad Hadi, Deputy Special Coordinator of Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. He reported the looting of a U.N. convoy in Gaza, which resulted in the loss of 97 out of 109 trucks carrying food supplies and described a deadly operation by Palestinian authorities targeting looters.

Hadi also detailed recent hostilities involving Israel and Lebanon, saying Israeli military operations continued across the Blue Line with Lebanon, as did the firing of rockets by Hezbollah toward Israel, including a barrage this weekend.

Palestinian Permanent Observer to the U.N. Riyad Mansour challenged the Israeli representative to hear global calls for a ceasefire.

"You (Israel) don't listen and they (U.N. Security Council members) keep telling you the same messages. Still you don't listen. Listen to them, listen to international law. Listen to what the U.N. stands for. Don't try to change things and to tailor a system which is a system completely in contradiction with what we all agreed to. That will never happen. Wake up,” said Mansour.

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon replied questioning the un-existent condemnation of Hamas.

"If you (Palestine) want to move forward, you have to say no to Hamas and yes for cooperation [with Israel]," Danon asserted.

Danon also announced that Israel is “moving toward a cease fire with Lebanon.”

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy called for an immediate ceasefire, and criticized the U.S. for vetoing last week's resolution.

"By vetoing the E10/S draft, the USA found itself in total international isolation. Their approaches are not supported by the Middle East nor members of the Security Council, nor by the overwhelming majority of UN members," said Polyanskiy.

Palestinian, Israeli representatives have sharp exchange at Security Council meeting

Palestinian, Israeli representatives have sharp exchange at Security Council meeting

The second China International Supply Chain Expo, running in Beijing from Tuesday to Saturday, has drawn widespread attention from global business leaders for its role in boosting international trade and investment cooperation, while bolstering supply chain resilience.

The expo is committed to creating a new window for promoting high level of openness, a fresh platform supporting the establishment of a new development paradigm, as well as a new vehicle for promoting the construction of an open world economy.

"Clearly, you need to have a functioning system to allow goods to go across borders, to allow investment to take place. So the interest that China has now is very much ensuring that we have a functioning, multilateral trading and investment system for the world," said John W.H. Denton AO, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce.

"This is definitely a global event. China is one of the largest countries that has a lot of opportunities in the supply chain. The position is really important. So this is definitely, you see around, there's a lot of international business people in this event," said Shirley Yu, Group General Manager of Visa Greater China.

Themed "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the expo anticipates a robust turnout as registered visitors are pouring in from over 100 countries and regions. Notably, approximately 80 esteemed overseas buyer delegations will come to the expo, far more than that at the first expo.

Global businesses praise China’s supply chain expo for fostering collaboration