Algérie Presse Service (APS) - December 4, 2012
In an address delivered on the occasion of World Solidarity Day with the Palestinian People, which was established by the UN General Assembly on December 2, 1977, Minister for Foreign affairs Mourad Medelci called on the international community to end "the suicidal policy of fait accompli and scorched earth" implemented by Israel in the Palestinian Territories.

The minister also condemned the announcement by Israel of the launch of new settlements in the West Bank and in occupied Jerusalem, in addition to high-jacking tax revenues intended for the Palestinian Authority.
He called on all partners to express "increased willingness, good faith and perseverance" supporting "a just and lasting solution" to the Palestinian issue, which, he said, "remains at the heart of the Middle East issue."

On the same occasion, he extended the "warm congratulations" of Algeria to the Palestinian people and authorities for the "diplomatic success that they have largely deserved" and reaffirmed "Algeria's indefectible support for the legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people."

Moreover, the head of Algerian diplomacy hailed "the happy conclusion" of the UN General Assembly "which undeniably granted legitimacy to Palestine as UN Observer State, (...) 24 years after the proclamation of the State of Palestine in 1988 in Algiers."

Mr. Medelci said that the Palestinian people "demand that the law protect them from political, socioeconomic and military asymmetry directed at them and which is no longer bearable."

In that regard, he urged all involved Palestinian parties to multiply efforts in order to "finally turn the page of divisions and splits which have harmed unity of the people and the Palestinian nation as well as the cohesiveness of its struggle."

The head of Algerian diplomacy recalled "the relevance of the historic peace initiative" announced at the 2002 Arab League summit meeting in Beirut and reaffirmed by the Algiers summit meeting in 2005, which called for Israel's withdrawal from all territories occupied since 1967, in exchange for recognition of its state.

The initiative, which called for a Palestinian state recognized within the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital meets "the ambition of the Palestinians to live in a viable and sovereign state," Mr. Medelci said.

Finally, he urged the United Nations, as "custodian of international legality", "to become an integral part of this process of revitalization of the resolution of the Palestinian issue."