The Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations condemned Israel as rogue country for trifling with all international laws and the UN resolutions.The policies of the Israeli occupation authorities negatively impact on the social and economic rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories, according to a statement read by Abrar Abdullatif Jarraq on behalf of the mission during a meeting by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly on Monday, Kuwait News agency (KUNA) reported.

    The meeting discusses the item on "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources." The report traces Israel's systematic violations of the international laws including the destruction of the infrastructure and principals of development in the occupied Palestinian territories as well as demolition of Palestinian homes, she pointed out.

    Last year the Israeli occupation authorities destroyed Palestinian educational facilities and have confiscated more than one billion sq. meters of Palestinian farmland since the start of the occupation, she said, citing the report.

    The illegal Jewish settlement expansions continued hectically to the extent that 40% of the West Bank area became under the control of Israeli municipal councils, Jarraq went on.

    Israel continued hampering the socio-economic development and usurping the natural resources in the occupied territories through its racist and discriminatory policies that hindered the Palestinians' access to fresh water.

    The constraints placed by the Israeli occupation authorities on Palestinian economic activities left the Palestinian territories virtually isolated from the rest of the world.

    The racist policies of the Israeli authorities deprived the Palestinians of their religious rights enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention and other international legal instruments, she added.

    On behalf of Kuwait, Jarraq renewed the call for lifting the siege on Gaza Strip, providing international protection for the Palestinian people and preparing the ground for Palestinian statehood and an ultimate end to the Israeli occupation.

    Kuwait has pledged USD 200 million to the post-war rehabilitation of Gaza Strip, she said, urging the international community to follow suit and shoulder its responsibility towards the Palestinians besieged in the Strip.