Zhang Jun, permanent representative of China to the United Nations, made a speech at the Security Council's open meeting on the Middle East Palestinian issue on the 25th, calling on the international community to take practical actions to promote the settlement of the Palestinian issue to return to the right track at an early date. Zhang Jun said that in the past month, the turbulent situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has affected the nerves of the whole world. The Gaza conflict in early August caused hundreds of civilian casualties and a large number of infrastructure damage, once again pushing the situation to the brink of war. The urgent task is to urge all parties concerned to earnestly observe the ceasefire and exercise restraint so that the situation in Gaza can return to full calm as soon as possible. Diplomatic efforts in all directions should be sustained. Zhang Jun said that the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is unsustainable. The international community must go beyond piecemeal crisis management and control, face the root causes directly, and take practical actions to promote the settlement of the Palestinian issue to return to the right track at an early date. First, encourage Palestine and Israel to pursue common security. Israel and Palestine are neighbors that cannot be removed. Their security is interdependent and indivisible. Seeking unilateral "absolute security" and taking unilateral actions to base one's own security on the insecurity of the other side will only aggravate mistrust, intensify contradictions and plunge into an endless cycle of violence. Second, reverse the negative situation on the ground as soon as possible. The continued expansion of settlement activities has encroached on Palestinian land, misappropriated Palestinian resources, violated Palestinian right to self-determination, and made a contiguous, independent and sovereign Palestinian state increasingly inaccessible. China calls for the immediate cessation of all settlement activities, the unilateral change of the status quo in the occupied territories and the demarcation of the final Palestinian Israeli border through peaceful negotiations. Third, comprehensively promote the "two-state plan". What is lacking in resolving the Palestinian issue is not grand plans and loud slogans, but courage to uphold justice and actions to fulfill commitments. The international community will see whether the United Nations and the Security Council have the responsibility and courage to act, and history will also record. With a sense of urgency, we must take substantive steps to promote the "two state solution", support the Palestinian people in restoring and exercising their inalienable rights, fundamentally realize peaceful coexistence between Palestine and Israel, achieve harmonious coexistence between the Arab and Jewish peoples, and achieve lasting peace in the Middle East. (news agency)