text: wavs of repression against the Palestinians in the occuPied territory. The Committee strongly deplores the cfimate of hate engendered by the rePressive policies of the occupying Power, vrhich cannot but lead to growing tension and viol.ence. 90-12S58 1s14i (E)UNITED NATIONSAS GeneralAssembly Security CouncilDistr. GENERAL A/44/947 SI21303 21May1990 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Forty-fourth session Agenda item39 QUESTION OFPALESTINESECURITY COUNCIL Forty-fifth year Letter dated21May1990fromtheChairman oftheCommittee ontheExercise oftheInalienable RightsofthePalestinian People addressed totheSecretary General AsChairman oftheCo~nittee ontheExercise oftheInalienable Rights ofthe Pr.lestinian People" Iwishtoexpress anguish andoutrage atthemassacre near TelAvivofPalestinian workers fromGazaandatthesubsequent brutal repression byIsrael" theoccupying Power"against Palestinian demonstrators. According topressdispatches byReuters, Agence France Presse andUPI,and reports inTheNewYorkTimesandTheWashington Post, aformerIsraeli soldier dressed inarmytrousers andbrandishing anassault riflelinedupdozens of Palestinian workers onaroadside inRishon Le-Zion, nearTelAviv,inthemorning of20May,andopenedfire,killing 7andwounding I1aDefying acurfew imposed by theIsraeli army,Palestinians tooktothestreets ingreatnumbers throughout the occupied territory toprotest against themassacrea Athree-day general strike was called bytheleadership oftheintifadah. Intheensuing confrontations, Israeli troops shotandkilled another fivePalestinians inGazaandtwointheWestBank, andwounded atleast 650more. Onbehalf oftheCommittee, Iwishtoprotest inthestrongest termsagainst theindiscriminate actions bytheIsraeli armyinfiring onunarmed demonstrators whowereunderstandably enraged bythemassacre. TheCommittee findsit unconscionable thatthemurderous action ofadisturbed individual, instead of leading toswiftjustice, should beusedbytheoccupying forces tolaunch anew waveofrepression against thePalestinians intheoccupied territory. The Committee strongly deplores theclimate ofhateengendered bytherepressive policies oftheoccupying Power, whichcannot butleadtogrowing tension and violence. 90-12958 1514i (E) /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/44/94'1 s/21303 English Page 2 These grave incidents show orce again that the present Israeli Government flouts its obLigations as the occupying Power under the Geneva ConventioD reLative to the Protection of Civilian Persons i.u Time of War and refuses to take the necessary steps to engage in a peace process. Under the circumstances, the Connittee considers i! inperative that the Security Council shouLd adopt urgent measures to Provide the necessary protection for the Palestinian PeoPle under occupation, as repeatedly reguested by Ehe General Assenbly and by the
analysis: The text appears to be a formal document from the United Nations, specifically from the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The document expresses outrage and condemnation of the Israeli government's actions against Palestinian workers and demonstrators in the occupied territory. The language used is formal and diplomatic, but the tone is critical and accusatory. The document highlights the human rights abuses and violence perpetrated by the Israeli government, and calls for the Security Council to take urgent measures to protect the Palestinian people. Given the focus on human rights, violence, and international relations, it is likely that the document falls under a category related to international relations and humanitarian aid.