Guterres opens UNGA, condemns Israeli violence in West Bank
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 81st UNGA at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S., Sept. 22, 2026. (AFP Photo)


Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israeli violence, displacement, settlement expansion in occupied West Bank as "bulldozing path to peace," raising "specter of ethnic cleansing."

Guterres, in his opening speech at the U.N. General Assembly, also called on world leaders Tuesday to use the high-level week to pursue de-escalation and dialogue across Middle East.

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