As startling as the events of Oct. 7 may have been, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated shortly thereafter that the incident did not happen “in a vacuum,” alluding to a “long-standing conflict” due to Israel’s “56-year long occupation” with “no political end in sight.”1https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2023-10-09/secretary-generals-remarks-the-press-the-situation-the-middle-east
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