HH The Amir to participate in extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh
In line with Qatar’s steadfast and continuous support for the Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will participate in the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh today.
The summit comes in response to the recent surge of Israeli aggression in Palestine and Lebanon, prompting Arab and Islamic leaders to convene and discuss measures to halt the attacks, protect civilians, and support the Palestinian and Lebanese people.
The summit aims to unify positions and press the international community to take concrete action to end the ongoing hostilities and secure long-term peace and stability in the region.
Qatar has consistently voiced its commitment to defending the Palestinian people against acts of ethnic cleansing. It remains at the forefront of Arab, Islamic, and international efforts to prevent the erasure of the Palestinian cause and forced displacement of Gaza residents.
In his speech at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, HH The Amir emphasized that the aggression faced by the Palestinians is among the most brutal and egregious violations of human values, international covenants, and norms.
HH the Amir added, “We oppose violence and the targeting of innocent civilians by any party, but after a year of the war, and with all that has been and is still being perpetrated in it, it’s no longer tenable to talk about Israel’s right to defend itself in this context without being complicit in justifying the crime.
“It’s no longer plausible for any official to claim that he doesn’t know, thanks to the well-known facts and reports issued by international organizations about the bombing of schools and hospitals and weaponizing access to food and medicine, in addition to the published and publicly uttered intentions of Israeli leaders. The failure to intervene to stop the aggression is a major scandal,” Sheikh Tamim had said.
In another speech, HH the Amir had called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as an end to settler provocations backed by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank.
Monday’s summit will build on resolutions from previous Arab-Islamic summits, held in Riyadh, on November 11, 2023. Those resolutions included condemnation of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, war crimes, and the barbaric, savage, and inhuman massacres committed by the colonial occupation government, demanding an immediate halt, and categorically rejecting the characterization of these retaliatory war as acts of self-defense or justification under any pretext.
The summit called for breaking the siege on Gaza, lifting bans on the entry of humanitarian aid convoys, and supporting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
In its meetings, the Ministerial Committee completely rejected the war waged by the Israeli occupation authorities against the concept of the two-state solution, against self-determination, freedom, independence, and the Palestinian presence on the land of the State of Palestine.
Over the past 78 years, the Arab League has held 45 summits, 33 of which were regular and 12 were emergency, in addition to 4 economic development summits, in which the Palestinian issue was an important focus of their meetings.
Doha hosted three Arab summits that took several important stances on the Palestinian issue, including an emergency summit held in January 2009, called the ‘Gaza Summit,’ which called for the establishment of a fund to rebuild Gaza and to stop all forms of normalization with the Israeli entity.
On the Islamic level, Palestine and Jerusalem have always been the central issue of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and the source of its unity, strength, and joint action.
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