Jeddah (UNA) - The Ministerial Committee assigned by the Extraordinary Joint Arab and Islamic Summit on the developments in the Gaza Strip expresses its condemnation and denunciation of the raids launched by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip, and their direct bombardment of areas inhabited by unarmed civilians, resulting in the killing and wounding of hundreds of Palestinians. These raids constitute a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, United Nations resolutions, international charters, treaties, agreements and international humanitarian law, and lead to the exacerbation of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Strip, and pose an additional threat and harm to security and stability in the region, and an escalation that threatens the expansion of the regional conflict, and undermines efforts aimed at achieving calm and stability in the region.
The Committee reiterates its call on the international community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities and to intervene immediately to pressure Israel (the occupying power) to immediately cease its aggression and violations, comply with United Nations resolutions, international law, and international humanitarian law, protect Palestinian civilians from the unjust Israeli war machine, and compel Israel to restore electricity to Gaza and open all crossings to ensure the widespread and continuous entry of humanitarian aid to all parts of the Strip, which is suffering from an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.
In this regard, the Committee stresses the urgent need for a permanent and sustainable ceasefire, an end to the Israeli escalation, the resumption of dialogue, and a return to negotiations in order to implement all stages of the ceasefire agreement, ultimately ending the war on the Gaza Strip and preventing a recurrence of a renewed cycle of violence.
The Committee reiterates its firm position, which emphasizes the importance of achieving a just and sustainable peace for the Palestinian cause within the framework of the two-state solution and the Arab Peace Initiative, in accordance with United Nations resolutions, international law, and agreed-upon standards and references, and ensuring the protection of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 lines and the realization of the Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The committee, which was formed on November 11, 2023, includes the foreign ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Indonesia, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the State of Palestine, and the Secretaries-General of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
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