Cairo: The Arab League at the level of permanent delegates, affirmed its support for efforts of Qatar and Egypt aimed at reaching a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The statement was issued after the meeting of the extraordinary session of the Arab League, which was held yesterday at the headquarters of Arab League General Secretariat in Cairo at the request of Palestine, to discuss Israeli crimes and plans against the Palestinian people.
The statement condemned the continued crimes of Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people, targeting tens of thousands of civilians, and subjecting the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip to a deadly siege that cuts off all means of life and the destruction of infrastructure, stressing that these crimes in their entirety constitute the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
The statement also called on the US and the countries that support the Israel against the Palestinian people within the Security Council to adopt positions consistent with international law and international humanitarian law, and to call for a complete and sustainable ceasefire and obligate Israel to stop its aggression against the Palestinian people, warning of the danger of Israel’s planning and committing the crime of forced displacement of about two million Palestinian citizens who have become displaced inside the Gaza Strip.
The statement stressed that the Arab countries will not allow the Nakba scenario of 1948 to be repeated, or the Israeli plans to displace the Palestinian people to succeed; and will take the necessary political, diplomatic, legal and economic steps to prevent it.
The statement called for the rapid implementation of Security Council Resolution No. 2720 (2023) and taking urgent steps to allow the immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and to create the necessary conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities, welcoming the decision of the UN Secretary-General of the United Nations appointing Chief Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Reconstruction in Gaza.
The statement condemned the escalation of Israeli crimes in the occupied West Bank, including the systematic destruction of Palestinian refugee camps and their infrastructure, as well as the daily incursions into dozens of Palestinian cities, villages and camps, the terrorism of Israeli settlers, the killing and wounding of hundreds of Palestinian citizens, the demolition of homes, and the arrest of thousands of Palestinians in inhumane conditions.
The statement called on countries still providing weapons and ammunition to Israel to stop doing so, as these weapons are then used to kill Palestinian civilians and destroy their cities, thus, making these countries comp licit in crime. Moreover, It called on countries whose citizens are participating in the Israeli occupation army and its crimes, to take the necessary legal measures to hold these citizens accountable and prevent them from doing so.
The statement called for the formation of an open-ended temporary committee of permanent delegates and the General Secretariat, to study Arab measures that can be taken at the legal, economic, political and diplomatic levels to activate and implement the contents of this resolution, and to issue its report and circulate it to member states within a week of its date.
