Ministerial Committee Assigned by Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza Condemns Israeli Air RaidsDoha, 20 Mar (ONA) —- The Ministerial Committee assigned by the
Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza, expresses its
condemnation and denunciation of the raids launched by the Israeli
occupation forces on the Gaza Strip, and their direct bombardment of
areas populated by unarmed civilians, resulting in the deaths and
injuries of hundreds of Palestinians. These raids constitute a clear
violation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and a
violation of UN resolutions, international charters, treaties,
agreements, and international humanitarian law, which exacerbates the
deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, and poses a
serious threat to the security and stability of the region, and an
escalation that increases the threat of a wider conflict in the
region, undermining the efforts to deescalate tensions and achieve
stability in the region.

The Ministerial Committee reiterates its demands to the
international community to assume its moral and legal
responsibilities and to immediately intervene to put pressure on
Israel (the occupying power) to immediately cease its aggression and
violations, comply with UN resolutions, international law and
international humanitarian law, protect Palestinian civilians from
Israel’s unjust war machine, obligating Israeli authorities to
immediately and fully restore Gaza’s electricity supply, and open all
crossings to ensure a continuous and expanded flow of humanitarian
aid into Gaza, which is suffering from an unprecedented humanitarian
disaster.

In this regard, the Ministerial Committee affirms the urgent
necessity of a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, end the Israeli
escalation, resume dialogue, and ceasefire negotiations for the
implementation of all the stages of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza,
ultimately ending the war on Gaza and preventing a return to a
renewed cycle of violence.

The Ministerial Committee reiterates its steadfast position on
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 UN resolutions,
international law and agreed parameters, 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
embodiment of the Palestinian state with East Jerusalem (Al-Quds) as its
capital.

The committee, which was formed on 11 November 2023, includes
the foreign ministers of The State of Qatar, The Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, The Arab Republic of Egypt,
The Kingdom of Bahrain, The Republic of Türkiye, The Republic of
Indonesia, The Federal Republic of Nigeria, The State of Palestine,
as well as the Secretary General of the League of Arab States and the
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.—- Ends/Khalid