On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, the minister noted, a United States embassy is opened in Jerusalem in violation of global law while Israel is sending its soldiers to Gaza to kill peaceful demonstrators who exercise their legitimate right to protest against the occupation peacefully; the greatest injustice in modern times.
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In his speech, he extended thanks to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as the Chair of the current session of the Council of the Arab League at ministerial level, for its efforts in organising today’s meeting which aimed at discussing the grave developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Palestinians are seeking East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and later annexed in a move not recognised by the worldwide community, as the capital of their future state. The cycle of violence in Gaza must end, it serves no one.
Hamas said 50 of the Monday’s dead were members of the armed Islamist group, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the U.S. and European Union.
“We are facing a state of blatant aggression against global law and legitimacy which was embodied by the USA embassy’s transfer in the occupying state to Jerusalem”, said Abul Gheit.
Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon issued a stern rebuke of Kuwait on Friday after the oil-rich Arab nation circulated a draft resolution calling for an global force to be deployed to Gaza in order to protect Palestinian civilians from Israel.
“Shooting guns and lobbying explosives at Israelis isn’t peaceful at all”.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed during the protests, including children who had no relation to Hamas which Haley claimed was responsible for recent incidents in Gaza. The IDF said they used advanced technology to “locate, track, and destroy the.5 mile-long” tunnel, adding that the it “did not enter Israel”.
The U.S. was among the few countries that came to Israel’s defense, backing its right to protect its border on the same day that it countered global disapproval of moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi announced that the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza will remain open for the entire month of Ramadan, marking a rare concession for the beleaguered Strip. Mr. Trudeau said Israel’s use of “excessive force” was “inexcusable” and joined British Prime Minister Theresa May and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in calling for an immediate independent investigation.
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Scores of Gazans have been killed during the protests by Israeli soldiers, and from other means, in a response Israel’s leaders describe as self-defense “to protect our sovereignty and our citizens”. Gaza’s dominant Islamist Hamas movement, has denied any pressure from neighbouring Egypt to scale back the six-week-old demonstrations.
