Arab League calls on protecting Palestinian people, supports Qatari-Egyptian ceasefire efforts in Gaza

Cairo: The Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level, in its 164th ordinary session held at the headquarters of the General Secret...

Cairo: The Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level, in its 164th ordinary session held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Cairo, called on the international community to intervene immediately to protect the Palestinian people from Israeli crimes and aggression in accordance with international law, international legitimacy resolutions, and the relevant international and regional agreements and treaties.

It affirmed support for the joint Qatari-Egyptian efforts aimed at reaching a permanent ceasefire agreement and restoring normal life in the Gaza Strip.

In the resolutions issued by its 164th ordinary session, the Council stressed the centrality of the Palestinian cause to the entire Arab nation, the Arab identity of occupied Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine, and the right of the State of Palestine to full sovereignty over all its territories occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem, its airspace, territorial waters, natural resources, and borders with neighboring states.

The Council strongly condemned the crimes of aggression, war, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed by Israel, the occupying power, against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.

It denounced the decisions and plans of the Israeli occupation government to annex the West Bank, impose full military control over Gaza, and displace the Palestinian people, stressing that these constitute a flagrant aggression against all Arab states, their national security, and their political and economic interests, as well as a threat to regional and international peace and security.