Arab Summits: Historical milestones in support of just, legitimate Palestinian rights

Doha, Qatar: With the participation of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the 33rd regular session of the Arab League Council at the summit...

Doha, Qatar: With the participation of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the 33rd regular session of the Arab League Council at the summit level kicks off Thursday in Kingdom of Bahrain, in light of extraordinary conditions in the Arab arena that require urgent Arab positions to be taken, to confront the various dangers and challenges that the Arab region has been subjected to, especially at the level of the Palestinian cause as it is Arabs' primary cause. These conditions also require closing ranks, unifying positions, visions, and energies, and harnessing all the capabilities of the Arab countries, to serve their just and crucial issues, as well as the ambitions and aspirations of their people for peace, security, stability, progress, and prosperity.

The participation of HH the Amir in the Arab Summit is based on the State of Qatar's belief in the Arab nation's capability to unite its energies and potentials and harness them to serve its countries, peoples, issues, rights and legitimate aspirations for peace, development and stability.

His Highness' participation also affirms that the State of Qatar stands with all its being alongside the brotherly Palestinian people in their current ordeal - especially in the besieged Gaza Strip, and supports their legitimate rights to freedom, self-determination, and the establishment of their independent state.

Since the founding of the Arab League in March 1945, 44 summits were held, including 32 regular summits - the last of which was in 2023, in Jeddah, and 12 extraordinary summits - the last of which was in 2019, in Mecca. Meanwhile, four Arab development summits (economic and social) were held, in addition to several Arab summits with regional groupings and blocs. Doha hosted three Arab summits, including an emergency summit in January 2009, a regular summit in March 2009, and another regular summit in March 2013.

The Palestinian cause has formed a pivotal point and a fixed cornerstone in the various Arab summit sessions, regular and extraordinary as well as regional ones, as the decisions of the Arab summits have always included resolutions emphasizing the centrality of the Palestinian cause, as the cause of all Arabs to restore legitimate, inalienable Palestinian rights.