Doha summit a message to world rejecting Israeli arrogance: Arab League official

Cairo: Spokesman for the Secretary General of the Arab League, H E Jamal Rushdi (pictured) affirmed yesterday that the emergency Arab Islamic summit...

Cairo: Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the Arab League, H E Jamal Rushdi (pictured) affirmed yesterday that the emergency Arab-Islamic summit — to be hosted by Doha on Monday — carries a message of full solidarity with Qatar in the face of the brutal attack by the Israeli occupation forces targeting the residential compounds of members of the Hamas Political Bureau in Doha on Tuesday.

In remarks to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Rushdi said that the convening of this summit in Qatar aims primarily to discuss the consequences of the unprecedented, dangerous and cowardly Israeli aggression on Qatari sovereignty, by targeting Hamas leaders on Qatari territory. He pointed out that this summit is expected to express a message of full solidarity from Arab and Islamic countries with Qatar and to stand by it in its position that defends international law and international norms, which have long stipulated that mediators or negotiators should not be targeted.

The spokesman for the Secretary-General of the Arab League added that the upcoming summit will discuss the repercussions of the situation and the steps that must be taken to halt the slide in the region due to the aggressive behaviour of the Israeli entity. 

The summit is also expected to support Qatar in any measures it takes to preserve and defend its sovereignty, he said, noting that the summit also represents a message to the world rejecting Israeli arrogance and refusing to accept the logic of the law of the jungle in the region.

Rushdi stressed the need for the international community to shoulder its responsibility in curbing this reckless Israeli behaviour, which is igniting fires in the region, one country after another.