Israel’s Gaza genocide risks global order, leaders warn at Al Jazeera Forum
Al Jazeera
Israel’s war on Gaza and actions beyond are reshaping global politics and threatening global stability, forum hears.
Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and its geopolitical fallout reverberating across the Middle East and beyond have dominated the 17th Al Jazeera Forum in Doha.
Senior political figures and officials warned on Saturday that the conflict is accelerating the collapse of international norms, reshaping regional power balances, but also noted it has pushed the Palestinian cause back to the centre of global diplomacy.
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi, fresh from indirect talks in Oman with the United States, described the Palestinian issue as the central strategic question shaping the future of the Middle East, warning that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and regional posture are undermining the global legal order.
He said the Palestinian struggle is “the defining question of justice in West Asia and beyond” and “the strategic and moral compass of our region”.
Condemning the war, Araghchi stated: “What we are witnessing in Gaza is not merely war… It is the deliberate destruction of civilian life on a massive scale. It is genocide.” He added that the violence has “wounded the conscience of humanity” and exposed the inability of global powers to prevent attacks on civilians.
Hezbollah says its attack is in response to the killing of Iran’s Khamenei and ‘in defence of Lebanon and its people’.
President Masoud Pezeshkian condemns killing of Iran’s supreme leader as ‘a great crime’, according to his office.
Iran confirms targeting US bases across the Middle East.