2024-01-23 13:26:38
The Arab League demands a halt to arms exports to Israel
The League of Arab States demanded, on Monday, a halt to the export of weapons to Israel, and, at the conclusion of an “extraordinary” meeting at the level of permanent delegates in Cairo, it considered the countries that supply Tel Aviv with weapons to be “partners in responsibility for the crimes committed once morest the Palestinian people.”
The university announced the formation of a temporary committee to study what measures might be taken at several levels. Legal, economic, political and diplomatic measures to deter Israel, activate the resolution to condemn its “continued crimes” in the Gaza Strip, and reach a complete ceasefire in the Strip, provided that the committee issues its report in this regard and circulates it to the member states of the League within a week, according to the final statement of the delegates’ meeting.
The university said, in its statement, that “the committee will be open to the permanent delegates and the General Secretariat,” calling on the Arab ambassadorial councils and the university’s missions to countries and regional and international organizations to “take urgent action with visits, communications, and messages to convey the contents of its council’s decision at the level of delegates and to act accordingly.”
The League Council met at the level of permanent delegates, on Monday, under the chairmanship of Morocco, at the request of Palestine and with the support of member states, to discuss “Israeli crimes and plans once morest the Palestinian people,” and ended in issuing a 26-item resolution, during which it condemned “the continuation of Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip.” And the systematic destruction of infrastructure, with the intention of making the Gaza Strip an uninhabitable scorched earth,” describing what Israel is doing as “a crime of genocide.”
The resolution called on the UN Security Council “not to neglect its responsibilities to maintain international peace and security, and to take a binding decision to stop the widespread, systematic Israeli crimes that endanger regional and international peace and security.” He also urged “countries that have citizens participating in the Israeli army to take the necessary legal measures to hold them accountable and prevent them from doing so.”
During the meeting, the Palestinian representative to the League, Ambassador Muhannad Al-Aklouk, referred to the decision of the joint extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh on November 11, and its call for taking political, diplomatic, economic and legal measures with the aim of obliging Israel to stop its aggression once morest the Palestinian people and break its siege on them.
He pointed out that there was a ministerial committee that emerged from the summit and went to the world to deliver the summit’s message, but Israel did not receive the required message, calling for “more diplomatic and political measures and activating economic and legal tools.”
Headquarters of the League of Arab States in Cairo (A.S.A.)
In turn, Jordan’s representative to the university, Ambassador Amjad Al-Adayleh, said: “The intentions of the Israeli extremist government and its expansionist and displacement agendas in occupied Palestine have never been clearer and more arrogant than they are today, and it has become clear to people of conscience that the most extremist and racist government in the history of the occupation is racing once morest time to implement its agendas. Taking advantage of the current circumstance and the unconditional sympathy and support shown by some countries following October 7, under the pretext of Israel’s alleged right to self-defense.”
Al-Adayleh added, “Since October 7, Israel has been seeking to consolidate the occupation and eliminate the remaining chances of achieving peace on the basis of the two-state solution, by placing the Palestinian people before two options that have no third choice: either death or displacement.”
In this context, the Arab League Council’s resolution called on the United States and the countries that it said “adopt double standards” to “adopt positions consistent with international and humanitarian law, by calling for a complete and sustainable ceasefire, and curbing Israel’s plans aimed at forced displacement.”
The resolution warned of “the danger of forced displacement of regarding two million Palestinian citizens, who have become displaced within the Gaza Strip, and Tel Aviv’s intentions to complete their displacement outside the Palestinian territories by systematically pushing them towards the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border.”
He stressed that “the Arab countries will not allow the Nakba scenario of 1948 to be repeated, and will not tolerate the Israeli displacement plans,” which he considered “a liquidation of the issue that would move the conflict to new levels,” pledging to “take the necessary political, diplomatic, legal, and economic steps to prevent it.”
The resolution stressed that “addressing displacement must not remain limited to statements,” calling for “committing Israel to a series of steps that include; Immediately stop the aggression, lift the siege, and ensure the flow of relief to the Gaza Strip.” In this context, he called for the speedy implementation of Security Council Resolution No. 2720, regarding the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
In his speech during the meeting, Egypt’s Permanent Representative to the League, Ambassador Mohamed Arfi, said that “the massacre to which the Palestinian people are subjected constitutes compelling evidence of double standards and global shame,” and stressed that “his country is as steadfast as mountains and steadfast in supporting the Palestinian right, and takes a serious and firm stance towards… Attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause by imposing forced displacement on the Palestinians of Gaza.”
The Arab League resolution condemned “the escalation of Israeli crimes in the West Bank, including the systematic destruction of refugee camps, the daily incursions into dozens of Palestinian cities, villages and camps, and the Israeli siege imposed on Al-Aqsa Mosque for more than 100 days,” warning that “these policies would provoke feelings, And pushing towards greater regional and international instability and security.”
For his part, the Assistant Secretary-General of the League, Head of the Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Sector, Ambassador Saeed Abu Ali, confirmed in his speech that “the Palestinians are being subjected to systematic extermination by the occupation forces that defy all international laws and divine laws,” calling for “the necessity of immediate action to stop That genocide, and providing livelihoods and relief for this people.”
The Arab League’s decision expressed its appreciation for the legal efforts undertaken by South Africa to sue Israel before the International Court of Justice, and welcomed Libya’s announcement to join the legal team. He called on international justice mechanisms to “expeditiously investigate and decide on cases, referrals, procedures and complaints brought before them on a professional, honorable legal basis without any political considerations.”
The resolution condemned “the repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanese and Syrian territories, the latest of which was the aggression that targeted a residential neighborhood in Damascus last Saturday, as an assault on Syria’s sovereignty and a threat to the security of its citizens and to regional and international peace and security.”
The resolution affirmed that the only way to achieve security, stability and peace in the region is to establish an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. He stressed support for the Qatari-Egyptian efforts aimed at reaching a permanent ceasefire. He also supported Cairo’s efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the sector, and supported “the steps that Egypt is taking in defense of its national security, which is an essential part of Arab national security.”
In addition, in its statement, the League Council welcomed Algeria’s efforts as a non-permanent Arab member of the Security Council, including its call to hold an emergency public session of the Security Council to stop forced displacement in Gaza. He appreciated the UAE’s efforts as a non-permanent member of the Security Council in following up on developments in the Palestinian issue and the Council’s adoption of Resolutions 2712 and 2720.
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