Qatar Affirms Israeli Occupation Seeks To Undermine Chance Of Peace In Region

Geneva: The State of Qatar affirmed that the Israeli occupation is seeking to undermine peace prospects and de-escalation efforts in the region by implementing settlement, colonial, and aggressive plans and policies that pose a threat to peace and security.

This came in a statement delivered by Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar in Geneva H E Dr. Hind Abdulrahman Al Muftah during the general debate on the situation of human rights in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, Item 7, within the framework of the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

She affirmed the State of Qatar's welcome of the recent announcement by a number of countries of their official recognition of the State of Palestine, noting that these recognitions constitute a victory for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and are consistent with international legitimacy, relevant Security Council resolutions, and the New York Declaration on the implementation of the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

She stressed the need for recognition of the Palestinian state not to remain ink on paper, calling on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and take effective measures to pressure Israel, the occupying power, to stop the war and crimes of genocide in Gaza, the forced displacement and starvation of its population, and to allow the entry of sufficient aid, as well as to end its occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories, and to hold accountable all those responsible for the crimes and grave violations committed against the Palestinian people.

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