The Riyadh summit also demanded a binding resolution to end the Gaza war and an arms embargo on Israel. the news
The Arab-Islamic summit, held in Riyadh, called on the UN Security Council to adopt a binding resolution for a cease-fire in Gaza and demanded a ban on arms exports or transfers to Israel. Although Israel was accused of committing genocide in Gaza, the summit insisted that there would be no peace with it before the withdrawal to the June 4, 1967 line.
This comes in the final statement issued by the Arab-Islamic Summit, which it presided over and called for by Saudi Arabia to discuss the development of the situation in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
The summit called on the UN Security Council to adopt a binding resolution calling for a cease-fire and immediate access of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
The leaders condemned the “horrendous and shocking crimes” committed by the Israeli army in Gaza, pointing to “mass graves, crimes of torture, executions in the field, enforced disappearances, looting and” in the context of crimes of genocide against Palestinians. ethnic cleansing,” especially in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The summit commended the efforts of Egypt and Qatar, in cooperation with the United States, to achieve an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and held Israel responsible for withdrawing the agreements.
Leaders attending the summit called on all countries to “ban the export or transfer of arms and ammunition” to Israel.
There is no peace before withdrawal
Leaders of Arab and Islamic countries insisted that there would be no peace with Israel “until the June 4, 1967 line” before the withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories.
“A just and comprehensive peace in the region, guaranteeing security and stability for all its countries, cannot be achieved without ending the Israeli occupation of all occupied Arab territories until June 4, 1967,” the final statement said. In accordance with relevant UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, which stipulated the establishment of a Palestinian state in exchange for withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories and normalization of relations.
The summit called for “all forms of political and diplomatic support and international protection for the Palestinian people and the State of Palestine, achieving Palestinian national unity and effectively assuming its responsibility over the entire Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the Gaza Strip. Along with the West Bank, including the city of Jerusalem, it Integrate.”
“We reaffirm the full sovereignty of the State of Palestine over occupied East Jerusalem, the eternal capital of Palestine,” the final statement said, adding the Al-Aqsa Mosque was a “red line”. The summit condemned “Israel’s aggressive actions targeting Islamic and Christian holy sites in the city of Jerusalem and changing its identity” and called on the international community to pressure Israel to stop them.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said – while making the final statement – that a tripartite committee made up of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the African Union would proceed diplomatically in efforts to end the war in Gaza and Lebanon. Bin Farhan hoped that the efforts of this committee would be influential and important.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel – with absolute American support – has launched a massacre in Gaza, resulting in more than 146,000 Palestinian martyrs and injuries, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, dozens of people in the midst of widespread destruction and famine. Among the dead are children and the elderly, one of the worst… humanitarian disasters in the world.
Since Israel launched a genocidal war against Gaza on September 23 following clashes with factions in Lebanon, particularly Hezbollah, Israel has expanded the scope of the massacre to include much of Lebanon, including the capital Beirut. Air strikes, and it launched a ground offensive in the southern region.
In total, the Israeli aggression against Lebanon resulted in 3,243 deaths and 14,134 injuries, including a large number of children and women, in addition to nearly 1,400,000 displaced people.