21-07-2025
Palestine requests extraordinary session of Arab League Council Tuesday - War on Gaza
In a statement, Al-Aklouk said the request comes in response to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are facing starvation, a siege, and the systematic killing of civilians lured to inhumane aid distribution points.
He stressed that Israel's deliberate weaponization of starvation against the Palestinian people is a tool of genocide. He noted that approximately 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for food at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution sites.
He stated that these aid sites are a new method of killing Palestinians under a false humanitarian cover.
Al-Aklouk added that the call for the urgent session also stems from the continued targeting of Islamic and Christian holy sites by the occupying state.
This includes a recent move to strip Hebron Municipality of its authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque and surrounding areas, transferring control instead to the so-called 'Religious Council' of Israeli settlements in the city.
He warned that this constitutes an attempt to alter the historical, legal, and religious status of the site, to fully Judaize it—calling it a dangerous precedent and a flagrant violation of international law and relevant United Nations (UN) resolutions, including those of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The ambassador also condemned the targeting of the historic Latin Monastery Church in Gaza, one of the world's oldest churches, which currently houses hundreds of displaced civilians, calling the attack a crime and a clear violation of international humanitarian law.
According to Al-Aklouk, Palestine's request for the emergency session aims to initiate coordinated political, legal, and diplomatic action at the Arab and international levels to address these grave and unprecedented violations.
