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Saudi Gazette
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Pledge of support for tripartite mediation efforts for lasting ceasefire in Gaza
Saudi Gazette report AMMAN — The Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza, chaired by Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, held a virtual meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday. The meeting included the participation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan Ayman Safadi, Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdelatty, and the Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit. From the Palestinian side, the meeting was attended by Vice President Hussein Al-Sheikh and Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammad Mustafa. The Committee briefed President Abbas on its international efforts aimed at securing an immediate end to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, lifting the blockade, and ending the humanitarian catastrophe. The Committee also updated the President on ongoing preparations to ensure the success of the upcoming High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, scheduled to be held in New York this June under the joint chairmanship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic. The Conference seeks to advance the realization of an independent Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Committee reaffirmed its support for the mediation efforts of Egypt, Qatar, and the United States to achieve an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. It called on Israel to permit the immediate, adequate, and sustained entry of humanitarian and medical aid, and to grant access to United Nations agencies—particularly the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)—to deliver assistance across the Strip. The Committee also called for an end to the dangerous escalation by Israel in the West Bank. The Committee emphasized the importance of convening the International Conference on Early Recovery and Reconstruction in Gaza, to be held in Cairo immediately after a ceasefire is reached. The conference will implement the reconstruction plan adopted by the Arab Emergency Summit held in Cairo on March 4, 2025. The Committee reiterated the importance of supporting the Palestinian National Authority and praised the reform measures initiated by President Mahmoud Abbas. It strongly condemned Israel's obstruction of the Committee's planned visit to Ramallah earlier today, describing it as a violation of diplomatic norms and a reflection of a dangerous policy aimed at hindering the Committee's efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace, as well as to support the Palestinian government's reform agenda. The Committee stated that this action was, regrettably, consistent with the Israeli government's extremist policies, which continue to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza and obstruct broader peace efforts. For his part, President Abbas expressed his appreciation for the Committee's efforts to mobilize international support for ending the war in Gaza, alleviating the humanitarian crisis, and advancing the implementation of the two-state solution. He reiterated hope for the success of the upcoming High-Level International Conference and for expanding international recognition of the State of Palestine. President Abbas affirmed the government's commitment to its reform program and called for coordinated international support across the political, economic, and security dimensions to reinforce these efforts. He also called on Israel to release the Palestinian funds it is unlawfully withholding. The President reaffirmed his commitment to rejecting violence and the targeting of civilians, and to working toward peace and security in cooperation with Arab states and international partners. He expressed hope that the Ministerial Committee would soon be welcomed in person on Palestinian soil.
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21-05-2025
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Arab-Islamic Committee Welcomes UK-France-Canada Gaza Statement
Mohamed Mandour The Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza, welcomes the joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, and the demands to end the war on Gaza and immediately allow the access of humanitarian aid to the Strip. The Ministerial Committee shares the opposition expressed by the three leaders to the military operations and the continued full-fledged assault against the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza and expresses its grave concern over Israel's continued blockade on humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and calls for the immediate and sustainable surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid at scale for Palestinians in need throughout Gaza. The deliberate denial of essential life-saving supplies and the weaponization of humanitarian aid has pushed the population to the brink of famine. The Ministerial Committee emphasizes that Israel's blockade constitutes a violation of the UN Charter and resolutions, treaties, and international humanitarian law. It exacerbates the man-made catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and poses a serious threat to the security and stability of the region. Israel should allow and facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance without impediment from all land routes and crossings along with utilizing air and sea aid delivery to address the catastrophic situation in Gaza. No justification can be accepted for starving the Palestinian people in Gaza and depriving them of basic humanitarian aid and needs. Furthermore, the Committee expresses its concern over the Israeli intention to allow 'limited aid flow' to the Gaza Strip and its endorsement of a new aid delivery model which runs counter to humanitarian principles and international law and is designed to reinforce control over lifesaving and sustaining items as part of a military strategy, as underlined by UN agencies and humanitarian partners. Humanitarian aid must never be politicized or militarized. And we reject and condemn Israel's plans to forcibly displace the Palestinian people and annex Palestinian land. The Ministerial Committee notes that the UN and its humanitarian partners pursued the delivery of aid in line with humanitarian principles across the Strip since 2023, often at the peril of their lives, and supported the system-wide scale-up after the 2025 ceasefire. Despite extreme duress and constant Israeli obstruction, they upheld humanitarian principles and continued their work. The Ministerial Committee stresses that the United Nations and its humanitarian partners have the capacity and operational systems in place and are ready to act today without delay and in a way that ensures aid is delivered directly to the Palestinian people throughout Gaza and that the most vulnerable are not left behind. The Ministerial Committee reiterates its demands to the international community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities and to immediately intervene to put pressure on Israel, the occupying power, to immediately lift the blockade, cease its aggression and violations, comply with UN resolutions, international law and international humanitarian law. In light of this, the Ministerial Committee demands ensuring swift, sustained, and unimpeded access and provision of humanitarian assistance at scale into and throughout the entire Gaza Strip through the lifting of all restrictions, as well as the immediate restoration of all basic services in the Strip, including the supply of electricity and water desalination plants as well as medical services. The Ministerial Committee calls for ending the Israeli war on Gaza and for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in line with UN resolutions and the full implementation of the ceasefire - hostage/detainees release agreement that went into effect on January 19th and as brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, thus paving the way for the early recovery and reconstruction of Gaza and the implementation of the Arab- Islamic Plan and convening the Cairo Ministerial Conference on Reconstruction as soon as conditions permit The Ministerial Committee also expresses deep concern over the Israeli military incursions in the occupied West Bank, as well as illegal practices such as settlement activities, home demolitions, and settler violence, which undermine the rights of the Palestinian people, threaten the prospects for a just and lasting peace and further entrench the conflict. The Committee recalls that Israel, as an occupying power, must protect civilians and comply with international humanitarian law. 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Saudi Gazette
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
Arab-Islamic Committee welcomes statement of leaders of UK, France, and Canada on Gaza aggression
RIYADH — The Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza welcomed on Tuesday the joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and the demands to end the war on Gaza and immediately allow access of humanitarian aid to the strip. The Ministerial Committee shared the opposition expressed by the three leaders to military operations and the continued full-fledged assault against the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza. The committee voiced its grave concern over Israel's continued blockade on humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and called for the immediate and sustainable surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid at scale for Palestinians in need throughout Gaza. The deliberate denial of essential life-saving supplies and the weaponization of humanitarian aid has pushed the population to the brink of famine, it pointed out. The Ministerial Committee emphasized that Israel's blockade constitutes a violation of the UN Charter and resolutions, treaties, and international humanitarian law. "This exacerbates the man-made catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and poses a serious threat to the security and stability of the region. Israel should allow and facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance without impediment from all land routes and crossings along with utilizing air and sea aid delivery to address the catastrophic situation in Gaza," the committee said while emphasizing that no justification can be accepted for starving the Palestinian people in Gaza and depriving them of basic humanitarian aid and needs. The committee expressed its concern over the Israeli intention to allow 'limited aid flow' to the Gaza Strip and its endorsement of a new aid delivery model which runs counter to humanitarian principles and international law, and is designed to reinforce control over lifesaving and sustaining items as part of a military strategy, as underlined by UN agencies and humanitarian partners. Humanitarian aid must never be politicized or militarized, the committee reiterated while rejecting and condemning Israel's plans to forcibly displace the Palestinian people and annex Palestinian land. The Ministerial Committee noted that the UN and its humanitarian partners pursued the delivery of aid in line with humanitarian principles across the Strip since 2023, often at the peril of their lives, and supported the system-wide scale-up after the 2025 ceasefire. Despite extreme duress and constant Israeli obstruction, they upheld humanitarian principles and continued their work. It stressed that the United Nations and its humanitarian partners have the capacity and operational systems in place and are ready to act today without delay and in a way that ensures aid is delivered directly to the Palestinian people throughout Gaza and that the most vulnerable are not left behind. The committee reiterated its demands to the international community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities and to immediately intervene to put pressure on Israel, the occupying power, to immediately lift the blockade, cease its aggression and violations, comply with UN resolutions, international law and international humanitarian law. In light of this, it demanded ensuring swift, sustained, and unimpeded access and provision of humanitarian assistance at scale into and throughout the entire Gaza Strip through the lifting of all restrictions, as well as the immediate restoration of all basic services in the Strip, including the supply of electricity and water desalination plants as well as medical services. The committee called for ending the Israeli war on Gaza and for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in line with UN resolutions and the full implementation of the ceasefire - hostage/detainees release agreement that went into effect on January 19 and as brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, thus paving the way for the early recovery and reconstruction of Gaza, and the implementation of the Arab-Islamic Plan, including convening the Cairo Ministerial Conference on Reconstruction as soon as conditions allow. The Ministerial Committee also expressed deep concern over the Israeli military incursions in the occupied West Bank, as well as illegal practices such as settlement activities, home demolitions, and settler violence, which undermines the rights of the Palestinian people, threaten the prospects for a just and lasting peace and further entrench the conflict. It recalled that Israel, as an occupying power, must protect civilians and comply with international humanitarian law. The committee firmly rejects any attempts at annexation and unilateral illegal measures that seek to alter the legal and historical status quo of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem. The Ministerial Committee further reaffirmed full commitment to a political resolution to the conflict that ensures the fulfillment of the rights of the Palestinian people, including the independence of the State of Palestine, and the implementation of the two-state solution with Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and security, on the basis of the relevant UN resolutions, the Madrid terms of reference, including the principle of land for peace, and the Arab Peace Initiative, paving the way for lasting peace and coexistence between all the peoples of the region. The committee reaffirms its commitment in this regard to the convening of a UN High Level International Conference in June in New York, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France to advance these goals.
Saudi Gazette
20-03-2025
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee seeks urgent international intervention to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Arab – Islamic Ministerial Committee reiterated its demand to the international community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities by immediately intervening to put pressure on Israel to halt its aggression on the Gaza Strip and comply with UN resolutions and international law with regard to Palestine. In a statement, the Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza condemned the aggression launched by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip, and their direct bombardment of areas populated by unarmed civilians, resulting in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Palestinians. 'These raids constitute a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and a violation of UN resolutions, international charters, treaties, agreements, and international humanitarian law. This exacerbates the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, and poses a serious threat to the security and stability of the region, and an escalation that increases the threat of a wider conflict in the region, undermining the efforts to deescalate tensions and achieve stability in the region,' the committee said. The Ministerial Committee called on the world community to protect Palestinian civilians from Israel's unjust war machine, as well as to obligate Israeli authorities to immediately and fully restore Gaza's electricity supply, and open all crossings to ensure a continuous and expanded flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, which is suffering from an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. It affirmed the urgent necessity of a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, end the Israeli escalation, resume dialogue, and ceasefire negotiations for the implementation of all the stages of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, ultimately ending the war on Gaza and preventing a return to a renewed cycle of violence. The committee reiterated its steadfast position on the importance of achieving a just and sustainable peace for the Palestinian cause within the framework of the two-state solution and the Arab Peace Initiative in accordance with UN resolutions, international law and agreed parameters, and ensuring the protection of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its committee, which was formed on November 11, 2023, includes the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Türkiye, Indonesia, Nigeria, Palestine, as well as the secretary generals of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
