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Jordan News
3 days ago
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Safadi: If Airdrops Can Save the Life of One Palestinian Child, We Will Carry Them Out - Jordan News
Safadi: If Airdrops Can Save the Life of One Palestinian Child, We Will Carry Them Out Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi participated on Monday evening in the main session of the "United Nations High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Resolution of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution," held at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event was co-chaired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic. اضافة اعلان Safadi met with a number of his counterparts on the sidelines of the conference and delivered Jordan's statement. The following is the full text of his speech: In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, His Excellency Jean-Noël Barrot, Dear colleagues, Peace be upon you, Today, we gather—most of the world's countries—to reaffirm that there is only one path to achieving a just peace that guarantees security and stability for our entire region: the Two-State Solution, which ends occupation, oppression, and injustice, and leads to the establishment of a sovereign, independent Palestinian state on the Palestinian national soil, along the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in security and peace alongside Israel, in accordance with international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative. We convene while the catastrophic failure to implement this solution unfolds before our eyes in the form of killing, destruction, starvation, and tyranny—reducing international law and humanitarian law to empty slogans that are raised but never implemented. We see the consequences of this failure in Gaza, where occupation and aggression have turned it into a graveyard for its people—and for our shared human values. The people of Gaza are dying from bombs and hunger. Mothers in Gaza are watching their children fade before their eyes—unable to find a drop of water, a piece of bread, or a single tablet to ease their pain as they die in short lives filled only with deprivation, suffering, and despair. We also see it in the occupied West Bank, where settlement is accelerating, land is being confiscated, Palestinian blood is being shed, Muslim and Christian holy sites are being violated, and hope for peace—the only guarantor of security for both Palestinians and Israelis—is dying. We witness the arrogance of Israeli power trampling international law and the sovereignty of states: In Lebanon, where Israel violates the ceasefire agreement. In Syria, where Israel expands its occupation, interferes in Syria's internal affairs, even as the world supports rebuilding a free, stable Syria for all Syrians, where they live with security, dignity, and equality. Dear Colleagues, This is a reality that exposes our shared humanity, threatens our collective security, undermines the credibility of international law and the UN Charter, and risks turning this conflict into the region's permanent fate—past, present, and future. The aggression on Gaza must stop immediately. The international community must prevent the death of another Palestinian child—by violence, starvation, or thirst. Over 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza must return to their schools. 2.3 million Palestinians must regain their belief that their lives have value and that their children have a future. Therefore: The Egyptian-Qatari-American efforts to reach a prisoner exchange deal and end the war must succeed. Humanitarian aid must flow uninterrupted, particularly through UN agencies, especially UNRWA. All crossings must be opened to allow the delivery of aid. Jordan will continue to send as much aid as possible via land convoys—and by air when Israel leaves no other option. Airdrops are no substitute for land convoys, but the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza means that every food parcel or medicine box delivered is a step toward saving a life. If airdrops can save the life of even one Palestinian child, we will carry them out. Because the life of a single Palestinian child is worth saving. Jordan will continue to do everything possible to address this humanitarian catastrophe by every available means—and is ready to work with all of you in this humanitarian duty. The international community must also act decisively to stop Israel's illegal measures that undermine the two-state solution in the occupied West Bank. The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon must be implemented. Israeli aggression and interference in Syria, which destabilize the country and rob its people of peace and the right to rebuild, must end. Dear Colleagues, Today's conference will not by itself implement the two-state solution, but it is a necessary message: The world sees no other path to peace—a peace that protects the region and global security from further conflict. If anyone has an alternative to the two-state solution, let them present it. The Palestinian people remain on their land, holding to their rights. Will more than five million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza remain victims of an occupation that refuses to see them as human beings entitled to dignity, freedom, and self-determination? Is a one-state solution, where Palestinians receive equal political and human rights, a viable option? Or is institutionalized apartheid the inevitable outcome if the two-state solution fails—exposing the last shred of credibility in international law, and rendering the just peace we all seek an impossible goal? The Israeli government opposes this conference and rejects it as an event, because it contradicts its chosen path of dismantling the two-state solution. It claims that negotiations are the way to solve the conflict—yet refuses to negotiate. It enacts laws denying Palestinians their right to a state, confiscates their land, and some of its extremists deny the very humanity of the Palestinian people. If Israel wants to negotiate, the Palestinian leadership is ready to begin negotiations that we all support, aiming for a just peace that secures the legitimate rights of all. But Israel is not negotiating. That is the reality. And it is time for the international community to act based on its stated belief in the two-state solution—by taking practical steps to implement it and confronting, by all means available, those obstructing it—those denying both Palestinians and Israelis and all peoples of the region their right to live in peace. Dear Colleagues, A just peace is a strategic Arab choice confirmed in the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002. A just peace ends the occupation and guarantees Israel's security and normal relations with all Arab countries. This initiative—supported by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and 57 Arab and Muslim countries—remains on the table, awaiting an Israeli partner willing to engage in genuine negotiations to fulfill its promise of a comprehensive and lasting peace. Even if implementing the two-state solution is not possible today, protecting it and halting the measures that undermine it are urgent necessities. Recognizing the State of Palestine is an important step in this direction. We value France's announcement of its intention to recognize the State of Palestine, and we thank France and all countries that have already taken this decision. We call on all countries around the world to recognize the State of Palestine—affirming their support for justice, peace, and international law. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will continue to support the Palestinian people's right to life, freedom, and statehood, and will dedicate all its capacities to achieve a just peace that fulfills rights, is acceptable to the peoples, ends the conflict, and secures stability. Dear Colleagues, Occupation and peace are opposites. Occupation and security cannot coexist. Killing Palestinian children, destroying their schools, mosques, and churches—these will not bring peace. Only a just peace will ensure security for both Palestinians and Israelis, and build the future of stability and cooperation we all aspire to. We thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic for organizing today's conference—a united global voice crying, "Enough of conflict, occupation, killing, and oppression," and a collective stance declaring that a just peace is our choice, through the two-state solution and the opportunity it offers to build a future of justice, not injustice—hope, not despair—cooperation, not conflict. (Petra)
India Today
3 days ago
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- India Today
Aid and food reach Gaza after Israel pauses attacks in some regions
Truckloads of food reached hungry Gazans on Monday after Israel promised to open secure aid routes, but humanitarian agencies warned vast amounts more were needed to stave off starvation. Israel says the UN and aid agencies were able to pick up 120 truckloads of aid. (Photo by AFP) With Gaza's population of more than two million facing famine and malnutrition, Israel bowed to international pressure at the weekend and announced a daily "tactical pause" in fighting in some the first time, I received about five kilos of flour, which I shared with my neighbour," said 37-year-old Jamil Safadi, who shelters with his wife, six children and a sick father in a tent near the Al-Quds hospital in Tel al-Hawa. Safadi, who had been up before dawn for two weeks searching for food, said Monday was his first success. Other Gazans were less fortunate; some complained aid trucks had been stolen or that guards had fired at them near US-backed aid centres."I saw injured and dead people. People have no choice but to try daily to get flour. What entered from Egypt was very limited," said 33-year-old Amir al-Rash, still without food and living in a imposed a blockade on Gaza on March 2 after talks to extend a six-week ceasefire broke down. Nothing was allowed into the territory until late May, when a trickle of aid the Israeli defence ministry's civil affairs agency says the UN and aid agencies were able to pick up 120 truckloads of aid on Sunday and distribute it inside Gaza, with more on the way SUPPLIESJordan and the United Arab Emirates have begun air-dropping aid packages by parachute over Gaza, while Egypt has sent trucks through its Rafah border crossing to an Israeli post just inside UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, cautiously welcomed Israel's "humanitarian pauses" but warned Gaza needed at least 500 to 600 trucks of basic food, medicine and hygiene supplies daily."We hope that UNRWA will finally be allowed to bring in thousands of trucks loaded with food, medicine and hygiene supplies. They are currently in Jordan and Egypt waiting for the green light," the agency said."Opening all the crossings and flooding Gaza with assistance is the only way to avert further deepening of starvation among the people of Gaza."Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly denied Israel was deliberately starving civilians as part of its intense 21-month-old war to crush the Palestinian group spokesmen say the UN and aid agencies should quickly make use of the lull in fighting and secure aid routes, urging them to pick up and distribute aid delivered to Gaza border additional 180 trucks entered Gaza and are now awaiting collection and distribution, along with hundreds of others still queued for UN pickup," said COGAT, a defence ministry body that oversees Palestinian affairs."More consistent collection and distribution by UN agencies and international organisations equals more aid reaching those who need it most in Gaza."UNRWA insisted it was ready to step up distribution, with 10,000 staff inside Gaza, waiting for deliveries."According to our latest data, one in every five children is malnourished in Gaza City. More children have reportedly died of hunger, bringing the death toll of starving people to over 100," the statement the weekend, aid trucks began arriving from Egypt and Jordan and dropping their loads at distribution platforms just inside Gaza, ready to be picked up by agencies working inside the war-shattered their number still falls far short of what is needed, aid agencies warn, calling for a permanent ceasefire, the reopening of more border crossings and a long-term large-scale humanitarian HOSPITAL C-SECTIONTruce talks between Israel and Hamas — mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States — have stumbled, and Netanyahu remains determined to push on with the campaign to destroy Hamas and recover Israeli hostages held in civil defence agency said 16 people were killed by Israeli fire on spokesman Mahmud Bassal said they included five people killed in an overnight strike on a residential building in the southern Gaza district of Al-Mawasi.A pregnant woman was amongst the dead, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, which said its teams saved the woman's foetus by performing a Caesarean section in a field violence in Gaza came against the backdrop of a UN conference in New York where France and Saudi Arabia will lead a diplomatic effort to revive the moribund push for a two-state peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.- EndsTune InTrending Reel IN THIS STORY#Israel#Gaza Strip
Roya News
3 days ago
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- Roya News
Jordan FM condemns "Israeli" defiance of international law at UN conference
During the first plenary meeting of the United Nations High-Level International Conference on "The Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution," global leaders gathered to reaffirm that the two-state solution remains the only viable path to lasting peace and regional stability. Speaking at the main session, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi emphasized the critical importance of this approach. He stated, 'We are gathered here today, representing the vast majority of the world, to affirm that there is one path to achieving a just peace that ensures security and stability for our entire region: the two-state solution.' Safadi highlighted the urgent context of the conference, pointing to the severe consequences of failing to implement the solution. 'The disastrous impact unfolds before our eyes in the form of death, destruction, and hunger that trample international humanitarian law underfoot and reduce it to a mere slogan,' he warned. He described the heartbreaking scenes from Gaza, where 'mothers weep over their children alive as they fade away before their eyes, unable to find a drop of water, a bite of bread, or a pill to ease their pain, as these children pass away having known only deprivation, oppression, and misery.' Safadi also pointed to the situation in the occupied West Bank, where 'settlement expansion accelerates, land confiscation increases, Palestinian blood is shed, Muslim and Christian holy sites are desecrated, and hope for peace—the only guarantee for the security of Palestinians and Israelis—dies.' He condemned "Israeli" violations of international law and sovereignty in Lebanon, noting "Israel's" repeated breaches of the ceasefire agreement. Similarly, he highlighted "Israeli" incursions into Syria, stating that Israel 'invades more Syrian land and interferes in Syria's internal affairs, even as the world supports rebuilding a free, stable Syria where all Syrians live in security, freedom, dignity, and equality.' Safadi concluded by warning that this reality exposes 'the erosion of our humanity, threatens our collective security, undermines the credibility of international law and the UN Charter, and perpetuates the conflict as the future of the region, just as it has been in the past and present.' Co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, the conference seeks to reinvigorate international momentum and explore concrete steps toward the implementation of the two-state framework. The gathering comes amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and stalled diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict.
Jordan News
3 days ago
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- Jordan News
Safadi: Jordan Will Not Stop Supporting Our People in Gaza - Jordan News
Speaker of the Jordanian House of Representatives, Ahmad Safadi, declared that the world is silently witnessing some of the most horrific crimes in history—killings and starvation in Gaza—that expose the brutal face of the occupying power and violate all principles of humanity and international law. اضافة اعلان His remarks came on Monday during his sponsorship of a workshop titled "Legal Frameworks for Climate Change and the Energy Transition in Jordan", organized by the Jordanian Masarat Center for Development and Progress. Safadi emphasized that Jordan, under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II, will remain firmly aligned with the Palestinian cause and will continue its support in delivering aid to the people of Gaza. He affirmed Jordan's commitment to intensifying efforts to stop the war and its rejection of any unilateral actions in the West Bank, warning that continued aggression could drag the region into chaos. On the workshop's climate-related themes, Safadi said that Jordan, under royal leadership, is committed to a clear vision for a greener future, affirming that legislation is the cornerstone of this transition. Parliament, he noted, is responsible for developing laws that meet evolving climate needs and serve future generations. He pointed out that climate change is a tangible reality that impacts natural resources, food and water security, public health, and the national economy. It increases pressure on essential resources—especially water and energy—which are critical sectors for a country like Jordan that faces complex environmental and economic challenges. Despite limited resources, he stated, Jordan has always been at the forefront of adopting a balanced and participatory approach to climate and energy issues. He added that transitioning in the energy sector is not just about moving from traditional to clean energy sources, but also about creating a comprehensive legislative system that encourages investment, provides incentives, ensures fairness, and achieves both energy and economic security. Safadi stressed the need to strengthen cooperation between the legislative and executive branches, and highlighted the importance of involving civil society, the private sector, universities, and research institutions to ensure realistic and actionable policy-making. He concluded by affirming that tackling climate change requires more than policies and intentions—it demands clear, flexible, and enforceable legislation that includes incentives and engages all sectors of society, especially youth and women. For his part, Talal Ghunaimat, Executive Director of the Jordanian Masarat Foundation, said that climate change is now closely linked to development crises and social justice, placing a greater responsibility on parliamentarians to understand these challenges and craft solutions rooted in human rights and dignity for vulnerable communities. Ghunaimat added that climate justice requires bold parliamentary discourse that challenges unfair policies and proposes empowering, equitable alternatives. A truly fair environmental future, he stressed, can only be achieved through effective political and social partnerships. Meanwhile, Dina Kasbi, Program Director at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, stated that climate change has evolved into both a humanitarian and political issue, calling for an integrated legislative response. She added that strengthening the ability of parliamentarians to analyze environmental policies is one of the foundation's key areas of work, as it plays a crucial role in drafting just, responsive legislation. At the close of the first day of the workshop, Ghunaimat expressed gratitude to Speaker Safadi for his support, stating that the path to real environmental transformation does not lie in conferences or slogans alone—but in institutional action and partnerships with international allies, all in the pursuit of a future that leaves no one behind.
Observer
4 days ago
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Food arrives in Gaza after Israel pauses some fighting
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Truckloads of food reached hungry Gazans on Monday after Israel promised to open secure aid routes, but humanitarian agencies warned vast amounts more were needed to stave off starvation. With Gaza's population of more than two million facing famine and malnutrition, Israel bowed to international pressure at the weekend and announced a daily "tactical pause" in fighting in some areas. "For the first time, I received about five kilos of flour, which I shared with my neighbour," said 37-year-old Jamil Safadi, who shelters with his wife, six children and a sick father in a tent near the Al-Quds hospital in Tel al-Hawa. Safadi, who has been up before dawn for two weeks searching for food, said Monday was his first success. Other Gazans were less fortunate; some complained aid trucks had been stolen or that guards had fired at them near US-backed aid centres. "I saw injured and dead people. People have no choice but to try daily to get flour. What entered from Egypt was very limited," said 33-year-old Amir al-Rash, still without food and living in a tent. Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza on March 2 after talks to extend a six-week ceasefire broke down. Nothing was allowed into the territory until late May, when a trickle of aid resumed. Now, the Israeli defence ministry's civil affairs agency says the UN and aid agencies had been able to pick up 120 truckloads of aid on Sunday and distribute it inside Gaza, with more on the way Monday. - Basic supplies - Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have begun air-dropping aid packages by parachute over Gaza, while Egypt has sent trucks through its Rafah border crossing to an Israeli post just inside Gaza. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, cautiously welcomed Israel's "humanitarian pauses" but warned Gaza needed at least 500 to 600 trucks of basic food, medicine and hygiene supplies daily. "We hope that UNRWA will finally be allowed to bring in thousands of trucks loaded with food, medicine and hygiene supplies. They are currently in Jordan and Egypt waiting for the green light," the agency said. "Opening all the crossings and flooding Gaza with assistance is the only way to avert further deepening of starvation among the people of Gaza." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly denied Israel was deliberately starving civilians as part of its intense 21-month-old war to crush the Palestinian group Hamas. Military spokesmen say the UN and aid agencies should quickly make use of the lull in fighting and secure aid routes, urging them to pick up and distribute aid delivered to Gaza border crossings. "An additional 180 trucks entered Gaza and are now awaiting collection and distribution, along with hundreds of others still queued for UN pickup," said COGAT, a defence ministry body that oversees Palestinian affairs. "More consistent collection and distribution by UN agencies and international organisations equals more aid reaching those who need it most in Gaza." UNRWA insisted it was ready to step up distribution, with 10,000 staff inside Gaza, waiting for deliveries. "According to our latest data one in every five children is malnourished in Gaza City. More children have reportedly died of hunger; bringing the death toll of starving people to over 100," the statement said. Over the weekend aid trucks began arriving from Egypt and Jordan and dropping their loads at distribution platforms just inside Gaza, ready to be picked up by agencies working inside the war-shattered territory. But their number still falls far short of what is needed, aid agencies warn, calling for a permanent ceasefire, the reopening of more border crossings and a long-term large-scale humanitarian operation. - Field hospital C-section - Truce talks between Israel and Hamas -- mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States -- have stumbled, and Netanyahu remains determined to push on with the campaign to destroy Hamas and recover Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Gaza's civil defence agency said 16 people were killed by Israeli fire Monday. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said they included five people killed in an overnight strike on a residential building in the southern Gaza district of Al-Mawasi. A pregnant woman was among the dead, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, which said its teams saved the woman's foetus by performing a Caesarean section in a field hospital. The violence in Gaza came against the backdrop of a UN conference in New York where France and Saudi Arabia will lead a diplomatic effort to revive the moribund push for a two-state peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
