Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit/ Palestinian President Calls on UN Security Council to End Israeli Aggression on Gaza

Riyadh, The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibilities and immediately put an end to the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people, calling for the delivery of medical and food supplies, as well as ensuring access to water, electricity, and fuel in the Gaza Strip. He also appealed for measures to prevent the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.

Speaking at the extraordinary Arab-Islamic joint summit held in Riyadh, Abbas said that as he addresses the summit, the Palestinian people are subjected to the most horrific and brutal aggression, and indeed to an unparalleled war of annihilation at the hands of the cowardly Israeli war machine, which violated sanctities and international humanitarian law, crossing all red lines in the Gaza Strip, by killing and wounding more than 40,000 Palestinian civilians, the majority of them women, children, and the elderly, in addition to the destruction of thousands of homes.

He added that all this is happening at a time when the West Bank and Jerusalem are being subjected to daily murders and attacks by the usurping Israeli occupation forces and settlers.

The Palestinian President rejected military and security solutions, which have proven ineffective, saying that Israel has been undermining the two-state solution and replacing it with intensified settlement, annexation, ethnic cleansing, and racial discrimination policies in the West Bank and Jerusalem, in addition to blockading Gaza and violating the historical and legal status of Islamic and Christian holy sites. Abbas emphasized the continuation of steadfastness in the land and refused to compromise on the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian President said, "Gaza is an integral part of the State of Palestine, and any political solution must encompass the entire Palestinian territory, including the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza. We reject Israel's seizure of Palestinian funds the we send monthly to Gaza, which we have not abandoned for a single day." Moreover, he urged the UN Security Council to grant full membership to the State of Palestine and called for an international peace conference and the implementation of a political solution based on international legitimacy, the Arab Peace Initiative, and the end of Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Abbas called for resolving the Palestinian refugee issue in accordance with UN Resolution 194, demanding international guarantees and a timetable for implementation of this solution, something that the State of Palestine and the Palestine Liberation Organization are committed to, being the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian President appealed for the mobilization of international support to enable Palestinian institutions to continue its duties in supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on its land, including the reconstruction of Gaza, and providing all the means needed to empower the Palestinian economy.

Source: Qatar News Agency