Arab countries say Israel’s right to self-defense does not justify violating international law

Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt and Morocco today denounced that the right to self-defense of Israel after the attack Hamas “does not justify flagrant violations of international law”, these countries indicated today in a joint statement.

“The right to self-defense guaranteed by the UN Charter never justifies flagrant violations of international humanitarian law or deliberately turning a blind eye to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people,” these nine countries said.

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In this sense, they stated that not condemning these “flagrant violations” is equivalent to “giving the green light for these practices to continue”.

The declaration was issued as part of the Cairo Peace Summit, held last Saturday, which ended without a joint declaration from Arab and European countries due to differences in the inclusion of points on the condemnation of Israeli bombings against the Gaza Strip and the limits of the right to self-defense.

In the statement, the nine Arab countries also condemned “attacks against civilians”, as well as “all acts of violence and terrorism against them” and “violations of international law by any party”.

They also rejected “forced displacement” – in reference to the Israeli authorities’ ultimatum to evacuate northern Gaza in the face of a possible land invasion – and Israel’s “policy of collective punishment” against the 2.3 million inhabitants of the enclave, who It is the scene of a humanitarian catastrophe.

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Along these lines, they warned against “any attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause” with attempts to force “the exodus of the Palestinian people out of their territory”, something they described as a “war crime”.

This is one of the main concerns of Egypt, whose president Abdel Fattah al Sisi categorically rejected Israel’s alleged plans to move Palestinians from the Strip to Egyptian Sinai, something that, according to the president, would mean the end of the Palestinian cause.

The statement also emphasized that the UN Security Council “obliges the parties to an immediate and sustainable ceasefire” in the face of the rejection of the cessation of hostilities by some European countries, the United States and Israel.

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They also reiterated that “the absence of a political solution” triggered the current violence, which is why they asked the international community to “assume its responsibility” to implement the two-state solution, which includes the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

Among the countries signing the joint declaration are the Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, which in 2020 established diplomatic relations with Israel under the auspices of Washington, but which harshly criticized the Israeli authorities for their response against Gaza.

The Cairo Peace Summit ended without a final joint declaration from the 34 countries and international organizations that participated in the meeting, although, according to Egypt, it served to “see the importance of reassessing the international strategy to confront the conflict”.

Source: Elcomercio

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