RIYADH: The Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Saturday adopted resolution on Israeli aggression against Palestinians and called on all countries to halt exporting arms and ammunition to the occupation authorities, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit was concluded in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the resolution called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to complete the probe into war crimes and crimes against humanity being carried out by Israel against Palestinians in all the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Al-Quds, the SPA added.
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The resolution states, “We decide to break the blockade on Gaza and impose the immediate entry of Islamic, Arab, and global humanitarian aid convoys, including medicine, food, and fuel into the Gaza Strip.”
The summit condemned the displacement of around one and a half million Palestinian people from the northern to the southern areas of the Gaza Strip, the SPA maintained. The resolution further stated, “We decide to absolutely reject, along with collectively opposing, any attempts at individual or mass forced displacement, deportation, or exile of the Palestinian people whether within the Gaza Strip, the West Bank including Al-Quds (Jerusalem), or outside their territories to any destination, considering it a red line and a war crime”, the SPA reported.
Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit Adopts Resolution
It called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to take a decisive and binding decision that imposes a cessation of aggression in Gaza, the SPA maintained. The resolution called on the UNSC to promptly adopt a resolution condemning Israel’s barbaric destruction of hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the obstruction of food, medicine and fuel and the severing of crucial services like water, electricity, communication and internet access and the leaders of the Summit emphasized the need to impose this resolution on Israel, the occupying power, to ensure compliance with global laws and to immediately cease these barbaric and inhumane measures in Gaza. The resolution stated, “We reject describing this retaliatory war as self-defense.”
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The resolution also highlighted double standards in international law undermine the credibility of countries shielding Israel from international law and placing it above the law, the SPA further said.
The leaders of the summit expressed thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for their kind hospitality during the summit.
