The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that Israel would annex land in the occupied West Bank if it wins the elections, while the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Arab League (AL) Council condemned Arab foreign ministers and the GCC. Al-Khaliji's remarks Netanyahu, imposing Israeli sovereignty on the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea and settlements, upon re-election, while the European Union warned Netanyahu that his declaration undermines the chances of peace in the region.
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that this declaration is a dangerous escalation that violates all international charters and resolutions and expresses the electoral exploitation in the most heinous form without regard to the legitimacy of international resolutions or the slightest interest in undermining his good offices. The international community to reach a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue.
His Highness affirmed that this electoral and irresponsible declaration threatens to undermine the international community's political efforts over decades to find a fair and just solution to the Palestinian issue, stressing its centrality to Arabs and Muslims.
He also affirmed that the UAE welcomes and responds to the call of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to convene an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss this dangerous escalation and develop an urgent plan of action, adding that the responsibility is shared in confronting the Israeli Prime Minister's electoral announcement. This dangerous development.
In Cairo, the Arab League Council affirmed at the level of Arab foreign ministers that any peace deal or initiative that is inconsistent with the international references of the Middle East peace process is rejected and will not succeed. Rejecting any political or financial pressure exerted on the Palestinian people and their leadership in order to impose unfair solutions to the Palestinian issue that are inconsistent with the terms of reference of the peace process.
The Council also stressed in its resolutions issued at the conclusion of the 152 th ordinary session of the foreign ministers' level, which was held yesterday in Cairo, chaired by Iraq and the presence of the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Abul-Gheit, the need to work with international actors to establish an international multilateral mechanism, Under the auspices of the United Nations, to sponsor the peace process, including the convening of an international conference to relaunch a credible and time-bound peace process.
They reaffirmed support for the peace plan presented by President Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, to the Security Council on 20 February 2018, and the need to support the Palestinian leadership's direction of liberation and disengagement from the Israeli occupation, and to reconsider the agreements signed with The Israeli occupation government, politically, economically and security, in an effort to consolidate the Palestinian independence and the legal and legal personality of the State of Palestine with its institutions and organs.
The Council called upon Member States to work vigorously to mobilize the broadest support for the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in accordance with its resolution (General Assembly Resolution 302 of 1949).
The Arab foreign ministers affirmed their rejection and condemnation of any decision by any state that violates the legal status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, including the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (the occupying power), to transfer its embassy to it, as a null decision, and a serious violation of international law and Council resolutions. Security and the relevant General Assembly of the United Nations, the legal advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in the case of the separation wall, and that there is no legal effect of this decision, which set a dangerous precedent encouraging the violation of international law and international legitimacy.
The Council also stressed the need to support Palestinian efforts and efforts aimed at holding Israel, the occupying Power, accountable for its crimes against the Palestinian people, and to provide the necessary technical and financial support for these Palestinian endeavors.
The Council condemned the systematic piracy carried out by Israel for the funds of the Palestinian people, through the application of the Israeli racist law, which allows the occupation government to steal the allowances of the families of Palestinian martyrs and prisoners, from the revenues of Palestinian taxes controlled by the occupation government.
The Council affirmed respect for the legitimacy of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, and his efforts in the field of Palestinian national reconciliation, and calling on Palestinian factions and forces to speed up the completion of national reconciliation in accordance with the Cairo Agreement signed in May 2011 and mechanisms and understandings 2017, enabling the Palestinian government to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, and to hold general elections as soon as possible. They also expressed their deep concern over the malicious Israeli plans in Africa, and stressed the implementation of the decisions of the League Council at the ministerial level on facing the Israeli targeting of the Palestinian cause and Arab national security in Africa.
The Council expressed its rejection and condemnation of all violations by Israel to Islamic and Christian holy sites, especially attempts to change the historical and legal status of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and to divide it temporally and spatially, and repeated incursions by extremist settler gangs and Israeli officials to Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Council affirmed the need to renew the mandate given to UNRWA in accordance with its resolution (General Assembly Resolution 302 (1949)) and to call on all UN member states to support the renewal of this mandate at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, and to refuse to prejudice the mandate. UNRWA or its responsibility, and not to change or transfer its responsibility to another.
The President of the Arab Parliament, Dr. Meshal bin Fahm al-Salmi, expressed his condemnation and categorical rejection of the aggressive and arrogant statements of the Prime Minister of the occupying Power (Israel) regarding his intention to annex lands from the occupied West Bank in 1967, and the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea if he wins. In the next election.
He stressed in a statement yesterday that these rejected statements represent a serious threat to the basis of the peace process and undermine the two-state solution, a continuation of the policy of deliberate escalation and blatant challenge to the international community, and disregarded the Charter of the United Nations, and flagrant violation of international agreements, treaties and principles, and a flagrant violation of the resolutions of the Council International Security.
For his part, the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdul Latif Zayani, condemned Netanyahu's statements about his intention to annex land from the West Bank to Israeli sovereignty.
Zayani described Netanyahu's statements as provocative and dangerous, stressing that they are contrary to international law, the Charter of the United Nations, and resolutions of international legitimacy, and undermine international peace efforts.
For its part, the European Union warned that Netanyahu's pledge to annex the Jordan Valley if he wins elections next week undermines the chances of peace in the region.
"The policy of building and expanding settlements, including in East Jerusalem, is illegal under international law, and its continuation and actions taken in this context undermine the prospects for a two-state solution and the chances of lasting peace," an EU spokesman said.
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