President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan yesterday reiterated the country's solidarity with the aspirations of the Palestinian people for self-determination and its support for regional and international efforts to alleviate their suffering.
The UAE's position came during a message of solidarity sent by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Chairman of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Ambassador Sheikh Niang, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which falls on November 29. each year.
His Highness's message comes as part of a list of Heads of State and Government 's messages addressed to the special meeting held by the Committee yesterday at the UN headquarters in New York as part of the celebrations organized by the United Nations on this occasion.
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan pointed to the unprecedented sensitive stage in the Palestinian cause as a result of Israel's continued aggression and its attempts to perpetuate its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
His Highness stressed the responsibility of the United Nations to end the suffering of the Palestinians and to push Israel to stop its unilateral actions and end its occupation.
His Highness stressed that the consolidation of the aspects of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region will not be achieved without achieving the two-state solution, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and the relevant international resolutions.
His Highness added that this year's celebration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people comes at a sensitive and unprecedented stage in the Palestinian cause due to Israel's continued aggression against the Palestinian people and its attempt to perpetuate its occupation of the Palestinian territories by creating new facts on the ground and threatening it. By imposing Israeli sovereignty over a large area of Palestinian territory. ”
His Highness said that the UAE, as part of its joint responsibility with the Arab countries towards the Palestinian cause and enhancing the security and stability of the region, reiterates its rejection of all escalating Israeli violations, which have undermined international efforts to advance the peace process in the Middle East.
His Highness urged the United Nations to shoulder its responsibilities in ending the suffering of the Palestinian people, and to push Israel to stop its unilateral illegal actions and end its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his message to the United Nations: «We renew on this day our solidarity and synergy, the Government and people, with the aspirations of the brotherly Palestinian people to self-determination and support for all efforts and regional and international efforts to alleviate its suffering, The Palestinian issue will remain the central issue of the Arabs and the concern that concerns them, and thus can not consolidate the manifestations of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region, without achieving a two-state solution, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative, and the relevant international legitimacy resolutions, in order to declare an independent Palestinian state Internationally recognized on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. ”
“We reaffirm the UAE's continued support to our Palestinian brothers until a just, lasting and comprehensive solution to their just cause is reached. We hope that the United Nations will continue its efforts and efforts to mobilize financial and development support to alleviate the worsening humanitarian and economic situation in Palestine, including by supporting UNRWA, in order to enable the Palestinians to build their national institutions, and implement the 2030 Agenda, in order to achieve security, stability and prosperity in the region as a whole. ”
In the same context, the Arab League is organizing today a solidarity event on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which was approved by the UN General Assembly in 1977.
Meanwhile, Israeli Minister of War, Naftali Bennett, ordered yesterday to prevent the handover of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs who died during confrontations with the Israeli army, which was strongly condemned by the Palestinian Authority.
According to this decision, the bodies held in Israel, or in the future, will not be handed over.
Israeli media reported that this was part of a broader strategy aimed at what it called "deterring the Palestinians."
In its first comment, the Palestinian Authority condemned the decision, through the head of the Prisoners and Editors' Affairs Authority, Qadri Abu Baker.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted Abu Bakr as saying that the statements of the Israeli occupation army minister, Naftali Bennett, were full of hatred and extremism.
He added that Bennett's words "are further evidence that Israel is a terrorist entity, relishing the detention of bodies and retaliation against their families."
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• "Establishing the manifestations of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region will not be achieved without a two-state solution."
• "The UAE, in the framework of its joint responsibility with the Arab countries towards the Palestinian cause, renews its rejection of all Israeli escalation violations."