Thursday 15 / May / 2025
Muscat: The Arab League has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces' refusal to abide by UN Security Council resolutions calling for an end to the war in Gaza, immediate and unconditional access for humanitarian aid, and compliance with the International Court of Justice's provisional measures to prevent genocide.
In a statement issued today on the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Arab League denounced and criminalized Israel’s ongoing aggressive war against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, which has persisted for more than 585 days. The organization emphasized that the suffering of the Palestinian people and the occupied Palestinian territories requires all free people in the world to defend the cause.
The statement noted that this anniversary comes amid Israel’s continued military assault on Palestinians in Gaza for over 19 months, resulting in more than 200,000 casualties—including martyrs, wounded, and missing persons—most of whom are women and children. It also highlighted the displacement of Gaza’s entire population of two million, the destruction of all life-sustaining infrastructure, the prevention of humanitarian aid, and the imposition of a deadly blockade, leading to severe shortages of water, medicine, and food in a war crime unprecedented in the region’s history.
The statement further underscored the crucial role and historic responsibility of all components of international justice, human rights organizations—both global and regional—civil society institutions, and other relevant entities in ensuring justice for the Palestinian people. It called for supporting their legitimate rights, foremost among them their right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the June 4, 1967 borders.
