The Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary
Summit on Gaza, expresses its condemnation and denunciation of the raids
launched by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip, and their
direct bombardment of areas populated by unarmed civilians, resulting in
the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Palestinians. These raids constitute
a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and a
violation of UN resolutions, international charters, treaties, agreements,
and international humanitarian law, which exacerbates the deteriorating
humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, and poses a serious threat to the
security and stability of the region, and an escalation that increases the
threat of a wider conflict in the region, undermining the efforts to
deescalate tensions and achieve stability in the region.
The Ministerial Committee reiterates its demands to the international
community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities and to immediately
intervene to put pressure on Israel (the occupying power) to immediately
cease its aggression and violations, comply with UN resolutions,
international law and international humanitarian law, protect Palestinian
civilians from Israel's unjust war machine, obligating Israeli authorities
to immediately and fully restore Gaza's electricity supply, and open all
crossings to ensure a continuous and expanded flow of humanitarian aid into
Gaza, which is suffering from an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.
In this regard, the Ministerial Committee affirms the urgent necessity of a
sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, end the Israeli escalation, resume dialogue,
and ceasefire negotiations for the implementation of all the stages of the
ceasefire agreement in Gaza, ultimately ending the war on Gaza and
preventing a return to a renewed cycle of violence.
The Ministerial Committee reiterates its steadfast position on the
importance of achieving a just and sustainable peace for the Palestinian
cause within the framework of the two-state solution and the Arab Peace
Initiative in accordance with UN resolutions, international law and agreed
parameters, and ensuring the protection of the legitimate rights of the
Palestinian people, including the establishment of their independent state
on the 1967 lines and the embodiment of the Palestinian state with East
Jerusalem as its capital.
The committee, which was formed on November 11, 2023, includes the foreign
ministers of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,
The Arab Republic of Egypt, The State of Qatar, The Kingdom of Bahrain, The
Republic of Türkiye, The Republic of Indonesia, The Federal Republic of
Nigeria, The State of Palestine, as well as The Secretary General of the
League of Arab States and The Secretary General of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation.