Israel’s war in Gaza may engender  wider war in the region, Arab Islamic states warn

 

JEDDAH – The Ministerial Committee of the Joint Arab- Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza has called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop continued bombardment of the Gaza Strip, warning that continuation of the development is threat to stability of the region with risk of engendering a wider conflict in the region.

The committee 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, the group said 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.