Admin I Tuesday, Dec. 05, 2023
DOHA, Qatar – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has warned that the current conflict in Gaza, Palestine will spread to the Middle East, unless Israel stops its aggression.
The GCC, comprising the six Arab states, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates made the observation in their declaration at the 44th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Doha.
The leaders warned that spread of the conflict to the Middle East will lead to dire consequences for the peoples of the region and for international peace and security.
The leaders of the Cooperation Council countries called on the international community to intervene to establish a ceasefire and protect Palestinian civilians, and take the necessary measures within international law to respond to Israel’s practices and its policy of collective punishment against the defenceless residents of Gaza.
The Supreme Council reaffirmed its firm stance on the Palestinian issue, demanding an end to the occupation and supporting the sovereignty of the Palestinian people over all the occupied Palestinian territories since June 1967. It also emphasised the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, guaranteeing the rights of refugees according to the Arab Peace Initiative and international legitimacy resolutions.
The Council stressed the need to double the efforts of the international community to resolve the conflict in a way that fulfils all the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
They condemned the burning of the Holy Quran and the increasing attacks on Arabs and Muslims, targeting them deliberately.
The Council emphasised the importance of concerted efforts to confront this phenomenon politically and diplomatically, strengthening international efforts to combat racism against Arabs and Muslims, supporting relevant regional and international frameworks to address this issue, and working on a new approach to collective cooperation to confront and counter misconceptions and misleading information in the media, as well as anti-Islamic social attitudes.
Earlier Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi, Secretary General of the GCC said it was shameful for the international community to watch Israel killing children and women without doing anything to stop the bloodshed.
