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Qatar, under the leadership of the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, has been supporting and will continue to support the people in Gaza Strip and the West Bank with determination and sincerity in all their conditions and at all levels, said Advisory Council Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud.
Mahmoud stressed that Qatar will continue the support until the Palestinian people, under the leadership of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, regain their legitimate rights, in a belief in the brotherhood and Arab rights and the moral responsibility that requires standing with the right and supporting the oppressed.
In his address at the 28th extraordinary session of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Advisory Council speaker said that the meeting is being held while the number of martyrs and wounded Palestinians continue to rise with every peaceful demonstration that moves to tell the occupier about the Palestinians' steadfastness in their claim to their legitimate and historical right to return and to recover their land as well as to express their rejection of the practices of the occupation.
Mahmoud stressed that the nation is at a historic turning point in the Palestinian cause.
He said,"Today, with all the sufferings of our brothers in Palestine and in light of our rupture and the fragmentation of our will, we witness frantic endeavours taking place to eliminate the Palestinian cause, starting from the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli entity and transferring embassies in an attempt to remove the issue of Jerusalem from any negotiations and subsequent agreements to an unjust siege on the Gaza Strip.
"The Israeli move aimed to block the right to return and accept the Israeli parliament adoption of the 'nation-state law' that perpetuates discrimination and abhorrent apartheid and undermines the remaining hopes in the peace process and the two-state solution."
He stressed that the Israeli occupation is inflicting all sorts of suppression on the Palestinian people, such as collective punishment, economic siege, comprehensive war, imprisonment of children, youth, adults and women, destruction of properties and demolition of houses.
The Shura speaker said the steadfastness of the Palestinians over the past seven decades and their adherence to their national and legitimate rights call for a strong solidarity with them.
He hailed the heroic steadfastness of the children, women, elders and young people of the occupied land, calling for patience in order to achieve victory and peace in Palestine and all the occupied Arab territories.
"We are promised a truly divine promise with returning the right to its owners, the Jerusalemites in Jerusalem and all its branches who are making series of sacrifices in the face of the Israeli powerful and destructive weapons at a time when many abandoned their support. Humanity has died in the 21st century," Mahmoud added.
He stressed that the special session, does not only mean to repeat positions, but to do something or take action, revive hope in the hearts of people in Palestine.
Mahmoud called for solidarity and not to abandon the values of cooperation and coordination of efforts and support for Palestinians in the face of injustice and aggression.
"The important question that should be raised at this emergency meeting is what are we doing against this great injustice?, Mahmoud enquired, adding,"We must know that we would not have a role if we give up solidarity and values of cooperation and coordination of efforts in support of our brethren who defend themselves and us, so that they could face injustice and aggression."
He stressed that defending Jerusalem is a legitimate duty and that standing with them is the first line of defence.
He pointed out that those who are unable to carry out this responsibility should at least stop harming, not to support enemies and stop discouraging the Palestinians from defending their rights.
He said,"We have tried all means including issuance of the UN resolutions since 1947, and then we entered a series of negotiations and peace process, and we also tried normalisation by some countries. What was the result, nothing for Arabs and Muslims, except differences on dealing with the Palestinian issue. If our positions were unified, the situation would have been different today.
"The way to achieve what we aspire is to promote reconciliation and solidarity among our Palestinian brothers, solidarity and cooperation between our nations and between our peoples and governments."
The speaker of the Advisory Council expressed the hope that the meeting would strengthen the parliamentary and Arab support for the Palestinian people and reaffirm all its legitimate rights, foremost of which is the lifting of the unjust siege, the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent State with Jerusalem as its capital.
He thanked Ali Abdel-Aal, chairman of the Arab Parliamentary Union, and Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq al Ghanim for calling for holding the session, as well as the Secretariat of the Union of the Arab Parliament for the invitation to participate in the meeting and the good preparation in it.
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