BAGHDAD: Speaker of the Shura Council HE Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim condemned the audacious and ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. He emphasized Qatar's commitment to supporting the Palestinian people through continuous humanitarian aid.
This statement was made during his address while leading the Shura Council delegation at the 35th emergency conference of the Arab Parliamentary Union, held on Wednesday in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Al Ghanimsaid that the aggression suffered by Gaza and Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces disregards all humanitarian laws and international norms, especially laws protecting children, women, and civilians during times of war.
He also said that the Israeli authorities have armed themselves and become more powerful due to the world's alarming lack of response. He added that this silence has effectively transformed into backing for the occupiers, all under the guise of self-defence, enabling them to intensify their unlawful actions, which include targeting innocent civilians, demolishing homes with people still inside, devastating farmland and future generations, all while causing the deaths of children, women, and the elderly.
Al Ghanim warned that the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza, which has claimed the lives of thousands, including hundreds of children, and turned wide areas of Gaza into rubble, is not merely a war but undoubtedly a comprehensive genocide and internationally prohibited forced displacement. He added that the occupation forces committed a massacre last night at the Al Ahli Baptist hospital, which claimed the lives of 500 people in addition to hundreds of injured.
He pointed out that this criminal behaviour, blatant disregard for humanity, and cold-blooded killing are not beyond this audacious entity, which targets the displaced from their homes, those searching for a safe haven.
The Speaker of the Shura Council called on participants in the meeting to take a resolute parliamentary stance, free from emotional rhetoric and impulsive positions, expressing appreciation for the response of the Arab Parliamentary Union councils in convening the conference in support of the people in Palestine.
In the same context, the Speaker of the Shura Council addressed the active diplomatic efforts taking place in Doha.
He called for urgent international action to stop the fighting, reduce escalation, protect civilians, respect international law and international legitimacy resolutions, and acknowledge the historical rights of the Palestinian people, especially their right to establish an independent state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital within the framework of a two-state solution.
