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GCC, Arab Parliament Welcome UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Occupation

GCC, Arab Parliament Welcome UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Occupation
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GCC, Arab Parliament Welcome UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Occupation

GCC, Arab Parliament Welcome UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Occupation

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Albudaiwi welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of a resolution on ending the unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which was passed by an overwhelming majority during the emergency special session.
Albudaiwi said: "The actions taken by Israeli occupation forces, including settlement expansion and geographic alterations, are illegitimate and unlawful, receiving no recognition at either the regional or international level."

According to SPA, he also emphasized the need for the international community to uphold its responsibilities in implementing this resolution, stressing that the occupied Palestinian territories remain an integral part of the Palestinian people's inalienable rights.
The secretary-general reiterated the GCC's unwavering stance on the Palestinian issue, supporting the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and advocating for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to statehood.

Earlier, the Arab Parliament also praised the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of a resolution calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.
In a statement, the parliament hailed the resolution's passage with a majority vote of 124 as a victory for Palestinian rights and the justness of their cause, thanking the countries that backed the resolution.
The parliament emphasized that this resolution is a move towards justice for Palestinians, urging the international community and the Security Council to fulfill their responsibilities by pressuring Israel to comply with the resolution, cease the occupation, and enforce previous international resolutions that Israel has disregarded, going against international legitimacy.
On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end "its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" within 12 months.

 

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Israeli Defense Minister Says He Will End Detention without Charge of Jewish Settlers

Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)
Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)
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Israeli Defense Minister Says He Will End Detention without Charge of Jewish Settlers

Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)
Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel’s new defense minister said Friday that he would stop issuing warrants to arrest West Bank settlers or hold them without charge or trial — a largely symbolic move that rights groups said risks emboldening settler violence in the Israeli-occupied territory.

Israel Katz called the arrest warrants “severe” and said issuing them was “inappropriate” as Palestinian militant attacks on settlers in the territory grow more frequent. He said settlers could be “brought to justice” in other ways.

The move protects Israeli settlers from being held in “administrative detention,” a shadowy form of incarceration where people are held without charge or trial.

Settlers are rarely arrested in the West Bank, where settler violence against Palestinians has spiraled since the outbreak of the war Oct. 7.

Katz’s decision was celebrated by far-right coalition allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. National Security Minister and settler firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir applauded Katz and called the move a “correction of many years of mistreatment” and “justice for those who love the land.”

Since Oct. 7, 2023, violence toward Palestinians by Israeli settlers has soared to new heights, displacing at least 19 entire Palestinian communities, according to Israeli rights group Peace Now. In that time, attacks by Palestinian militants on settlers and within Israel have also grown more common.

An increasing number of Palestinians have been placed in administrative detention. Israel holds 3,443 administrative detainees in prison, according to data from the Israeli Prison Service, reported by rights group Hamoked. That figure stood around 1,200 just before the start of the war. The vast majority of them are Palestinian, with only a handful at any given time Israeli Jews, said Jessica Montell, the director of Hamoked.

“All of these detentions without charge or trial are illegitimate, but to declare that this measure will only be used against Palestinians...is to explicitly entrench another form of ethnic discrimination,” said Montell.