Saudi Arabia Calls for Urgent OIC Ministerial Meeting on Gaza

Smoke rises from a building following an Israeli airstrike near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (DPA)
Smoke rises from a building following an Israeli airstrike near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (DPA)
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Saudi Arabia Calls for Urgent OIC Ministerial Meeting on Gaza

Smoke rises from a building following an Israeli airstrike near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (DPA)
Smoke rises from a building following an Israeli airstrike near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (DPA)

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday called for an urgent ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the escalation in Gaza.

For its part, the OIC's General Secretariat renewed its condemnation of the Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian people.

It also affirmed that the continuation of the Israeli occupation and its non-compliance with international resolutions, along with the escalation of its daily attacks and crimes against the Palestinian people, their land, holy sites, and the deprivation of their legitimate rights, is the main cause of instability.



GCC Condemns Israeli Confiscation of Jerusalem Land Housing UNRWA Headquarters

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi
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GCC Condemns Israeli Confiscation of Jerusalem Land Housing UNRWA Headquarters

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, strongly condemned on Friday the decision by Israeli occupation forces to confiscate the land on which the UNRWA headquarters is located in occupied Jerusalem.
He considered the decision a serious violation of international conventions and United Nations resolutions, threatening to undermine the agency's efforts to provide essential services to Palestinian refugees, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Albudaiwi emphasized the GCC's support for UNRWA's vital role in providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees.
He called on the international community to take responsibility in compelling the Israeli occupation forces to reverse this decision, thereby enabling the agency to effectively perform its duties.
He also called for ensuring the protection of UNRWA facilities and staff, as well as halting all attacks and illegal practices carried out by the occupation forces against the agency.
Israel has confiscated land on which the UNRWA headquarters is located in East Jerusalem, with plans to build 1,440 settlement units on the site.