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Arab Parliament Welcomes Spain's Request to Join South Africa's Lawsuit Against Israel

A general view of the Arab League delegates meeting. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
A general view of the Arab League delegates meeting. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Arab Parliament Welcomes Spain's Request to Join South Africa's Lawsuit Against Israel

A general view of the Arab League delegates meeting. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
A general view of the Arab League delegates meeting. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

The Arab Parliament welcomed Spain's request to join the lawsuit filed by South Africa against the Israeli occupation before the International Court of Justice. The lawsuit aims to try Israel for the genocidal war and massacres committed against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories since last October, according to SPA.
In a statement, the Arab Parliament stated that Spain’s participation in this lawsuit represents a victory for the voice of truth and law, and strengthens international justice in prosecuting and holding war criminals accountable for the crimes of ethnic cleansing committed against the Palestinian people.
The Arab Parliament emphasized that this step reflects the world's growing awareness of the racist and criminal nature of the occupation entity. They urged countries worldwide to join this lawsuit and abandon the state of shameful silence regarding the crimes and massacres committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories.

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Türkiye Detains Hundreds after Anti-Syrian Riots

Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage
Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage
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Türkiye Detains Hundreds after Anti-Syrian Riots

Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage
Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage

Turkish authorities said Tuesday they had detained over 470 people after anti-Syrian riots in several cities sparked by accusations that a Syrian man had harassed a child.

Tensions escalated from Sunday following violence in a central Anatolian city after a mob went on the rampage, damaging businesses and properties belonging to the Syrians.

"474 people were detained after the provocative actions" carried out against Syrians in Türkiye, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X.

A group of men targeted Syrian businesses and properties in Kayseri on Sunday, with videos on social media showing a grocery store being set on fire.

In one of the videos a Turkish man was heard shouting: "We don't want any more Syrians! We don't want any more foreigners."

A court in Kayseri ordered the Syrian man's arrest late on Monday, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said, adding: "The child and her family are under our state's protection".

Officials said the child was a Syrian girl, who was related to the man accused of harassing her.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blamed the opposition for stoking tensions and condemned the anti-Syrian violence as "unacceptable".

The unrest spread to several other cities late on Monday including Istanbul and authorities have often called for calm.

"Let's not get provoked, let's act moderately," Yerlikaya said in an appeal to Turkish citizens.

"Those who hatch these conspiracies against our state and nation will receive the response they deserve," he said.

Turkish police boosted security around the Syrian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, deploying an armored truck and patrolling the vicinity, according to an AFP journalist.