MWL Condemns Israeli Government Remarks on Philadelphi Corridor 

24 January 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Palestinians stand near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. (dpa)
24 January 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Palestinians stand near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. (dpa)
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MWL Condemns Israeli Government Remarks on Philadelphi Corridor 

24 January 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Palestinians stand near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. (dpa)
24 January 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Palestinians stand near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. (dpa)

The Muslim World League (MWL) strongly condemned on Tuesday the Israeli government's remarks on the Philadelphia Corridor and “its futile attempts to justify its ongoing violations of international laws and norms.”

In a statement, MWL Secretary-General Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa denounced the “serious and continuing violations committed by the Israeli government”, its disregard for international laws and norms, and undermining of the good efforts to end the war.

It stressed its full solidarity with Egypt in confronting all Israeli allegations.

Al-Issa, who also is chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, renewed the MWL's urgent appeal to the international community “to adopt a firm and strict stand to end the horrific humanitarian tragedy endured by the Palestinian people and to consider effective and concrete measures to halt this ongoing, brutal aggression.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected calls to soften his demand to keep troops in the southern Gazan border area as the price for a ceasefire deal, saying it was vital for Israel to control a key lifeline for Hamas.

The issue of the Philadelphi Corridor, on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt, has been a major sticking point in efforts to secure a deal to halt the fighting in Gaza and return Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

Hamas has rejected any Israeli presence, while Netanyahu has insisted that Israel will not abandon the corridor, where Israeli troops have uncovered dozens of tunnels they say have been used to smuggle weapons and ammunition into Gaza.



Saudi Arabia Condemns Far-Right Israeli Minister’s Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound

 A general view of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)
A general view of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Far-Right Israeli Minister’s Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound

 A general view of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)
A general view of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia strongly condemned on Wednesday the storming of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry slammed the repeated “flagrant Israeli violations of the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

It also condemned Israeli forces for attacking an UNRWA clinic in northern Gaza, saying it was another in a series of attacks by Israel against UN and relief agencies.

“The Kingdom condemns the continued Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law, underscoring its categorical rejection of everything that may undermine the historic and legal status of Jerusalem and its holy sites,” said the ministry.

It called on the international community to “put a stop to the Israeli war machine that has no regard for any human values or law or international norms.”

It warned that the international community’s failure to deter these dangerous and ongoing violations will undermine opportunities to achieve peace and undermine the credibility of international law, as well as impact regional and global security and stability.