Qatar has once again voiced the need for the international community to realize its role in ending Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.

In a speech at the extraordinary meeting at the level of foreign ministers of member states at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Director of the International Organizations Department at Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), His Excellency Yousef Sultan Larem called on the international community to move urgently to put an end to the continued Israeli aggression toward Palestinian people and Al Aqsa mosque.

Qatar renewed its condemnation of the Israeli occupation forces' storming into Al Aqsa mosque and its attack on worshipers.

This violence has not only provoked the feelings of millions of Muslims across the world but has also severely violated human rights and international conventions, HE the Director highlighted.

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The MOFA official also saluted Palestinians at the occupied Al Quds for their courage under the unarmed struggle against the occupation’s bullets.

He also recognized the Palestinian people for their martyrdom for their cause and their right to establish an independent state with East Al Quds as its capital.

Talking about the increasing intensity of Israeli aggression in the occupied Al Quds and Al Aqsa mosque that is mirrored in the increased rate of Judaization and settlements, the MOFA official said that this can only be described as ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and all that is not Jewish by settlers who admitted on camera that they were stealing from Palestinian homes with the Israeli occupation forces watching on.

A lot of these attacks can be categorized as war crimes, he highlighted.

The official described the arbitrary bombing of Gaza, which has seen civilian deaths (including women and children), as a criminal attack that is condemned and rejected.

He further renewed Qatar's firm position of supporting the Palestinian cause, and the rights of the Palestinian people in practicing their religious rights and establishing an independent state based on the borders of 1967 with East Al Quds as its capital.

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Source: MOFA