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Qatar has reiterated its condemnation of the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem and preventing worshippers from entering it to pray. |
This came in a statement of Qatar delivered by HE the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Seif al-Thani before the UN General Assembly on the item (35) entitled “The situation in the Middle East” and item (36) entitled “Question of Palestine”.
The statement said Israel’s action amounts to a violation of religious freedom, the international law and the agreement on the administration of holy places and is a serious threat undermining the chances of achieving the desired peace in the Middle East.
Qatar also warned of the dire consequences of Israel’s policy which will be exploited by several parties to raise more extremism and violence in the Middle East.
The statement pointed out that Qatar reiterated its firm position about the necessity of respecting the provisions of the international law through Israel’s implementation of its obligations in this regard.
It emphasised that the achievement of a comprehensive peace in accordance with the resolutions of the international legitimacy will not be reached through the use of excessive force and the continuing violations against unarmed civilians. On the other hand this policy will increase the intensity of the conflict and will push all parties to more extremism.
The statement added that because of Qatar’s awareness to the importance of reaching a final and comprehensive solution to this conflict, it found a positive and essential step in the Palestinian national reconciliation agreement, reached last April, towards a lasting peace between the two sides.
Qatar also renewed its support to the international community in its strong endorsement for the principle of the two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, stressing that this requires the end of the Israeli occupation of all Arab occupied territories, including the occupied Syrian Golan and Lebanese territories.
