AMMAN: King Abdullah II received a delegation from the ministerial committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on developments in the Gaza Strip at Al-Husseiniya Palace on Wednesday.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan headed the delegation, which discussed regional developments with King Abdullah during the meeting — also attended by Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah, the Jordan News Agency reported.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and other officials attended the meeting, during which King Abdullah stressed the importance of stepping up efforts to reach an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and increasing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The Jordanian royal warned of the impact of the war on Gaza and the dangers to regional stability and security of Israeli attacks and violations in the West Bank.
King Abdullah also stressed the important role of the committee in communicating the stance of Arab and Muslim countries to the international community, as well as pushing for international action to stop the Gaza war and create a political environment to achieve a comprehensive peace on the basis of a two-state solution.
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Jordan’s king receives delegation from Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza
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Jordan’s king receives delegation from Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza
- Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan headed the delegation
- Jordanian royal warned of the impact of the war on Gaza and dangers of Israeli attacks in the West Bank
Thousands stage pro-Gaza rally in Istanbul
- Thousands joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to the violence in the tiny war-torn territory
ISTANBUL: Thousands joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to the violence in the tiny war-torn territory.
Demonstrators gathered in freezing temperatures under cloudless blue skies to march to the city’s Galata Bridge for a rally under the slogan: “We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine,” an AFP reporter at the scene said.
More than 400 civil society organizations were present at the rally, one of whose organizers was Bilal Erdogan, the youngest son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Police sources and Anadolou state news agency said some 500,000 people had joined the march at which there were speeches and a performance by Lebanese-born singer Maher Zain of his song “Free Palestine.”
“We are praying that 2026 will bring goodness for our entire nation and for the oppressed Palestinians,” said Erdogan, who chairs the board of the Ilim Yayma Foundation, an educational charity that was one of the organizers of the march.
Turkiye has been one of the most vocal critics of the war in Gaza and helped broker a recent ceasefire that halted the deadly war waged by Israel in response to Hamas’s unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023.
But the fragile October 10 ceasefire has not stopped the violence with more than more than 400 Palestinians killed since it took hold.
Demonstrators gathered in freezing temperatures under cloudless blue skies to march to the city’s Galata Bridge for a rally under the slogan: “We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine,” an AFP reporter at the scene said.
More than 400 civil society organizations were present at the rally, one of whose organizers was Bilal Erdogan, the youngest son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Police sources and Anadolou state news agency said some 500,000 people had joined the march at which there were speeches and a performance by Lebanese-born singer Maher Zain of his song “Free Palestine.”
“We are praying that 2026 will bring goodness for our entire nation and for the oppressed Palestinians,” said Erdogan, who chairs the board of the Ilim Yayma Foundation, an educational charity that was one of the organizers of the march.
Turkiye has been one of the most vocal critics of the war in Gaza and helped broker a recent ceasefire that halted the deadly war waged by Israel in response to Hamas’s unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023.
But the fragile October 10 ceasefire has not stopped the violence with more than more than 400 Palestinians killed since it took hold.
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