NEW YORK CITY: Qatar’s emir criticized the international community on Tuesday for failing Palestine and for being content with “illusions of making peace” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Every year I stand on this podium and I begin by talking about the Palestinian cause, the absence of justice, the perils of believing that it can be neglected, and the illusions of making peace without a just solution to the Palestinian cause,” Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad said during his address at the UN General Assembly in New York.
“There are those who are tempted by the possibility of marginalizing this issue to get rid of its burden, but the Palestinian cause is resistant to marginalization because it’s an issue of indigenous people on their own land, a people who are subjected to a settler-colonial occupation.
“It seems there are those in Israel who entertain wishful thinking to eliminate the Palestinian people.
“The ongoing Israeli aggression for nearly a year is nothing but a result of the absence of a sincere political will, a deliberate international failure to resolve the Palestinian issue with a just solution, and insistence of the occupying Israeli parties to impose a fait accompli on the Palestinians and the world.”
Sheikh Tamim’s address focused on the war in Gaza, the escalation of violence in the West Bank, and increasing tensions between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Qatar will “spare no effort” to bring about a peaceful resolution to the unrest, but “we won’t achieve this goal except with a serious partner who is aware of the importance of renouncing this war and ending the occupation and all forms of aggression so we can reach together the desired peace in the Middle East,” he said.
“Israel is currently waging a war on Lebanon, and no one knows to what extent this war could escalate. This is what we’ve repeatedly warned against.”
Sheikh Tamim highlighted Qatar’s role in mediating and working toward resolutions to conflicts in the Middle East and beyond, saying Doha is actively seeking peace in Yemen, Syria, Sudan and Ukraine.
He pointed out Qatari-led efforts to reunite Ukrainian children with their families, and successfully securing last year’s US-Venezuela prisoner swap.
“We affirm the state of Qatar will spare no effort in working with its international partners and the UN to firmly consolidate the pillars of peace, security, sustainable development, human rights and the rule of law — at all levels — and to address global challenges to achieve a better future for all,” he said.
Qatari emir criticizes ‘international failure’ of Palestine in UNGA address
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Qatari emir criticizes ‘international failure’ of Palestine in UNGA address
- Sheikh Tamim: ‘There are those in Israel who entertain wishful thinking to eliminate the Palestinian people’
- ‘Israel is currently waging a war on Lebanon, and no one knows to what extent this war could escalate’
Israeli FM urges Jews to move to Israel a week after Sydney attack
- “Today I call on Jews in England, Jews in France, Jews in Australia, Jews in Canada, Jews in Belgium: come to the Land of Israel! Come home!” Saar said
JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called on Sunday for Jews in Western countries to move to Israel to escape rising antisemitism, one week after 15 were shot dead at a Jewish event in Sydney.
“Jews have the right to live in safety everywhere. But we see and fully understand what is happening, and we have a certain historical experience. Today, Jews are being hunted across the world,” Saar said at a public candle lighting marking the last day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
“Today I call on Jews in England, Jews in France, Jews in Australia, Jews in Canada, Jews in Belgium: come to the Land of Israel! Come home!” Saar said at the ceremony, held with leaders of Jewish communities and organizations worldwide.
Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Israeli leaders have repeatedly denounced a surge in antisemitism in Western countries and accused their governments of failing to curb it.
Australian authorities have said the December 14 attack on a Hanukkah event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach was inspired by the ideology of the Islamic State jihadist group.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Western governments to better protect their Jewish citizens.
“I demand that Western governments do what is necessary to fight antisemitism and provide the required safety and security for Jewish communities worldwide,” Netanyahu said in a video address.
In October, Saar accused British authorities of failing to take action to curb a “toxic wave of antisemitism” following an attack outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, in which two people were killed and four wounded.
According to Israel’s 1950 “Law of Return,” any Jewish person in the world is entitled to settle in Israel (a process known in Hebrew as aliyah, or “ascent“) and acquire Israeli citizenship. The law also applies to individuals who have at least one Jewish grandparent.zz
