New York: The State of Qatar confirmed that Israel’s continuing violations of international law and international human rights law through its repressive practices and discriminatory policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Gaza in particular damage the various sectors and contribute to undermining the peace, stability and sustainable development.
Qatar urged Israel to comply strictly with its obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, stressing the sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.
This came in a statement by the Third Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the UN, Ahmed bin Saif Al Kuwari, during the general debate of the 70th session of the Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) in New York.
Meanwhile, Palestinians torched a site revered by Jews in the West Bank in an incident that threatened to further inflame two weeks of deadly unrest. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the fire at Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus.
The arson came as Palestinians called for a “Friday of revolution” against Israel, and police barred men under 40 from attending Friday prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque, seeking to keep young protesters away.
Israeli fire killed two Palestinians and wounded 98 others in clashes along the border in the Gaza Strip. Another Palestinian died in clashes in Beit Furik near Nablus, while protests also broke out in Bethlehem and Hebron. Outside the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, a Palestinian disguised as a news photographer stabbed and wounded a soldier before being shot dead.
Israel rejected Palestinian calls for a protection force to be deployed in East Jerusalem to quell violence around the Al Aqsa Mosque.
The 15-member council met in an emergency session to discuss weeks of escalating violence between Israel and the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the territories.
QNA/Agencies
