Qatar Expresses Its Condemnation, Firm Rejection of Israeli Government's Plan to Annex Parts of Occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley
Geneva / Information Office / June 15
The State of Qatar has expressed its condemnation and firm rejection of the Israeli government's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley in July, and warned that such an illegal step that violates the relevant international laws and agreements would lead to committing more human rights violations against the Palestinian people, as well as undermining the two-state solution and finishing off the peace process, and its security, economic and social consequences will be disastrous for the entire region, it added.
This came in the statement of the State of Qatar, delivered by HE Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva, at the public debate of the 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council Item (7) on the situation of human rights in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
HE Ambassador Al-Mansouri called on the international community to stand firmly against these flagrant Israeli violations and its continuous challenge to international legitimacy, and to take all necessary measures to prevent these violations and respond to them effectively and quickly if they occurred.
His Excellency affirmed the necessity of keeping the 7th item as a main item in the agenda of the Human Rights Council, because it is important in monitoring and following up on human rights violations and crimes committed by the Israeli authorities (the occupying force) against the Palestinians, and strengthening efforts to ensure that all Israeli officials are held accountable for these violations and crimes.
HE Ambassador Al Mansouri expressed Qatar's condemnation of the insistence of the Israeli authorities (the occupying force) to continue the attacks and establish settlement outposts and create the environment for this through demolitions, destruction and confiscation, and the continued arbitrary detention of detainees, including children, to torture and other ill-treatment, and attempts to change the legal status and identity of the city of Jerusalem, and the continued imposition of an unjust blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has exacerbated the humanitarian and economic crises of its residents.
His Excellency welcomed the release of the database by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on companies that engage in illegal commercial activities related to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, noting that it is a correct step in implementing international legitimacy decisions, and is in line with the international positions condemning these settlements.
His Excellency called on the Office of the High Commissioner to make an annual update of the database and refer it to the Human Rights Council.
Concluding his speech, HE Ambassador Al Mansouri reiterated the State of Qatar's firm position in support of the Palestinian people and their just cause, stressing that a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East would not be achieved until the end of the Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian and Arab lands, and enabling the Palestinian people to restore and exercise all their inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination, and the establishment of a fully sovereign independent State on the 1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.