Gathered in Riyadh, the leaders of Arab and Muslim countries condemned this Saturday the “barbaric” actions of Israeli forces in Gaza, but fails to announcing punitive economic and political measures against Israel, at war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The results of the joint summit of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) highlighted regional divisions over how to respond to the conflict, amid fears of a conflagration in the region. They demand a “binding” UN resolution
The summit took place against a backdrop of anger in the Middle East and beyond over Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip, carried out in retaliation for attack perpetrated by Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7. The bombings on Gaza killed more than 11,000 people, the majority of them civilians, according to the Hamas-led Ministry of Health. And more of 4.000 were childrens.
The summit's final communiqué rejected Israel's arguments that it was acting in "self-defense" and demanded that the UN Security Council adopt a "binding" resolution to end "aggression". He also rejected any future political solution to the conflict that would keep the Gaza Strip separate from the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Saudi Arabia “holds the occupation authorities responsible for crimes committed against the Palestinian people.
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