Doha, The participation of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Cairo Peace Summit scheduled to be held in the Arab Republic of Egypt today reiterates the firm stance of the State of Qatar in supporting the Palestinian cause and keeping it at the top of the priorities of its international movement.
Since the early days of the Palestinian cause over 70 years ago, this central issue has remained a prominent concern in the hearts and minds of the people of Qatar, including the Amir, the government, and the citizens. Qatar has supported it on all international platforms, using all means and resources, making it a top priority for the state. Qatar has dedicated political, financial, and moral support to the Palestinian people, driven by steadfast principles, ethical values, and human values. Qatar has shouldered the Palestinian cause and their legitimate aspirations, including their right to establish their state on their national land, with its capital, Jerusalem, in every international arena. Qatar has spared no effort in highlighting the justice of the Palestinian issue and the great injustice and oppression suffered by the Palestinian brothers due to the Israeli occupation, which killed them, seized their land, and displaced them across the earth.
In all the speeches of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani before various local, Arab, and international forums and platforms, the Palestinian issue was prominently and forcefully placed at the top of priorities and concerns. In HH the Amirs first speech upon assuming his duties in June 2013, he reaffirmed that the State of Qatar is committed to solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle to attain their legitimate rights, considering it a prerequisite for a just peace, which entails the Israeli withdrawal from all the Arab territories it occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, and the right of return for refugees.
In His Highness’s speech at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September of last year, HH the Amir reiterated Qatar’s rejection of the continued Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, stating, “The Palestinian people cannot remain prisoners of Israeli settlement arbitrariness, and the successive Israeli governments have rejected any fair political solution based on international legitimacy principles.” HH emphasized that the international organization’s failure to take action against the occupation provides Israel with the opportunity to undermine the foundations of the two-state solution through expansion and settlement, to the point where the occupation takes the form of a racist regime in the 21st century. HH the Amir renewed the commitment of the State of Qatar to provide political, humanitarian, and developmental support to the Palestinian people, adhering to the initial position of justice in this issue, which has become a test of the credibility of world leaders towards the Middle East.
In May of last year, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Amir of the State of Qatar, sent a message to the high-level meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
HH the Amir stated, “After seven and a half decades since the Nakba, we renew our confidence in the justice of the Palestinian cause and salute the brave resilience of the Palestinian people in their quest for all their rights. We emphasize Qatar’s consistent stance on the necessity of achieving a comprehensive, just, and lasting settlement for the Palestinian issue based on international law and United Nations resolutions, ending the Israeli occupation, and achieving a two-state solution, including the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with its sovereignty, based on the 1967 borders and its capital, East Jerusalem, granting all the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.” In his speech during the 28th Arab League Summit in Jordan in 2017, HH the Amir reiterated that “Qatar’s steadfast stance on the Palestinian issue is in line with the Arab commitment to establish a comprehensive, just, and permanent peace settlement based on international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative. This initiative is based on the principle of a two-state solution, ensuring the establishment of the Palestinian state along the borders of June 4, 1967, with its capital in East Jerusalem, the right of return for Palestinian refugees, and ending the Israeli occupation of all Arab territories, including the Syrian Golan Heights.” (MORE)
Source: Qatar News Agency