New York – The Sultanate of Oman has called for a more effective international role to end the Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian territories, in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions, especially Security Council resolutions 224 and 338.
This came in the Sultanate’s speech delivered by Ambassador Dr. Mohammad bin Awad al Hassan, the Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations before the UN Security Council on developments in the Palestinian issue.
The Sultanate of Oman welcomed the statement called by the United Nations Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, expressing its hope that the parties will respond to the task entrusted to them and show the cooperation required to restore calm, security, and stability to the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories, especially Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
In his statement, Al Hassan clarified that the reports, including those of international bodies, confirm that the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is not fine and that things are heading towards escalation, due to the repeated/unjustified Israeli aggressions and violations against the Palestinian people, the rules of international law, and Security Council resolutions. and the relevant United Nations.
The Sultanate condemned the provocative and illegal practices of Israel and its occupying forces on the Palestinian lands, its incursions into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and the attacks on safe and defenseless worshipers, which are a flagrant violation of international law, values, and human rights.
The Sultanate called on the international community to assume its responsibilities to apply justice and law, end the occupation and achieve peace by restoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to establish their independent state in all the occupied territories since June 6, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The statement also described the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories as ‘dangerous and worrying’, and that the Security Council’s failure to take practical and tangible steps to protect the Palestinian people under occupation, encourages the occupying Israeli authorities to carry out more attacks and violations.