NEW YORK: Kuwait’s permanent envoy to the UN Tareq Al-Bannai reiterated the necessity to end the Zionist war on Gaza immediately. This came during his speech on Wednesday in an open session of the UN Security Council titled “Situation in the Middle East, Including the Palestinian Issue”. The Kuwaiti ambassador stressed on the need to work with the international community for immediate effective action in accordance with international law.

He said Kuwait appealed to the international community to support the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their land and warn against any attempts to displace them, within the framework of a final comprehensive solution to the conflict in line with international legitimacy. The dangerous military escalation witnessed today against Palestinians through targeting unarmed civilians with air raids and cutting off electricity, water and food is “something unacceptable to any religion, law or even human nature,” said Bannai.

“This council has been a safe haven for small, peace-loving countries,” recalling that the Security Council was the UN organization that restored international and legal legitimacy to “a country small in size and as great in its giving as my country Kuwait, when it was invaded in 1990”. Furthermore, Bannai pointed out that the Security Council has failed to have a clear stand against the continuous human violations against the Palestinian people, and affirmed that the current situation does not require ordinary speeches.

He renewed Kuwait’s call for comprehensive peace through the resolutions approved in this council according to the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 to establish an independent, sovereign State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital. In his conclusion, he pointed out that Kuwait is a pioneer in supporting the fair Palestinian cause and their people’s needs politically, humanitarianly and morally. He expressed his pride in Kuwait’s announcement in creating an air bridge to Palestine, carrying tons of humanitarian aid and relief as per the directions of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

The third Kuwaiti Gaza relief aid plane landed in Al-Arish international airport in Egypt on Wednesday carrying 40 tons of urgent humanitarian aid and medical supplies for Palestinians in Gaza. The shipment includes medical supplies such as solutions, medicine, ultrasound devices as well as others, said member of Kuwait Red Crescent Society Dr Ahmad Al-Shami to KUNA.

The shipment, which is a continuation of successive shipments of the Kuwaiti air bridge, will be received by the Egyptian Red Crescent, which in turn will deliver it to the Palestinian Red Crescent through the Rafah border crossing, added Shami. The first Kuwaiti Gaza relief aid plane arrived two days ago at Al-Arish airport carrying 40 tons of humanitarian and medical supplies plus ambulances, and was followed the next day by 10 tons of supplies. – KUNA