ShareKUWAIT: The scenes, images, and videos coming from the Gaza Strip has caused pain and anger in the hearts of many people across the globe, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday. During a special National Assembly session on the sorrowful situation in the Gaza Strip in the past few weeks, Sheikh Salem said that the warmongering Zionist regime had launched a heinous operation destroying, killing, maiming, and forcibly displacing by the thousands upon thousands of innocent people in the Gaza Strip.
Since 1984, this regime has taken draconian policies of displacing Palestinians and attempting to erase Palestine’s identity and history throughout the generations, he pointed out, adding that the numerous and endless wars carried out by the Zionist occupation has failed and continued to be thwarted by the bravery of the Palestinian people. The Palestinian cause remains central for the Arab and Muslim worlds as well as all countries, individuals, and group who seek freedom and justice, he affirmed. The State of Kuwait, since independence and through its steadfast foreign policy, has highlighted the Palestinian cause and justice for it people, indicated Sheikh Salem.
He added that the current rage and anger from the Arab and Muslim countries is justified due to the ruthless campaign of the Zionist war machine and double standard policies of some members of the international community. Sheikh Salem questioned the world whether Palestinian lives were cheap in the eyes of the global community or whether the massacres committed against the innocent was justified by international and humanitarian laws.
He affirmed that the only solution to the Palestinian question was through the establishment of an independent state with full rights, adding that what the Zionist occupiers are doing right now in the Gaza Strip is considered acts of war crimes and violation of human rights.
He insisted that international laws and UN resolutions must be implemented keeping justice in mind, saying that ignoring the crimes committed against Palestinians was a shame. Kuwait, since the beginning of the current cycle of violence against the Palestinians, had contacted several countries, organizations, and members of the international community to execute an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Kuwait has participated in this regard in several meetings highlighting the unjust war in the Gaza Strip including the GCC-EU ministerial meeting on October 9-10 in Muscat, the Arab League Foreign Ministers regular meeting on October 11 in Cairo, the GCC Foreign Ministers meeting on October 17 in Muscat, and the OIC Foreign Ministers meeting on October 18 in Jeddah, he revealed.
Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah had participated in the Cairo Summit for Peace on October 21 to address the harrowing situation in the Gaza Strip, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs. His Highness Sheikh Mishal, during the summit, called on the international community to push for a just and sustainable solution for the Palestinian people in line with the State of Kuwait’s commitment to this just cause, he indicated.
Sheikh Salem said that the Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning in the strongest terms the Zionist regime’s massacre at the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, saying that it was part of a long line of war crimes committed by the Zionist aggressors.
The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry continues to work with Arab, regional, and international entities at the UNSC to push for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, he affirmed, noting that the Kuwaiti leadership had ordered the launch of a humanitarian aid air bridge on October 23, sending necessities, food, and medical supplies to the people of Gaza. The Foreign Minister commended the response of the Kuwaiti people, indicating that the national relief aid campaign for Palestine had garnered KD 3 million (around $9.9 million), reflecting Kuwait’s support of this humanitarian issue.
He noted that Kuwait had called on Oct 24 for an extraordinary meeting for the Arab standing committee for human rights to discuss measures to counter the Zionists’ heinous crimes against the Palestinians. He reiterated Kuwait’s stance on the Palestinian cause and called for establishing an independent Palestinian state within the June 4th, 1967 borders and east Jerusalem as the capital. Peace is only achieved through international resolutions on the matter and the Arab peace initiative, he affirmed. — KUNA
