His Excellency Mr. Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), condemned the Israeli escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories on the Gaza Strip and the storming of the city of Nablus.
HE the Secretary General expressed his strong condemnation of the acts of violence, which are considered a flagrant violation by the occupation authorities, calling on the international community to assume its responsibilities to end the Israeli occupation, and stop its aggressive practices that would obstruct the paths of political solutions based on the Arab Peace Initiative and undermine international peace efforts.
His Excellency reiterated the firm position of the GCC states towards the Palestinian cause, considering it the first cause of Arabs and Muslims, and its support to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Al Quds as its capital.