Israel’s attack puts international community to the test: Qatar
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is addressing the UNSC.
He said Israel’s attack on Doha “puts the international community to the test”.
“Israel has gone beyond any borders and limitation, and we are unable to predict what [it] can do,” the prime minister said.
This attack is “far from the civilised behaviour of states that believe in peace”, he added.
Bit hypocritical in the view of the genocide, deliberate starvation and already over 20,000 children killed...
Israel says Hamas leaders ‘sole targets’ of attack in Doha
Israel’s UN envoy, Danny Danon, is addressing the UNSC. He said Israel carried out a strike targeting Hamas leaders who “directed attacks against Israel” planned in the “luxury confines of Doha”.
These were the “sole targets” of the attack, Danon said, claiming they were not “legitimate politicians, diplomats, or representatives”. He claimed those targeted “orchestrated” the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
“There can be no immunity for terrorists … not for those who commit it and not for those who enable it”, Danon said.
Qatar to continue diplomatic efforts, will not tolerate security infringement
Sheikh Mohammed told the UNSC that Doha will continue humanitarian and diplomatic efforts “to spare bloodshed”, but warned that it will not tolerate further breaches of its security and sovereignty.
He argued that the fact that Israel carried out an attack during mediation efforts shows that it intended to derail them.
“The current leaders of Israel are arrogant, and they believe that they enjoy impunity,” Qatar’s prime minister said. “Israel is undermining the stability of the region impetuously,” Sheikh Mohammed added. “It is trying to undermine any prospect of peace.”
Qatar warns UNSC against ‘silence before the law of the jungle’
Sheikh Mohammed has said the UNSC bears a “historic responsibility” and warned the international body that “silence the law of the jungle” would undermine its credibility as an institution.
“We cannot succumb to extremists; we have to continue to pursue peace through the establishment of a Palestinian state,” the prime minister said.
“We need two states, two people living side by side in peace, and this will only be achieved through the adherence to the principles of international law.”
