Doha: Arab and international media outlets highlighted the inclusive speech of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the opening session of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), which was held in New York on Tuesday.
The speech of HH the Amir was met with great resonance and welcome in the Palestinian street which is following Qatar’s tireless efforts to stop the Israeli aggression against them.
In this context, a report by the Turkish TRT Arabic TV highlighted the call of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to stop the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, stressing in his speech before the UNGA that Qatar will continue to make efforts until a new agreement is reached to cease-fire in Gaza.
For its part, the Turkiye News Agency /TR/ said in a report that during his speech before the UNGA, HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani called to stop the aggression on the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon. The report that came under the title “Amir of Qatar addresses
the world before the United Nations: Stop the aggression on Gaza, stop the war on Lebanon,” noted that the most prominent part of HH the Amir’s speech was that he considered the aggression that the Palestinian people are being subjected to in Gaza is the most barbaric and heinous.
The Agency added that HH the Amir stressed that the failure to intervene to stop the aggression in Gaza is a major scandal,” noting that His Highness stressed that there are those who are tempted by the possibility of marginalizing the Palestinian cause, but the Palestinian cause is resistant to marginalization. HH the Amir believed that the Palestinian cause would remain lingering in place, except in two cases, either the end of the occupation, or the disappearance of the Palestinian people.
In turn, Anadolu Agency of Turkiye said in a report that in his speech before the UNGA, HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said that Qatar’s mediation to reach a ceasefire in Gaza will continue despite the Israeli accusations.
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lu added that HH the Amir emphasized that Ismail Haniyeh was not only the political leader of Hamas but also the first elected Palestinian Prime Minister, calling for an end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon.
The agency noted the reaction of HH the Amir to the explosions of wireless communication devices in Lebanon and quoted His Highness as saying, “Apart from committing a major crime by rigging wireless communication devices and exploding them simultaneously across thousands of people with total disregard for their identity or location, Israel is currently waging a war on Lebanon and no one knows to what extent this war could escalate.” The agency also pointed out HH the Amir’s description of the Israeli war on Gaza as “a crime of genocide by means of using the most sophisticated weapons against a people besieged in a detention camp where there is no escape from the barrage of aerial bombing.” The agency quoted HH the Amir as stressing “We will continue to exert efforts with our par
tners until reaching a permanent ceasefire, securing the release of prisoners and detainees, taking the path of a just solution in accordance with the resolutions of the international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative, and enabling the Palestinian people to obtain all their legitimate rights, foremost of which is their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders.” In turn, the French newspaper Le Parisien said that during his speech, HH the Amir considered that “The blatant aggression that befalls the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip today is the most barbaric, heinous, and extensive in breaching human values, international charters and norms.” The newspaper pointed out that His Highness said: “This is not a war within the international relations’ well-known and common concept of war, but rather a crime of genocide.” In the same context, Arabnews newspaper of Saudi Arabia said that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani described, from the UNGA’s podium in New York
, the war waged by Israel on the Gaza Strip as a “genocide.” The newspaper added that HH the Amir said “The blatant aggression that befalls the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip today is the most barbaric, heinous, and extensive in breaching human values, international charters and norms.”
Source: Qatar News Agency