In a telephone conversation on Saturday, the Qatari emir and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi weighed plans for closer Muslim unity to stop the Israeli regime’s “war machine”.
The emir of Qatar said the crimes being committed against the people of Gaza attest to the Western countries’ double standards, which have already been discredited.
Reaffirming Qatar’s support for the legitimate rights of Palestinians to defense and self-determination, Al Thani said regional and Muslim nations can join hands to halt the Zionist regime’s war machine.
Israel has violated all international regulations and humanitarian norms and feels no compunction about committing any crime, the Qatari leader stated.
For his part, Raisi stressed the need for Islamic governments to adopt decisive, united and clear stances in support of Palestine considering that the Zionist regime has created catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza by cutting off water and electricity and blocking the delivery of food and medicine to the enclave.
The support provided by Western states, above all the US, has given the Zionist regime the green light to commit atrocities against Gaza, Raisi deplored.
He also stressed that Palestine is in urgent need of effective and serious support from the world, particularly Muslim nations, to end the genocidal Israeli regime’s war machine and crimes.
At least 7,703 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7, when Hamas launched a surprise operation outside Gaza.
More than one million Palestinian children and their parents are living through “pure horror” in the besieged enclave, humanitarian group Save the Children said.