Middle East05 August, 20263 min read
Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Yamahi Condemns Israeli Actions in Gaza and West Bank
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Al-Yamahi condemned Israeli crimes in Gaza and West Bank, including Jerusalem, urging urgent international action. Targeting hospitals, health facilities, and displacement tents described as war crimes; ceasefire and accountability urged.
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Arab Parliament Condemns
The Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Mohammed al-Yamahi, condemned Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and called for urgent international action to halt the escalation and hold those responsible accountable. In a statement, al-Yamahi said the targeting of hospitals, health facilities, residential homes, and tents of displaced persons led to the killing and injuries of dozens of civilians, mostly women and children, and he described it as part of the ongoing war of extermination and the policy of starvation and widespread destruction. He warned that what Palestinians are experiencing is no longer mere violations or transgressions, but rather constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity committed before the eyes of the international community.
Al-Yamahi also pointed to Israeli escalation in the West Bank, accompanied by attacks carried out by extremist settler groups under the protection of occupation forces, along with settlement expansion, land confiscation, and the forced displacement of Palestinians. He called on the international community and the Security Council to take urgent and binding measures to stop the war on the Palestinian people and implement international resolutions.
Ceasefire and Peace Plan
Al-Yamahi urged the international community to compel the occupation to implement the ceasefire agreement and to move to the second phase of the peace plan to ensure a permanent cessation of aggression. In the same statement, he demanded the complete withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip and the opening of crossings, while also calling for adequate and immediate access for humanitarian and medical aid. He further called for enabling the Government of the State of Palestine to exercise its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, as a single geographical and political unit.
In another report, the Arab Parliament president Mohamed al-Yamahi called for the international community and the United Nations Security Council to take urgent and binding measures to stop the war against the Palestinian people and implement international legitimacy resolutions. He also stressed the need to ensure a permanent end to the aggression, a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the opening of crossings, and the immediate and sufficient delivery of humanitarian and medical aid.
Sanctions and Accountability
Al-Yamahi called for imposing international sanctions on the occupation and suspending privileges, agreements, and facilities granted to it until it complies with international law and international resolutions. He also urged the inclusion of settlement organizations, extremist settler militias, and their supporters and financiers on international terrorism lists, and he demanded the prosecution of occupation leaders before the International Criminal Court. In the SANA report, al-Yamahi demanded the imposition of international sanctions on the occupation, the suspension of privileges, agreements and facilities granted to it, and the listing of settlement organizations, settler militias and entities supporting and financing them on international terrorism lists.
The SANA piece also said he called for prosecuting occupation leaders before the International Criminal Court and ending the policy of impunity that has encouraged the continuation of crimes. Across the coverage, the Arab Parliament’s position tied accountability measures—sanctions, listings, and ICC prosecution—to stopping the escalation in the West Bank and Gaza and enforcing a ceasefire and peace-plan transition.