Kuwait
has blasted the continued oppressive policies of Israeli and its violation of
international laws, and has urged the global community to put pressure on Tel
Aviv to resume talks with Palestinians.
Speaking
at an UN-sponsored international meeting on Palestine, Fahad al-Fadhli, Third
Secretary at Kuwait's embassy in Brussels, who represented the state at the
conference, noted the contradictory policies of the Israeli government
regarding the Palestine question.
''The
Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he was ready for negotiations
with Palestinians just two weeks ago for a two-state solution. At the same time
however, Israel's bulldozers destroyed 25 farms in Ramallah, and before that 63
Palestinian homes were destroyed in the West Bank which displaced 132 Palestinians
including 82 children,'' he said, as quoted by Kuwait News Agency, KUNA.
"This
is the highest number over the last three years. This is an absolute
contradiction between the words and deeds of the occupying force, but this is
something which we are used to from Israel," al-Fadhli told the large
gathering of diplomats, and representatives of civil society, academia and the
media.
He
said that Israel is imposing these policies through illegal settlements, the
blockade on Gaza and by violating international humanitarian law, it also fails
to respect UN resolutions and has rejected regional and international peace
initiatives.
The
Kuwaiti diplomat called on the international community to put pressure on
Israel to resume talks with the Palestinians and put an end to occupation of
all Palestinian lands since 1967 and ensure the establishment of an independent
Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital in line with international
legality.
The
UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People, CEIRPP, in cooperation with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and
the League of Arab States, has organised a two-day international meeting on the
Question of Palestine in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday.
The
theme of the two-day conference is: "Israeli Settlements as an Obstacle To
Peace: Possible Ways Forward." –End-
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by: www.kuna.net.kw
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