Gaza city: The Presidency condemned on Friday Israel's plan to fully occupy the Gaza Strip. The Presidency expressed its strong rejection and condemnation of the Israeli cabinet's decisions to fully reoccupy the Gaza Strip and forcibly displace nearly one million Palestinians from Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip to the south.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the Presidency described this decision as a crime that constitutes a continuation of the policy of genocide, systematic killing, starvation, and siege. It considers these actions a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and UN resolutions on international legitimacy.
The Presidency warned that Israeli plans grounded in killing, starvation, and forced displacement will lead to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. It emphasized that these actions, along with settlement-colonial expansion, annexation of Palestinian land, settler terrorism, assaults on Christian and Islamic holy sites, withholding Palestinian funds, and undermining the establishment of Palestinian state institutions, amount to crimes against humanity and threaten regional and international peace and security.
The Presidency stressed that the Palestinian people remain committed to realizing their inalienable national rights, including the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
It stated that the State of Palestine has decided to hold urgent contacts with concerned parties and approach the UN Security Council to request immediate and binding action to stop Israeli actions. The Presidency also called for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Council of the League of Arab States to convene urgent meetings to coordinate a unified Arab, Islamic, and international position to protect the Palestinian people.
The Presidency specifically appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene to stop the implementation of the Israeli decisions and fulfill his promise to halt Israel's actions on the Strip and move towards lasting peace.
It called on the international community, the United Nations, and the International Committee of the Red Cross to act immediately to ensure the unimpeded, unconditional, and urgent entry and distribution of humanitarian aid and fuel to all parts of the Strip.
The Presidency reaffirmed that the only way to end this tragedy and guarantee security and stability is to enable the State of Palestine to assume full responsibility for governance and security in the Gaza Strip, as part of the territories of the independent State of Palestine on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and within a comprehensive political solution that ends the Israeli occupation and implements UN resolutions.
