Qatar continues to hammer away its adamantine stance on Palestinian cause. Qatar Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani pronounced his country’s firm stance in backing the Palestinian cause and made sure that the question of Palestine stays at the top of the priority list of the country’s international movements.
During the opening of the 52nd annual session of the Shura Council, the Qatar leader said that the only way to “guarantee security and stability” for both the parties is something that has been “put aside until now”. Qatar said the only possible way to attain an everlasting “just and peace” between Israel and Palestine is to give back Palestinian people their legitimate right to their land “including the establishment of their independent State, on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital”.
From the speech of HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al- Thani, the Amir of Qatar, during the opening of the 52nd annual session of the Shura Council. #MOFAQatar pic.twitter.com/MoV0MerSTW
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Qatar (@MofaQatar_EN) October 24, 2023
During the session, Qatar called out the “double standard” of the west against the genocide unfolding against Palestinians. Mr. Al- Thani said, “we do not accept double standards, nor do we accept acting as if the Palestinian children’s lives are not worth to be reckoned with, as though they are faceless or nameless”. He also called for an “earnest regional and international stance” against the dangerous escalation that threatens the “security and region of the world”, and to end the bloody war to “prevent the circle of conflict from spilling over”.
From the speech of HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al- Thani, the Amir of Qatar, during the opening of the 52nd annual session of the Shura Council. #MOFAQatar pic.twitter.com/ntqD632CEO
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Qatar (@MofaQatar_EN) October 24, 2023
Taking to social media platform X (formerly twitter), Mr. Hamad Al-Thani said, the Israeli occupation”s “barbaric bombing of innocent civilians in Gaza is a dangerous escalation and exceeds all limits”. He said Qatar refuse to unleash attack on civilians of any country regardless of their nationality and added that the country “refuse to act as if the lives of Palestinian children do not count, as if they have no faces or names”.
القصف الهمجي على المدنيين الأبرياء في غزة تصعيد خطير وتجاوز لكل الحدود. نرفض التعرض للمدنيين من أي طرف أياً كانت جنسيتهم، ونرفض التصرف وكأن حياة الأطفال الفلسطينيين لا تحسب، وكأنهم بلا وجوه ولا أسماء. فالحرب لا تقدم حلاً بل تفاقم المعاناة والضحايا والشعور العميق بالغبن.
— تميم بن حمد (@TamimBinHamad) October 24, 2023
He said, “we say to Israel: enough is enough. it is not permissible to continue ignoiring the reality of occupation, siege and settlement”. he called out for regional and international stance to be taken for ending the bloodshed.
نقول لإسرائيل كفى، لا يجوز استمرار تجاهل واقع الاحتلال والحصار والاستيطان، وندعو إلى وقفة جادة إقليمية ودولية لوقف الحرب وحقن الدماء والعمل دون اتساع دائرة الصراع الذي يهدد أمن المنطقة والعالم. إن السبيل الوحيد لتحقيق السلام العادل والدائم هو حصول الشعب الفلسطيني على كامل حقوقه.
— تميم بن حمد (@TamimBinHamad) October 24, 2023
This is not the first time Qatar is raising their voice in support of Palestine and denouncing then occupation of Israel in the land of Palestine. Qatar always made sure the Palestinian cause is on the table on all international platforms by using all its resources, ever since the illegal settling started to seep in to Palestinian soil, which is over seven and half decades ago.
The 52nd annual session of Shura Council also talked about the Qatar National Vision 2030, and emphasised that the growth depends on the “extent of investment in human capital”. Qatar recognised themselves as the “trustworthy mediator in peace making and conflict resolution through dialogue and diplomacy”, and highlighted how Qatari mediation has enabled the secure return of “four Ukrainian children from Russia” to their families.