The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi, has strongly condemned the continued storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation forces. He said that the continued storming by the occupation forces of Al-Aqsa Mosque, violating its sanctities and attacking its worshippers are considered a serious escalation and it contradicts the international principles and norms in respect of religious sanctities as well as a flagrant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions. The Secretary-General stressed that the continuous violations, assaults on sanctities, and the continuous Israeli storming into the Occupied Palestinian Territories are considered a further escalation. Israel assumes responsibility for all its consequences, which undermine all efforts for solutions to prevent exacerbating violence that threatens peace and security in the region. He called on the international community for an immediate movement to stop these actions by the Israeli occupation authorities, to support all international and regional efforts to advance peace in the Middle East, to guarantee that efforts are not undermined, and to establish global and regional peace. The Secretary-General reaffirmed the consistent positions of the GCC towards the Palestinian issue as the first issue of Arabs and Muslims and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
