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Published: October 14, 2023
Several Arab countries have warned against the "forced displacement" of the residents of the Gaza Strip, after the occupying army called on the over two million residents of the Strip to evacuate southward, amid international appeals to open a humanitarian corridor, as the bombardment intensifies and crowds gather at the borders of the Strip, which suggests a "potential ground invasion," while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described this displacement as a "second Nakba."
Kuwait confirmed its "categorical rejection" of the occupying army's calls for the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, along with the continuation of escalation and acts of killing and random destruction, which constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law. Qatar also announced on Saturday its firm rejection of attempts for the "forced displacement" of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
The Qatari statement warned of the dangers of adopting a "policy of collective punishment including calls to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip of its residents," considering that forcing residents to flee or seek refuge is a "violation of international laws," while calling on the international community to act to open humanitarian corridors.
For its part, Saudi Arabia, according to a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry on Friday evening, categorically rejected "calls for the forced displacement of the Palestinian people from Gaza," condemning the "continuation of targeting defenseless civilians there."
Riyadh reiterated in its statement on Friday the call for the international community to "quickly act to stop all forms of military escalation against civilians, prevent a humanitarian disaster, and provide the necessary relief and medical supplies for the residents of Gaza."
The Palestinian president, during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian capital Amman on Friday, emphasized the "urgent need to immediately stop the Israeli aggression and the complete rejection of the displacement of our people from the Gaza Strip, as that would be tantamount to a second Nakba."
Abbas warned, as reported by the official Palestinian news agency "Wafa," of a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip due to the cessation of all humanitarian services and the shutdown of the only power station. The Palestinian president demanded the "urgent opening of humanitarian corridors for the Gaza Strip, provision of medical supplies, and delivery of water, electricity, and fuel to the residents."
Egypt also expressed its rejection of the occupying army's calls for the residents of Gaza to head to southern Gaza, urging the United Nations Security Council to "fulfill its responsibility to stop the calls directed to the residents of Gaza to leave their homes," affirming that these calls are a "serious violation of international humanitarian law."
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stated on Thursday that "the Palestinian cause is the cause of all causes, and the cause of all Arabs, and it is important for the Palestinian people to remain steadfast and present on their land."
Jordan's King Abdullah II emphasized the necessity of opening urgent humanitarian corridors to allow for the entry of medical and relief aid to the Gaza Strip, stressing the importance of protecting civilians, and stopping the escalation and war on Gaza.
King Abdullah, during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, stressed the need to not hinder the work of international organizations in the Gaza Strip so that they can fulfill their humanitarian duties, pointing to the importance of intensifying international efforts to stop the escalation in Gaza and its surroundings and to prevent the deterioration of conditions and their expansion to the West Bank, according to the Jordanian royal court.
Furthermore, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, urged the Secretary-General of the United Nations to urgently condemn the population transfer.
Aboul Gheit stated on Friday that he sent an urgent letter to Antonio Guterres, requesting that he "use his political and moral weight to prevent a new war crime that Israel is planning to commit, as part of its disgraceful bloody campaign against the Gaza Strip by asking the residents of northern Gaza to move to the south."
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