Urgent need for ending Gaza war highlighted at Doha Forum

The urgent need to put an end to the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza was highlighted by speakers at the opening panel session of Doha Forum Sunday.
The panelists at the session ‘What Next for the Middle East?’ were HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of Palestine; Ayman al-Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Jordan; and Dennis Francis, President of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, United Nations. The session was moderated by Becky Anderson, managing editor and anchor of Connect the World, CNN.
Dr Shtayyeh said that Israel is committing severe war crimes and must be held accountable for this. He noted : “By all means, if Israel is above international law, I think, Israel should be put on sanctions. Israel should not be allowed to continue violating international and humanitarian law and United Nations resolutions. Israel is in the mood of revenge. The question is what should we do to stop this aggression?”
“What is happening in Gaza is most inhuman practices. There are five entry points to Gaza and only one is accessible. That is not enough and Israel is responsible to as an occupying force to provide water, electricity, food supplies and so on. But Israel has failed in ensuring the supply of this and rather cut them off from Gaza and these are criminal acts ” he pointed out.
“What is needed is neither an economic solution or a security solution. The need of the hours is a political solution for the whole issue. Delay in justice is the absence of justice,” he highlighted.
According to al-Safadi, the continuation of war on Gaza Strip will drag the region into an all-out conflict. He said: “What is happening in Gaza could be described as a systematic act to expel Gaza population. There are Israeli calls in this direction to burn the Palestinians and wipe them off. Israel defies the world, violates the international law, and perpetrates war crimes and genocide.”
He called on the United States to ramp up more pressure on Israel to halt its crimes in Gaza, adding that, as per international laws, its continuation of this approach endangers the entire region and leads to an all-out conflict.
Francis highlighted Israel’s claim that they are going to eradicate Hamas is totally unacceptable as Hamas is an integral part of the Palestinian political structure.
“Our main concern is not about what will happen later but what will happen today. Our main concern is today and we want a stop of these atrocities and genocide that is happening today. We need a comprehensive political solution that does put an end to this Palestinian suffering that started 75 years ago,” he stressed.