King Abdullah II stressed the need to unify international efforts to enhance the humanitarian response to the deteriorating conditions in the Gaza Strip, stressing Jordan's continued provision of humanitarian, relief and medical aid by land and air to the people of the Strip.

This came in a message he addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Cheikh Niang, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which falls on November 29 of each year.

In the message, the King reiterated the need for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, calling on the international community to launch an effective effort to restore stability, which will not be achieved by killing, terrorizing and displacing innocent civilians, but rather by creating a political horizon that leads to the brotherly Palestinian people obtaining their full, legitimate, and inalienable rights.

King Abdullah pointed out that the heinous Israeli aggression, which has been ongoing for more than a year, has resulted in the killing of more than 43,000 Palestinians, the injury of more than 100,000, the displacement of about 1.9 million people, and the unprecedented scale of destruction that has destroyed about 87 percent of buildings, and has almost completely destroyed infrastructure, schools, hospitals, places of worship, and vital buildings.

The King referred to the Israeli measures that targeted humanitarian relief workers and bombed the headquarters of international organizations where thousands of displaced people had taken refuge, most notably the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), indicating that UNRWA plays a pivotal role that cannot be dispensed with or replaced, which requires urgent action to provide all forms of support to it.

King Abdullah reiterated Jordan's categorical rejection of attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause, and of any proposal that would lead to the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Moving to the West Bank and Jerusalem, His Majesty warned of the danger of systematic attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinians, and the repeated attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, which occur under the watchful eyes and silence of the extreme right-wing Israeli government.

The King stressed the centrality of the Palestinian cause, and the preservation of the historical and legal status quo in the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, and exerting maximum efforts to protect and care for them, based on the Hashemite guardianship over them.

The King of Jordan stressed that the Palestinians are committed to the right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent, sovereign and viable state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the two-state solution.

King Abdullah expressed his appreciation for the Committee's continuous efforts to stand by the brotherly Palestinian people in light of the difficult circumstances they are going through.