Riyadh - "Al Quds" dot com - The final statement of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, in its forty-third session, which was held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, affirmed its firm positions on the centrality of the Palestinian cause , and its support for the sovereignty of the Palestinian people over all Palestinian territories occupied since June. June 1967, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and guaranteeing the rights of refugees, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and the resolutions of international legitimacy.

He also stressed the need to activate the efforts of the international community to resolve the conflict, in a way that fulfills all the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people according to those foundations.

The Supreme Council appreciated the efforts made by the Arab countries to achieve national reconciliation, to restore Palestinian national unity, to reunite the Palestinians, and to achieve the interests of the Palestinian people.

The Supreme Council called on the international community to intervene to stop the targeting of the Palestinian presence in the city of Jerusalem, the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem, attempts to change its legal character, demographic composition and arrangements for Islamic holy places, and attempts to impose Israeli sovereignty on them in flagrant violation of international law, international resolutions and existing agreements concluded. In this regard, stressing the need to avoid unilateral measures.

The Supreme Council expressed its rejection of any tendency to annex settlements in the West Bank to Israel, in clear violation of the United Nations Charter, principles of international law and United Nations resolutions, including Security Council Resolution No. 2334 of 2016, the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 2004, and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.

It also condemned Israel's continued construction of settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories, and called on the international community to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to reverse their settlement decisions that violate international laws and resolutions.

The Supreme Council praised the generous assistance provided by the GCC states to support the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and called on the international community to continue supporting it to continue its mission until the return of the Palestinian refugees.