Doha (TDI): The Arab-Islamic Emergency Summit on Monday urged sweeping sanctions against Israel, including an international arms embargo and a reassessment of economic and diplomatic relations, in response to what leaders described as Tel Aviv’s “flagrant aggression” against Qatar and its continuing assault on Gaza.
In a strongly worded final communiqué, heads of state warned that Israel’s repeated violations of international law amount to a direct threat to regional and global peace. They pressed governments worldwide to halt arms transfers, impose sanctions, reconsider ties with Israel, and pursue legal action to hold it accountable.
The summit was convened after Israel’s September 9 strike on a residential district in Doha, which hit housing for mediation delegations, schools, nurseries, and diplomatic missions. The attack killed at least one Qatari national and injured others, drawing condemnation across the Arab and Islamic world.
Leaders denounced the strike as “cowardly and unlawful,” calling it a dangerous escalation and a blatant attack on an Arab and Islamic state. They vowed full solidarity with Qatar, stressing that any assault on one member of the Arab-Islamic bloc is an attack on all.
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The communiqué further warned that the strike was not only an assault on Qatar’s sovereignty but also a blow to international mediation, since Doha has been central to ceasefire talks in Gaza. Israel, it said, bears full responsibility for undermining peace efforts.
The statement accused Israel of committing war crimes, including genocide, ethnic cleansing, siege, and starvation of Palestinians, in breach of the Geneva Conventions. It condemned settlement expansion, forced displacement, and annexation attempts, branding them crimes against humanity.
Leaders renewed their call for an independent Palestinian state along 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, rejected any attempt to sideline the Palestinian cause, and reaffirmed Jordan’s custodianship over Al-Aqsa Mosque as an exclusively Muslim holy site.
The summit also endorsed enforcement of International Criminal Court warrants against Israeli officials and compliance with International Court of Justice rulings on genocide prevention. Leaders welcomed the UN General Assembly’s “New York Declaration” backing Palestinian statehood, as well as the upcoming Two-State Solution Conference in New York co-hosted by Saudi Arabia and France.
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Special mention was made of Algeria, Somalia, and Pakistan for their diplomatic efforts at the UN Security Council in convening the emergency meeting.
Concluding, the summit stressed that Israel’s strike on Qatar was not an isolated incident but part of a wider campaign that threatens the sovereignty of Arab and Islamic nations, undermines international law, and endangers regional stability.
