By Web Desk
TWA
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine welcomes the statements made by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain, Mr. Pedro Sanchez, on Friday, in which he urged the international community to stop arms exports to Israel to prevent further escalation in the Middle East.
The Ministry considers that Mr. Sanchez’s statements are fully consistent with international law and international legitimacy resolutions, and support the two-state solution and human rights principles, and calls on countries that still support Israel in its war to respect and implement international law and pressure the occupying state to end the war of genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem and Lebanon, and force it to comply with international law and implement international legitimacy resolutions, leading to an end to the occupation and settlement of the land of the State of Palestine based on the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to adopt the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds the countries that provide weapons and combat equipment to Israel responsible for encouraging it to continue its crimes and violations against the Palestinian people. It also calls on the States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty to act decisively to put an end to Israel’s use of weapons and military equipment to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights and against Palestinian civilians, by immediately imposing a comprehensive solution and an arms embargo on Israel, especially since the States Parties have pledged not to authorize any transfer of conventional weapons if they have knowledge of the use of weapons or their types in committing genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
