Qatari Newspapers Editorials

Doha, Qatari newspapers highlighted in their editorials Monday highlighted the efforts exerted by the State of Qatar to ensure delivery of urgent aid to the brothers in Gaza Strip, as the brutal Israeli aggression enters its 17th day.

The Qatari dailies emphasized Qatar’s endeavors through all its diplomatic contacts to ensure access of humanitarian aid convoys into the Strip, and the work for halting escalation and reaching a peaceful solution.

The papers noted that Qatar allocated 124 tons of urgent medical and food aid to the Palestinian brothers, of which only 37 tons entered the Strip. In addition, two Qatari Armed Forces planes arrived at Al-Arish airport carrying 87 tons of medical and food aid.

English newspaper The Peninsula said the participation of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Cairo Peace Summit shows the stance of Qatar in supporting the Palestinian cause and keeping it at the top of its priorities.

In its editorial titled “Plight of Palestinians”, The Peninsula noted that since the early days of the Palestinian issue over 70 years ago, it has been a major concern in the hearts and minds of the people of Qatar. Qatar has raised this issue on all international platforms and dedicated political, financial and moral support to the Palestinian people. The country has supported the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinians, including their right to establish a state on their land with east Jerusalem as its capital.

The paper referred to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry’s warning of the dangers of any political schemes that are being planned in order to liquidate the Palestinian cause and their rights. The ministry denounced the genocide that the Israeli occupation air forces are committing in the Gaza Strip, including the use of internationally prohibited weapons, deepening the humanitarian catastrophe.

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has emphasized that the grievances of the Palestinian people are legitimate and longstanding and that the context of these tragic events cannot be ignored within the longstanding conflict and 56 years of occupation with no end in sight. He called for respect of international humanitarian laws, including the Geneva Conventions, which includes the protection of civilians, and not attacking hospitals, schools, and UN facilities that currently shelter half a million people, The Peninsula added.

Under the headline “Gaza Relief is a Humanitarian Duty”, Al-Sharq newspaper said that the State of Qatar has allocated 124 tons of urgent medical and food aid to the Palestinian brothers in Gaza Strip, 37 tons of which entered the Gaza Strip, in addition to two Qatari Armed Forces planes which arrived in Al-Arish carrying 87 tons of medical and food aid, within the framework of the country’s support for the brotherly Palestinian people in the difficult humanitarian conditions caused by the continuous Israeli bombing of Gaza Strip.

Al-Sharq called on the international community to assume its responsibilities to ensure an immediate end to the war on Gaza Strip which is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian tragedy, and to allow the flow of supplies, medical needs and medicines. It also called on international parties to condemn the indiscriminate bombing by the occupation, which represents a flagrant violation of international law, international humanitarian law, and the Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

The occupation’s heinous war crime affected hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, residential buildings, and humanitarian relief corridors. It is dangerous for the international community to accept targeting health centers and relief corridors, and it is even more dangerous for these crimes to continue without urgent intervention, Al-Sharq stressed. (MORE)

Source: Qatar News Agency