Doha Summit: A Message of Solidarity Against Aggression

Arab and Islamic leaders are preparing to gather in Doha for an extraordinary summit Monday, sending a strong message of unity and condemnation against what they describe as Israeli aggression, as tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate.

In remarks published in the 81st issue of the Arab League’s semi-monthly electronic media bulletin, Ambassador Ahmed Rashid Khattabi — Assistant Secretary-General and head of the Media and Communication Sector — framed the Doha Summit as a powerful message of solidarity aimed at halting what he called a pattern of attacks undermining Palestinian rights and sovereignty.

Khattabi pointed to recent developments at the United Nations General Assembly — especially the adoption of an international declaration affirming the two-state solution — and to the Security Council’s emergency meeting following Israel’s strike on Qatar, describing these moves as evidence of Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage.

“The vote at the General Assembly in favor of the international declaration carries both political and moral symbolism, embodying a clear collective will to support the Palestinian cause,” Khattabi said. He described the resolution as more than symbolic, calling it “a bold, practical step by the international community toward ending the war in Gaza” and stopping “acts of genocide, starvation, humiliation, displacement and forced expulsion.”

Khattabi emphasized that after nearly two years of devastating conflict in Gaza, the world is increasingly seeing through what he described as distorted narratives that had long obscured the reality on the ground. He warned that Gaza, “which Israel has turned into a graveyard for thousands of innocents, must not likewise become a graveyard for international and humanitarian law.”

He urged that the “historic General Assembly session must be translated into concrete action through the engagement of all international actors,” stressing that the time has come for Palestinians to establish their independent state and achieve a sustainable resolution of the conflict based on the two-state solution.