The State of Qatar has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli Minister of Finance’s call to erase the Palestinian town of Hawara, considering it a serious incitement to a war crime. In a statement today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that this hateful and provocative call represents an extension of the escalatory policy adopted by the Israeli government in the occupied Palestinian territories, and in this context it held the Israeli occupation authorities solely responsible for the cycle of violence that will result from this systematic policy against the Palestinian people and their Islamic and Christian lands and sanctities. . The Ministry stressed the need for the international community to move urgently to protect the Palestinian civilian population, including expanding and activating existing protection mechanisms to prevent and deter violations, and reaffirmed Qatar’s firm position on the justice of the Palestinian cause, the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, and the establishment of an independent state on the borders. 1967, and its capital is East Jerusalem.
