The State of Qatar has condemned in the strongest terms the call of the Israeli Minister of Finance to erase the Palestinian town of Hawara, considering it a serious incitement to a war crime.
In a statement today, Qatar's 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.
In this context, the Ministry held the Israeli occupation authorities alone 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.
Qatar stressed the need for the international community to act urgently to protect the Palestinian civilian population, including expanding and activating existing protection mechanisms to prevent and deter violations.
The Ministry also reaffirmed the firm position of the State of Qatar on the justice of the Palestinian cause, the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, and the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders, with East Quds as its capital. 219
