Barran Press
The Arab League announced that it will hold an extraordinary session today, Thursday, July 4, 2024, at the level of permanent delegates, chaired by Yemen, to discuss "the policy of confronting crimes of genocide and settlement expansion."
The Palestinian representative to the Arab League, Ambassador Mahmoud Al-Akkouk, said that "the meeting will discuss Arab action, especially as it will be held in the context of the ongoing crime of genocide committed by Israel and in light of the decisions of the occupation government aimed at preventing the realization of Palestinian statehood on the ground and persisting in plans to annex the occupied West Bank."
He added that "the meeting will discuss the colonial settlement expansion, undermining the powers of the Palestinian government, and the piracy of its funds."
Meanwhile, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, stated that groups of people have been systematically exterminated in the Gaza Strip and that no other term but "genocide" can be used to describe what is happening.
Earlier, the spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Louise Watteridge, condemned the difficult conditions faced by Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip for nine months.