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ARAB LEAGUE PUSHES FOR HALTING ISRAEEL’S VIOLATIONS OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Photo: PIC
Photo: PIC

Cairo, 19 Jumadil Awwal 1436/10 March 2015 (MINA) – The League of Arab States on Sunday spoke out against the silence maintained by the international community vis-à-vis Israel’s violations of Palestinian women’s rights and of the international human rights conventions.

The Arab league, in a statement issued on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, called for the need to pool resources, both regionally and internationally, so as to defend women against all forms of sexism, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The statement further pointed out the regional and international efforts made by the Arab league to halt all forms of discrimination against women despite all the challenges faced by the Arab woman, particularly in war-torn areas.

The Arab League is currently holding contacts with different member states and parties to put into effect the so-called Cairo declaration on the post-2015 development agenda, the statement added.

Meanwhile, the Arab League is set to propose a new resolution, on Monday, calling for bringing an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.

The league said that it would present the resolution to the United Nations Security Council.

“Just and comprehensive peace is a strategic option,” the league wrote in the draft resolution, describing Arab-Israeli peace as an “indivisible” and “comprehensive endeavor.”

It added that peace would not be achieved without full Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Palestinian and Arab territories, including the occupied Golan Heights of Syria.

The potential resolution also calls for withdrawal from territories occupied by Israel in southern Lebanon, the Arab League said.

It added that the draft also underlines the need for finding a just solution to the problems of millions of Palestinians who were forced to leave their country and live as refugees in other countries. (T/P008/R03)

 

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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