Arab-Islamic summit expected to yield concrete measures against Israel

Iran’s president has urged Muslim nations to sever ties with Israel – though it remains unclear whether the summit’s measures volition spell that far.

Doha, Qatar – Foreign dignitaries from crossed the Arab and Muslim satellite person gathered successful Doha, and observers are expecting them to present a decisive effect to Israel aft its onslaught connected Qatar.

The emergency summit of the Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opens connected Monday, a time aft overseas ministers from the participating states met down closed doors successful Doha to hammer retired a draught solution proposing factual measures against Israel.

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Fury has swept crossed the portion since Israel’s strikes connected Tuesday, which killed 5 Hamas members and a Qatari information officer, missing a Hamas dialog team that was gathering successful Doha to measurement a United States connection to extremity Israel’s genocidal two-year warfare connected Gaza.

At the league connected Sunday, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani slammed Israel’s attack, noting that helium had determination enactment for taking measures to support Qatar’s sovereignty.

“We admit the solidarity of brotherly Arab and Islamic countries and affable countries from the planetary assemblage that condemned this barbaric Israeli attack,” Mohammed said, adding that Qatar intended to instrumentality “legitimate ineligible measures … to sphere the sovereignty of our country”.

Possible avenues of action

Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar underlined the value of the acme reaching a “clear roadmap … to woody with this situation”, telling Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid that the world’s Muslims “would beryllium each eyeing this summit, waiting to spot what comes retired of it”.

Two days aft the Israeli onslaught connected Doha, Pakistani Defence Minister Muhammad Asif warned that steadfast enactment was required successful effect to Israel and nary state should deliberation it would stay untouched by the Gaza war.

Speaking to Bin Javaid, Ishaq Dar echoed the sentiment, criticising the deficiency of results from United Nations Security Council discussions.

Asked what applicable measures could beryllium pursued, helium said: “I deliberation they’ve [Arab countries] already talked connected these lines. It’s a benignant of combined information unit type,” adding, “A nuclear-powered Pakistan evidently would basal arsenic a subordinate of the Ummah [community of Muslim believers]. It volition discharge its duty.”

For his part, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called connected Muslim nations to sever ties with Israel.

“Islamic countries tin sever ties with this fake authorities and support unity and cohesion,” Pezeshkian said earlier departing for Doha, adding that helium hoped for a determination connected measures against Israel.

Some analysts said the summit, which ends connected Monday evening, could output factual measures against Israel for the archetypal time.