On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - Muslim Council of Elders Calls on the International Community to Take Decisive Steps to End the Suffering of the Palestinian People and Affirm Their Legitimate Rights
The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, renews its unquestioned solidarity with the Palestinian people, who have endured suffering for over seven decades. It calls on the international community to take urgent and decisive steps to support the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and affirm their legitimate right to establish an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
In a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, observed annually on November 29, the Muslim Council of Elders declared that the Palestinian cause will remain a just and central issue in the Arab, Islamic, and human conscience. It emphasized the importance of mobilizing and strengthening regional and international efforts to revive a path toward just and comprehensive peace that ends the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian people and establishes a future of justice, coexistence, and stability in the region and the world.
The Muslim Council of Elders stresses the necessity for the international community to shoulder its moral, humanitarian, and legal responsibilities toward the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Jerusalem. This includes working to halt all violations against innocent civilians, completing the phases of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ensuring the delivery of humanitarian and relief aid to those affected by the aggression, and expediting the implementation of reconstruction plans.
The Muslim Council of Elders also affirms that solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people and support for their legitimate rights represents a religious, moral, and humanitarian duty. It commends all relief initiatives aimed at upholding the rights of the Palestinian people and alleviating their humanitarian suffering, as well as all efforts to enhance global awareness of the Palestinian cause and entrench values of dialogue, peace, and human coexistence.