OIC summit draft: Israeli attack on Qatar risks normalization
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An Arab-Islamic summit draft warns that the Israeli regime's attack on Qatar and wider actions threaten peace, coexistence, and normalization agreements with Arab nations.
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An Israeli Air Force fighter jet releases flares over the Gaza Strip, is seen from southern occupied Palestine, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP)
An updated draft resolution from the Arab-Islamic summit warned that "Israel’s" recent attack in Qatar and its broader policies threaten efforts to normalize ties with Arab nations.
According to the text, seen by Reuters, the summit “reaffirm[s] that the brutal Israeli attack on Qatar and the continuation of Israel's hostile acts, including genocide, ethnic cleansing, starvation, siege, and colonizing activities and expansion policies, threatens prospects of peace and coexistence in the region.”
The document adds that these actions jeopardize “everything that has been achieved on the path of normalizing ties with Israel, including current agreements and future ones.”
Arab and Islamic foreign ministers on Sunday declared that Qatar’s security is “an integral part of Arab and Islamic national security,” during a closed-door meeting in Doha ahead of an extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit set for Monday to address the Israeli assault on Qatar.
According to participants, the ministers stressed that the Israeli strike on Doha represented a breach of international law and a dangerous escalation threatening Arab, regional, and international stability.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Majed al-Ansari, said the summit reflects broad Arab and Islamic solidarity with Doha and underscores the firm rejection of what he described as state terrorism practiced by the Israeli regime. He added that Monday’s emergency summit would discuss a draft statement on the Israeli aggression, prepared during Sunday’s ministerial session.
Arab-Islamic solidarity
Jamal Rushdi, spokesperson for the Arab League secretary-general, said the extraordinary summit in Doha carries a message of full solidarity with Qatar in the face of what he called the “cowardly and brutal attack” launched by Israeli occupation forces last week.
Diplomats noted that the ministerial meeting also reviewed the summit’s final statement, which will be presented to heads of state during the main session. A press conference is scheduled for Monday after the summit concludes to announce the closing communique.
Qatar announced last Thursday that it would host an emergency Arab-Islamic summit to discuss the Israeli targeting of residential sites used by Hamas leaders in Doha, an attack condemned by numerous Arab and international organizations.
Regime faces growing isolation
The Israeli Channel 13 described the situation facing the Israeli regime as a “political tsunami,” saying the entity’s isolation has deepened following its failed attack in Qatar.
According to the broadcaster, countries that once considered themselves close to the Israeli regime, such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan, are moving closer to Iran and no longer view the Israeli occupation as a reliable ally.
The report added that a “diplomatic quagmire” is unfolding, noting that the impact of the regime’s growing isolation at the United Nations has yet to be fully addressed.
The Israeli strike on Doha, which aimed to assassinate senior Hamas leaders, failed but resulted in several deaths and injuries, drawing widespread condemnation from Arab and international actors.
