Pakistan urges UN to suspend Israel, calls for Arab-Islamic task force to combat 'expansionist designs'

By Berk Kutay Gokmen

ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistan on Monday urged the UN to suspend Israel, calling for an Arab-Islamic task force to combat "expansionist designs."

“Pakistan strongly condemns Israel's reckless and provocative attack on Doha on September 9 that was clearly aimed at sabotaging peace efforts in the Middle East,” Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.

During an Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, Prime Minister Sharif pointed out that the attack, which "violated" Qatar's sovereignty and territorial integrity, was not an "isolated incident," but rather another manifestation of Israel's "declared hegemonic ambitions."

“Israel's genocidal campaign has reduced Gaza to rubble and ruin. The world shall always bear the scars of this unending carnage etched on the very sword of humanity,” he said.

Sharif called for the “creation of an Arab Islamic Task Force to adopt effective measures to ward off Israeli expansionist designs,” reiterating the OIC’s demand to suspend Israel's UN membership.

“The UN Security Council must urgently demand from Israel, under Chapter Seven of the UN Charter, an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire, release of hostages, and exchange of Palestinian prisoners,” he added.

He called for a “guaranteed, sustained, and secure” humanitarian access to all civilians in need in Gaza as well as the protection of relief workers, medical personnel, and journalists.

“We must achieve a just, comprehensive, and lasting two-state solution with the creation of an independent state of Palestine with pre-1967 borders,” he said.