{"id":26509,"date":"2023-11-20T13:11:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T13:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/in-beijing-arab-and-muslim-ministers-urge-end-to-gaza-war-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T13:11:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T13:11:03","slug":"in-beijing-arab-and-muslim-ministers-urge-end-to-gaza-war-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/in-beijing-arab-and-muslim-ministers-urge-end-to-gaza-war-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"In Beijing, Arab and Muslim ministers urge end to Gaza war | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nBEIJING:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arab and Muslim ministers called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as their delegation visited Beijing on the first leg of a tour to push for an end to hostilities and to allow humanitarian aid into the devastated Palestinian enclave.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation, which is set to meet officials representing each of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, is also piling pressure on the West to reject Israel&#8217;s justification of its actions against Palestinians as self-defence.<\/p>\n<p>The officials holding meetings with China&#8217;s top diplomat Wang Yi on Monday are from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, Palestine and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, among others.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rU-MV_bwvaw\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"China Hosts Arab-Muslim Diplomacy for Gaza Peace\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rU-MV_bwvaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We are here to send a clear signal: that is we must immediately stop the fighting and the killings, we must immediately deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza,&#8221; said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.<\/p>\n<p>The extraordinary joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh this month also urged the International Criminal Court to investigate &#8220;war crimes and crimes against humanity that Israel is committing&#8221; in the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2447204\/Delegation-from-Palestinian-Authority,-Muslim-nations-to-visit-China\">Delegation from Palestinian Authority, Muslim nations to visit China<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has sought to press the United States and Israel for an end to hostilities in Gaza, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom&#8217;s de facto ruler, gathered Arab and Muslim leaders to reinforce that message.<\/p>\n<p>About 240 hostages were taken during Hamas&#8217;s deadly cross-border rampage into Israel on October 7, which prompted Israel to invade the Gaza Strip with the intention of eradicating the resistance group.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza&#8217;s Hamas-run government said at least 13,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardments since then, including at least 5,500 children.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli ambassador to Beijing Irit Ben-Abba told foreign reporters at a briefing on Monday that she hoped there would not be &#8220;any statements from this visit about a ceasefire, now is not the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said that Israel hoped that the delegation would talk about hostages captured by Hamas &#8220;and call for their immediate release without preconditions,&#8221; adding that the parties involved should talk together about Egypt&#8217;s &#8220;role in facilitating humanitarian assistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Brother and Friend&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s Wang said Beijing was a &#8220;good friend and brother of Arab and Muslim countries,&#8221; adding it has &#8220;always firmly supported the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights and interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of hostilities, China&#8217;s foreign ministry has repeatedly stopped short of condemning Hamas, instead calling for de-escalation and for Israel and Palestine to pursue a &#8220;two-state solution&#8221; for an independent Palestine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2447306\/israel-expands-gaza-operation-as-palestinian-death-toll-crosses-13000\">Israel expands Gaza operation as Palestinian death toll crosses 13,000<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the end of China&#8217;s nearly three years of Covid lockdowns, Xi has launched a diplomatic push aimed at countering the United States and its allies, who he says seek to contain and suppress his country.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has deepened alliances with non-Western led multilateral groups such as the BRICS bloc of nations while strengthening ties with countries in the Middle East and the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Wang added China will work to &#8220;quell the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible, alleviate the humanitarian crisis and promote an early, comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Palestinian issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s special envoy on the Middle East, Zhai Jun, has engaged officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority &#8211; 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