Kuwait Rejects Resolutions Consolidating Israels Golan Claim

Kuwait has rejected resolutions that would consolidate the authority of Israel’s occupation of the Syrian Arab Golan or any occupied Arab land as the current situation on the ground comes after Israel’s decision to change the legal, natural and demographic situation of the Golan. This came in a speech delivered by Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, at the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.

“These attempts are illegal, null and void and constitute a breach of international agreements, the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, in particular Resolutions 242, 338 and 497, in which the Council affirms the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,” he said.

“We are all following the international reactions condemning any step aimed at annexing the territories by force and rejecting any illegal measures aimed at increasing tension in the region. We regret the United States’ decision to recognize the annexing of the Golan under Israel’s sovereignty and here we reaffirm Syria’s right to restore the entire Syrian Arab Golan according to international legitimacy resolutions,” the Kuwaiti diplomat stressed. Al-Otaibi renewed the call on the international community to fulfill its commitments and take the necessary steps to revive the peace process in order to reach a two-state solution, end the Israeli occupation imposed since 1967 and achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace based on the relevant UN resolutions, land for peace, the Arab peace initiative and the road map.

Al-Otaibi pointed to Israel’s plans to build more than 6,000 housing units in Area C and in East Jerusalem, stressing the need for the international community to implement Resolution 2334, which stressed that Israeli settlement is a flagrant violation of international law and an obstacle to peace.

The resolution calls on Israel to immediately and completely halt all settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, as well as the implementation of other relevant international resolutions condemning the illegality of Israeli settlement, including Security Council Resolutions 465 and 497. “For almost a month, we have been forced to request a session after another to examine the unilateral decisions taken by the Israeli government illegally,” he said. He said that the first session “came after Israel’s refusal to renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron or (TIPH) and another when “we asked to hold a joint meeting with Indonesia on March 8 to discuss the economic repercussions of Israel’s unilateral decision to freeze part of the Palestinian tax revenues which we fear will trigger another crisis”.

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