RIYADH
\nThe freezing of Israel\u2019s UN membership might happen soon, Arab League Secretary General announced at a press conference on Monday in Riyadh.
\nArab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit was speaking to media after attending an Arab and Islamic summit on the situation in Gaza and Lebanon held by the leaders of OIC, Arab League and the Saudi Foreign minister.
\n\u201cWhat we now see is that there is a significant consensus of the international community, a majority of countries of the members of the United Nations, a significant number of the largest countries actually in the world that stand very firmly behind a two state solution,\u201d said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the same press conference.
\n\u201cI trust that a lot of states will support freezing the membership. And this freezing is not under the UN Security Council\u2019s vision, meaning the UNSC is the only party concerned with expelling and joining members but we are not speaking about expelling or joining, we are talking about freezing. Accordingly, we might witness soon the freezing of the membership through a UNGA majority vote. Accordingly, it is a step that puts things in the right place,\u201d Aboul Gheit said.
\nLate in October, the Saudi foreign minister, called for an immediate ceasefire during a \u2018Global Alliance\u2019 meeting that was held in Riyadh in a push for a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
\nThe war in Gaza erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas gunmen attacked Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and seizing another 253 hostages, by Israeli tallies. Israel\u2019s military campaign has levelled much of Gaza and killed around 43,500 Palestinians, Palestinian health officials say.
\nGaza\u2019s war has kindled wider conflict in the Middle East, with Israel bombing Lebanon and sending forces into its south to disable Iran-backed Hezbollah, a Hamas ally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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