Major Muslim countries, including Turkey, are trying to drum up support for embattled Palestinians in wake of ongoing Israeli aggression but US and other Israel allies have steered clear of a clear reprimand. Here's how everyone is reacting:
Permanent UN representatives of OIC member states declared that they will mobilise international support for Palestinians in an urgent meeting in New York on Tuesday. OIC permanent representatives "unequivocally condemned the recent brutal use of force by the Israeli forces which injured over 300 Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah and around Al Aqsa mosque," the Pakistani mission at the UN said in a statement on Monday.
A core group of OIC members including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has taken the lead in seeking support to convene a special session of the UN General Assembly on the matter, the statement said. The OIC permanent representatives agreed to discuss attacks on Muslim worshippers at the Al Aqsa Mosque and other escalations in occupied Jerusalem and blockaded Gaza at the meeting on Monday, it added. Israel's recent attacks go "against all humanitarian norms and human rights laws," especially during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the OIC ambassadors said in the meeting according to the statement. "Alarms were particularly raised that residents of Sheikh Jarrah who lived in that neighbourhood for decades were facing the threat of forced eviction," the envoys said, urging the international community to take prompt action to protect the Palestinian people.The United Nations rights office said it was "deeply concerned" over the escalation of violence. "We condemn all violence and all incitement to violence and ethnic division and provocations," spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva."No force should be used against those exercising their rights peacefully," said the spokesman from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. When use of force is necessary, it should comply fully with international human rights standards, he added. Colville said the office of UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet was particularly concerned about the impact of the violence on children.Human rights group Amnesty International accused Israel of using "abusive and wanton force against largely peaceful Palestinian protesters," describing some of the measures as "disproportionate and unlawful." The rights group called on the international community "to hold Israel accountable for its systemic violations" in a statement.In one incident, it said Israeli forces last week broke up a peaceful circle of Palestinians chanting against an attempt by Israelis to evict them from their homes in the city's Sheikh Jarrah district. Forces on horseback sprinted toward the crowd, trampling a man who was trying to run away, Amnesty said.
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