Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, participated in the 162nd meeting of the Arab League Council at ministerial level, which concluded Tuesday in Cairo.

The meeting discussed ways to strengthen Arab coordination and intensify efforts to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, end the humanitarian catastrophe, and ensure adequate and sustainable delivery of humanitarian and relief aid to the Gaza Strip.

In his remarks during the meeting, Safadi emphasized the need to stop Israeli violations and the ongoing escalation in the occupied West Bank, warning that continued Israeli aggression on Gaza and escalation in the West Bank could lead to an explosion of the situation in the region and drag it into a regional war.

He stressed the need to stop the ongoing Israeli violations against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, and to respect the legal and historical status there.

Safadi also reaffirmed Jordan’s positions in support of the collective Ar
ab effort, joint co-operation on current Arab and regional issues, and maintaining joint co-ordination in dealing with various challenges and their repercussions.

The meeting issued a resolution that included supporting all efforts undertaken by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to protect Islamic and Christian holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem, affirming the role of the Hashemite Custodianship over Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and its role in protecting its Arab, Islamic and Christian identity, its role in maintaining the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its holy sites, and affirming that the Jordanian Administration of Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs is the exclusive legal entity with jurisdiction to manage and maintain the affairs of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and regulate access to it.

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2- Urge the International Court of Justice to expeditiously adjudicate on the merits of the case filed by the Republic of South Africa against Israel for failing to fulfil its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948, based on the Court’s finding that the Palestinian people are protected by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and the non-compliance by Israel, the occupying power, with the interim measures ordered by the Court on 26/1/2024, 28/3/2024 and 24/5/2024.

3- Member States of the League of Arab States and parties to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide agree to officially intervene to support the case filed by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice for its violation of its obligations under the Convention during Israel’s brutal and ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip.

4- Urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to proceed wit
h the required action by issuing arrest warrants against the leaders of the Israeli occupation, especially in light of the Office of the Prosecutor’s conclusion that there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have committed crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court.

5- Affirming the condemnation of Israel, the occupying power, for committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for more than 11 months, targeting more than 145,000 Palestinian civilians as martyrs, wounded and missing, and strongly condemning the systematic and large-scale Israeli crimes and policies against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank aimed at displacing them from their land, the systematic destruction of Palestinian cities, villages and camps and their infrastructure, as well as Israeli settler terror, the killing and injury of hundreds of Palestinian citizens, demolishing, burning and destroying homes, farms and properties, and arresting thousands of people.

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ws Agency

6. To affirm that the commission by Israel, the occupying power, of the crime of displacing the Palestinian people from their land is a grave violation of international humanitarian law, a declaration of war and an aggression against Arab national security, leading to the collapse of peace prospects and exacerbating the conflict in the region.

7. Rejecting and condemning the aggressive policies and measures taken by the Israeli occupation government against the embodiment of the independence of the State of Palestine, persisting with plans to annex the occupied West Bank territories, settlement colonial expansion, confiscation of thousands of dunums of Palestinian lands and declaring them as lands belonging to the occupation state, and condemning the persistence of Israel, the occupying power, in its annexation and settlement policies in the occupied Syrian Golan.

8- Reaffirming full solidarity with the Lebanese Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic, strongly condemning the ongoing brutal Israeli aggression
against them, including targeting hundreds of civilians, destroying civilian buildings and infrastructure, and violating the sovereignty of the two countries, which constitute grave crimes and violations of international law, and holding Israel responsible for the slide of the situation in the region into a comprehensive regional war, which threatens the security and stability of the entire region.

9- Mandating the Arab Group in New York to initiate steps to freeze Israel’s participation in the UN General Assembly, due to its non-compliance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, its threat to international peace and security, and its failure to fulfil its obligations that were a condition for its admission to membership in the UN, based on the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice on 19/7/2024, by submitting a request in this regard to the President of the General Assembly and through him to the Credentials Committee that is formed at the beginning of the UN General Assem
bly session, and mobilising the necessary international support for this.

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10- Categorically reject the plans of Israel, the occupying power, for the day after the Israeli aggression, as well as its control over any part of the Gaza Strip. The Ministers demanded Israel’s full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including the Salah al-Din axis and the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, considering that the Palestinian-Egyptian borders are sovereign and untouchable borders, and stressed the necessity of operating the Rafah crossing in accordance with established rules and lifting all obstacles to safe, adequate and rapid humanitarian access through the crossing.

11. Reject the allegations and lies made by the head of the occupation government in a desperate attempt to justify his refusal to withdraw from the Salah al-Din axis ‘Philadelphia’, considering them as allegations aimed at obstructing the ceasefire efforts and the exchange of prisoners and hostages carried out by Egypt, Qatar and the United States of America, and that these allegations are attempts to distract attention fro
m the violations and aggressive and inflammatory policies adopted by Israel against the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

12- Strong condemnation of the aggressive Israeli measures targeting Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, especially the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, including undermining the freedom of worship in the mosque, preventing worshipers from entering it, its desecration, incursion, desecration, and destruction of its contents by Israeli settlers and their holding Talmudic rituals therein, and attempts to change the existing historical and legal status quo in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and divide it temporally and spatially.

13- Supporting all efforts undertaken by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to protect Islamic and Christian holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem, affirming the role of the Hashemite Custodianship over Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and its role in protecting its Arab, Islamic and Christian identity, and its role in
maintaining the existing historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its holy sites, affirming that the Jordanian Department of Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs is the exclusive legal entity with jurisdiction to manage, maintain and regulate access to the affairs of the Holy Mosque, and affirming the role of the Jerusalem Committee and the Jerusalem Bait Mal Agency, which are the only legitimate bodies with jurisdiction to manage the affairs of the Holy Mosque and its maintenance.

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14- Warning against the dangerous terrorist acts and moves led by some members of the extreme right-wing Israeli government in the occupied city of Jerusalem, including the escalating incursions of thousands of Israeli settlers into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the recently announced plan to build a synagogue in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and warning that these dangerous and provocative terrorist acts would lead to the ignition of a religious war in the region.

15. Support the decision of His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, to head to the Gaza Strip with the aim of stopping the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip, withdrawing the Israeli occupation forces from it completely and immediately, affirming that the State of Palestine has jurisdiction over the entire territory of the State, restoring national unity under the umbrella of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and enabling the government t
o assume its functions effectively in all the territories of the Palestinian State.

16- Appreciating the efforts of the non-permanent Arab member of the Security Council, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, in following up the developments of the Palestinian issue in the Security Council, stopping the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and reaching a ceasefire, as well as supporting Palestine’s application for full membership in the United Nations.

17- Adopting and supporting the State of Palestine’s move to obtain full membership in the United Nations and calling on the Security Council to accept this membership based on UN General Assembly Resolution No. A/ES-10/L.30 dated 9/5/2024, which decided that the State of Palestine is eligible for full membership in the United Nations and recommended that the Security Council positively reconsider this issue and decided to grant the State of Palestine more rights and privileges in the United Nations. Adopt and support the right of the State of Palestin
e to join international organisations and covenants with the aim of strengthening its legal and international status and embodying its independence and sovereignty over its land.

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The Independent Election Commission (IEC), Chief Commissioner, Musa Al-Maaytah said on Tuesday that about 515,000 Jordanian expatriates did not cast their votes because they are outside Jordan, although their names are listed in the final voter rolls, according to the data of the Ministry of Interior.

In a press conference held at the media centre, Al-Maaytah added that the election law does not allow expatriates to vote while they are outside the Kingdom, stressing that the objective percentage if expatriates participate in the electoral process is approximately 36%.

Al-Maaytah pointed out that the total voting rate in the Kingdom reached 32.25 per cent, an increase of 250,000 voters from the previous elections, representing an increase in the number of voters by 18 per cent.

Counting operations have begun in all polling centres in the Kingdom, according to Al-Maaytah, adding that the operations are proceeding accurately, and that the preliminary results will be announced through the dedicated platform on
https://results.iec.jo, to be available to everyone in real time.

The total number of voters reached 1,638,351, with males making up 52 per cent of the total number of voters, while females accounted for 48 per cent.

Al-Maaytah confirmed that the preliminary results will be announced as soon as the counting process is completed in 18 constituencies, and will include the number of votes obtained by each list and party lists.

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The Public Security Directorate (PSD) said that security patrols operating in the Southern Region Security Command – Ma’an Police Directorate has seized seven vehicles with concealed number plates.

Some of these vehicles’ drivers tried to flee before the security force surrounded them and apprehended them and seized their vehicles, the PSD said in a statement.

The PSD emphasized that it will not tolerate any law-breaking practices and will arrest anyone who threatens the security and safety of citizens.

It also underlined that it will continue to deploy and reinforce its personnel through a renewed security force until the end of all stages of the electoral process.

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