Kuwait has warned the United Nations Security Council of Israel’s attempts to change the historical and legal status quo at Jerusalem’s holy Al-Aqsa Mosque condemning the Israeli incursion into the besieged Gaza Strip.
This came in a statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations Ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi during the meeting on the Palestinian issue held on Monday at the United Nations permanent headquarters in New York.
“The way the council deals with the Palestinian issue and the Middle East peace process has contributed to the loss of confidence in the ability of the international community to provide solutions” he said.
He stressed the need to promote multilateralism and boost UN efforts to prevent a third world war.
The Kuwaiti ambassador warned against the Israeli violations in East Jerusalem and the underway attempts to change the historical and legal situation at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to divide spatially and temporarily.
The Kuwaiti envoy added that the lack of action by the UN Security Council has given room to simmering Israeli violations of international law.
Al-Otaibi pointed out that his country and the Bolivians demanded that a meeting be convened in response to the the serious escalation sparked by an Israeli military incursion into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
He said Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza has been escalating since March with at least 228 people killed including 41 children.
Al-Otaibi added that the eleven-year long siege on Gaza has led to a serious breakdown in the economic and security conditions in the enclave where half of the population lives below the poverty line and earns no more than $ 1.25 per day.
