Geneva: The Sultanate of Oman condemned the Israeli occupying forces' systematic practices in Palestinian territories, which heavily damaged civilian infrastructure.
This denunciation occurred during Oman's participation in the 59th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, during the interactive dialogue on the International Commission of Inquiry's report on the occupied Palestinian territories.
Sara Abdullah Al Balushi, First Secretary of Oman's Permanent Delegation to the United Nations and Other International Organizations, stated during Oman's address that the Sultanate appreciates the Commission of Inquiry's efforts in preparing the report and recognizes the significant challenges it faced due to the obstinacy of the Israeli occupation forces and their refusal to allow onsite inspections of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
She emphasized that the report highlights a number of serious violations by the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories, including attacks on educational, religious, and cultural institutions.
She highlighted that the systematic and widespread destruction of the educational sector in occupied Palestinian territories, as well as cultural centers, places of worship, and attempts to erase national identity and heritage, constitutes a full-fledged crime under international law.
These actions constitute the basis for a war of annihilation as well as an attempt to deny Palestinian identity and destroy their existence.
AlBalushi further emphasized that Oman, in addition to condemning these blatant attempts to eliminate the Palestinian presence and displace people from their land, stresses the necessity of allowing the Palestinian people to exercise their inherent rights to self-determination, affirm their existence, and achieve their legitimate goals.
