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DAR URGES ARAB-ISLAMIC TASK FORCE, CALLING ISRAEL PERSISTENT ‘DANGER TO WORLD PEACE’ Monday, 15 September, 2025 | 21 Rabiul Awal, 1447
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EPUTY Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday urged urgent collective action against Israel, calling for the creation of an Arab-Islamic task force to monitor its actions and adopt deterrent and offensive measures in a synchronised manner to curb expansionist designs. “Frequency of regional consultations on Israel reflected how it had become “a persistent irritant and a danger to world peace and security,” FM Dar warned while addressing the ministerial meeting in Doha ahead of the Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit, according to the Foreign Office. Dar strongly condemned what he described as Israel’s “illegal and unprovoked aggression” against Qatar, referring to last week’s strikes on the Qatari capital that killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer. He termed the attack a reckless violation of Qatar’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in contravention of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the threat or use of force. “No state is safe from such an unhinged entity that defies all precepts of civilised behaviour,” Dar said, adding that the question of Israeli accountability was a test of the credibility of the global system. The deputy prime minister stressed that Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and that member states should consider additional punitive measures to deter further violations. He further urged the UN Security Council to invoke Chapter VII of the UN Charter to demand an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire, as well as the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners. He also called for unfettered humanitarian access in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the protection of aid workers, medical teams, and UN personnel. At the same time, he emphasised the revival of a genuine, time-bound political process leading to a twostate solution in line with international law and relevant UN and OIC resolutions. The Doha summit, co-sponsored by Pakistan under the umbrella of the 57-member OIC, was convened in the wake of the Israeli strikes on Qatar and the intensifying crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. A draft resolution seen by Reuters condemned the attack as a destabilising escalation and opposed Israeli plans to “impose a new reality in the region.”
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