Arab Labor Organization denounces Israeli violations against Arab laborers

Habiba Hamdy , Sunday 5 Mar 2023

The Arab Labor Organization (ALO) denounced on Sunday Israeli violations against Arab laborers in the occupied Arab, Palestinian territories during a meeting which took place in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Manpower.

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Ahmed Al-Asadi (left) and Fayez Al-Mutairi at the 98th session of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO)

 

During the meeting, ALO’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and Iraqi Minister of Manpower, Ahmed Al-Asadi, denounced “the violations committed by the Israeli occupation state against Arab workers in the occupied Arab lands”.

The ministry cited Al-Asadi as stressing the importance of joint Arab action in facing current challenges in the region.

On Friday, clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces in different parts of the occupied West Bank erupted between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces in different parts of the occupied West Bank on Friday as a fallout from Israeli raids and Jewish settlers' attacks on Palestinian towns.

On Thursday, Israeli troops shot a 15-year-old Palestinian boy dead and critically wounded another child in the town of Azzun in the West Bank.

Scores of Palestinians were also injured during clashes with Israeli troops in Bayt Dajan village and the villages of Beita and Huwara near the city of Nablus on Friday.

France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom have expressed their "grave" concern in the face of the growing violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, urging a cessation of all unilateral actions that threaten peace and incitements to violence, a joint statement issued on Saturday said.

For his part, the ALO General Director Fayez El-Motairi highlighted the importance of the Palestinian-cause-related Arab League Summit’s recommendations, which was held in mid-February in Cairo in the presence of the Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

During the conference, El-Sisi reiterated Egypt’s rejection and condemnation of any Israeli measures to change the historical and legal status quo of the city of Jerusalem (known in Arabic as 'Al-Quds') and its sanctities.

The Egyptian president referred to the continuation of "unilateral measures and the violation of international legitimacy including settlements, demolition of houses, forced displacement, confiscation of land, the systematic Judaisation of Jerusalem and illegitimate storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque."

He also referred to the ongoing storming of Palestinian cities in a manner that only escalates tension on the ground and threatens the security situation.

El-Sisi highlighted the international resolutions that protect the legal status of Jerusalem, including the UN Security Council's non-recognition of any changes to the 1967 borders, including with regard to Jerusalem, except for what is agreed upon through negotiations.

 

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