Geneva: The Sultanate of Oman expressed its condemnation of the systematic practices carried out by Israeli occupation forces in the Palestinian territories, which have extensively targeted civilian infrastructure.
This condemnation came during Oman’s participation in the 59th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, through the interactive dialogue on the report of the International Commission of Inquiry regarding the occupied Palestinian territories.
Sara Abdullah Al Balushi, First Secretary of the Permanent Delegation of Oman to the United Nations and other international organizations, stated in Oman’s address that the Sultanate appreciates the Commission of Inquiry’s efforts in preparing the report and acknowledges the significant challenges it faced due to the obstinacy of the Israeli occupation forces and their refusal to permit on-site inspections of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
She noted that the report documents a series of egregious violations by the Israeli occupation in the occupied Palestinian territories, targeting educational, religious, and cultural facilities.
She emphasized that the systematic and widespread destruction of the educational sector in the occupied Palestinian territories, along with cultural centers, places of worship, and attempts to erase national identity and heritage, constitutes a full-fledged crime under international legal definitions.
These actions fall within the framework of a war of extermination and an effort to nullify Palestinian identity and eradicate their existence.
Al-Balushi added that Oman, while reiterating its denunciation of these blatant attempts to eliminate the Palestinian presence and displace people from their land, stresses the necessity of enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their inherent rights to self-determination, affirm their existence, and achieve their legitimate demands.
