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The Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit has adopted a resolution on the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group in Palestine. 

The summit, which is in collaboration with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the League of Arab States, held in Riyadh on Saturday.

In a statement on Sunday, the organisations said the continuation of “the Israeli occupation is a threat to the security and stability of the region and to international security and peace”.

They said that it is impossible to achieve regional peace “while overlooking the Palestinian cause or attempting to ignore the rights of the Palestinian people”.

“We seek to stop and end all Israeli illegal practices that perpetuate the occupation and deprive the Palestinian people of their rights, especially their right to freedom and to have an independent sovereign State on all their national territory,” the statement reads.

“We recall all resolutions of the United Nations and other international organizations regarding the Palestinian cause, the crimes of the Israeli occupation and the right of the Palestinian people to freedom and independence in all its territories, which have been occupied since 1967 and constitute a sole geographical unit.

“We welcome the UN General Assembly Resolution adopted on 26 October 2023. 

“We affirm the centrality of the Palestinian cause to liberate all their occupied territories and to meet all their inalienable rights. This particularly includes their right to self-determination and to live in their independent and sovereign state. 

“We reaffirm that a just, lasting and comprehensive peace, which is a strategic option, is the only way to establish security and stability for all peoples of the region and protect them from cycles of violence and wars.

“This, we stress, will not be achieved without ending the Israeli occupation and resolving the Palestinian cause on the basis of the two-state solution.”

The OIC and the League of Arab States said they refuse to justify or describe the retaliatory war as self-defense.