Doha summit: an Arab-Muslim front united in words, powerless in front of the genocide

Gathered Monday September 15 in the Qatarian capital, the Arab and Muslims leaders adopted a final press release of rare firmness after the Israeli bombing of September 9 in Doha. The attack, which targeted a complex welcoming Hamas negotiators, is described as “brutal and illegal”, a blatant attack on the sovereignty of a Member State of the UN and a threat to regional and international peace.

The signatories affirm their total solidarity with Qatar, believing that a strike against Doha actually targets the whole Arab and Islamic world. They salute the “responsible” response of the emirate and reaffirm their support for the mediation efforts of Doha, Egypt and the United States to tear a ceasefire from Gaza. Any justification for the attack and any threat of new strikes are deemed unacceptable.

Beyond the Qatari case, the press release denounces the crimes committed in Palestine, evoking genocide, ethnic cleaning, seat and deprivation of food as weapons of war. He calls for immediately removing the blockade of Gaza, to launch its reconstruction without delay and warns against any project of annexation or forced displacement of the Palestinians.

Member States also ask the International Community of tEnting Israel responsible for his violations: sanctions, suspension of arms deliveries, revision of diplomatic relations and recourse to the International Criminal Court are among the options put on the table. They reaffirm their support for the recognition of a Palestinian state in the borders of 1967, with East Jerusalem for capital. Finally, the text insists on the need to strengthen Arabic and Islamic collective security. He advocates the establishment of common defense mechanisms and a regional order based on international law, the end of the Israeli occupation and a Middle East rid of weapons of mass destruction.

But behind these declarations of unity, the forehead remains fragile and without real weight. No concrete commitment was made to stop the war in Gaza or slow down the current genocide. Despite calls for sanctions and international actions, the summit has only produced verbal convictions, revealing the inability of Arab leaders to translate their anger into effective measures.