Hussein Urges All Muslims to Support Uprising in Israeli-Occupied Lands
King Hussein of Jordan urged the Muslim world to support the rebellion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, where at least 99 Arabs and an Israeli soldier have been killed since Dec. 9.
Opening a meeting of foreign ministers of the 46-member Organization of Islamic Conference, Hussein said, “The Palestinian people have a rightful claim on us to support their uprising both on the national and international level so that the uprising may bear fruit.”
The king did not elaborate on what forms aid should take. Earlier, Sharifuddin Pir Zadeh, secretary-general of the Islamic conference, said protesters in the Israeli-occupied territories should be supported “financially and morally.”
Hussein said the Palestinians were “heroically fighting for their freedom and national rights and defying in their uprising the arrogance of the forces of occupation.”
He also asked the ministers to support an international conference on Middle East peace and added that there should be a seat for the Palestine Liberation Organization at such a conference.
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