Doha: Heads of state from the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said in their final communique of their emergency summit in Doha that the attack on Qatar added to Israel’s criminal record which threatens regional and international peace and security.
According to Islamic Republic News Agency, Arab and Islamic countries have strongly condemned an Israeli strike on Qatar earlier this month. They reaffirmed that ‘the cowardly and unlawful’ attack added to the regime’s criminal record that threatens regional and international peace and security.
Heads of state from the Arab League and the OIC held an extraordinary summit in Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Monday, six days after Israel struck a building in the city. The building housed negotiators from the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement who were discussing a US peace proposal for Gaza.
The summit, convened at the invitation of Qatar, addressed the Israeli airstrike on Doha and the regime’s continuous ‘violations’ of Palestinians’ rights in the war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
In their final communique, the Arab and Islamic heads of state condemned ‘in the strongest possible terms, the cowardly and unlawful attack carried out by Israel on 9 September 2025 against a residential neighborhood in the Qatari capital, Doha.’ The attack targeted facilities designated by the State for hosting negotiating delegations, as well as several schools, nurseries, and diplomatic missions. The strike resulted in martyrs, including a Qatari citizen, and injuries among civilians.
The attack is described as ‘a flagrant act of aggression’ against Qatar and is considered ‘a grave escalation exposing the aggressiveness’ of Israel. It adds to ‘its criminal record that threatens regional and international peace and security,’ according to the communique.
The Arab and Islamic top officials expressed their ‘absolute support for the sisterly State of Qatar,’ a principal mediator in efforts to secure a ceasefire and end the war on Gaza. They stood united with Qatar in confronting the Israeli aggression, which is considered ‘a flagrant violation of sovereignty’ of the Persian Gulf Arab country.
The communique criticized the international community for its silence in the face of repeated Israeli violations. They argued that this silence has ’emboldened Israel to persist in its aggressions and to further entrench its flagrant violations of international law and international legitimacy, thereby perpetuating a policy of impunity, weakening the international justice system, and threatening to dismantle the rules-based global order.’
The Arab and Islamic heads of state called for urgent action by the international community to halt Israel’s repeated aggressions in West Asia. They warned of ‘the grave consequences of continued international inaction in curbing Israeli aggressiveness,’ including its aggression against Qatar, its ongoing and ‘escalating brutal assault on the occupied Gaza Strip,’ settlement practices in the West Bank, and its continued aggressions against Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.
These actions constitute ‘flagrant breaches of international law and blatant violations of State sovereignty,’ as stressed in the communique.
Condemning Israel for its attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians and its actions causing ‘an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,’ the Arab and Islamic officials called on all countries to take all possible legal and effective measures to prevent Israel from continuing its actions against the Palestinian people.
They urged countries to support efforts to end Israel’s impunity, hold the regime accountable for its violations and crimes, impose sanctions on it, suspend ‘the supply, transfer, or transit of weapons, ammunition, and military materials,’ review diplomatic and economic relations with the regime, and initiate legal proceedings against it.