Iran rejected references to a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the final communique of the Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha, saying the approach would not resolve the issue and accusing US policies of sustaining Israeli aggression.
“Iran reiterates that the so-called two-state solution will not solve the Palestinian issue,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by state media. “The only real and lasting solution is the establishment of a single democratic state through a referendum with the participation of all Palestinians, inside and outside the occupied territories.”
It added that Tehran “disassociates itself from any reference to this concept and similar notions, including East Jerusalem, the 1967 borders and related terms, mentioned in the communique.”
The ministry reaffirmed support for what it called the “inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination” and condemned “brutal crimes” by Israel.
“The people of Palestine have the right to use all necessary means to exercise their right to determine their destiny and free themselves from foreign colonial occupation,” it said.
The Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen echoed similar criticism, dismissing the communique as empty rhetoric and calling for stronger action. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a senior member of the group’s supreme political council, said “a simple and tiresome statement of condemnation will not prevent the crimes of the occupiers.”
'US cannot be neutral mediator'
While praising mediation efforts by Qatar and Egypt, Tehran said, “US policies and actions in practice sustain and support the aggressions of the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people. Therefore, the United States cannot be regarded as a credible or impartial party in advancing a just and lasting peace.”
The Arab-Islamic summit, convened in Doha this week after Israel’s September 9 strike on Qatar, denounced the attack as a violation of international law and expressed full solidarity with Doha.
Leaders said Israel’s “crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing, starvation and siege” undermine prospects for peace, and reaffirmed support for the Arab Peace Initiative and international resolutions backing a two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital.
Iran requested that its reservations be recorded in the summit’s final report.
