Jerusalem, 9 October: Muslim countries seem to be divided over Hamas’ attack on Israel. Iran and Iraq have called a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, while the United Arab Emirates has supported Israel on this issue.
Iran has called for an emergency session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the situation in Palestine in the wake of incursions and raids by Israeli forces.
In a telephone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said supporting the rights of Palestinians and fighting Israel is an immutable principle in the structure of the Islamic Ummah.
He described Palestine as “the beating heart of the Islamic world.”
Raisi stressed the importance of holding an emergency session of the 57-member body of Muslim countries on the current situation in Palestine.
He reaffirmed Iran’s support for efforts to strengthen unity among Muslim countries, stressing that the unity of the Islamic world is necessary to counter Israeli aggression. The foreign ministers of Iran and Iraq have also called for a special OIC session on Palestine.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said on Monday that Iran has called an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on regional development. Iran has warned that any miscalculation on its part would be ‘disastrous’.
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first Muslim country to openly support Israel. UAE has termed Hamas’ attack on Israel as serious.
The UAE Foreign Minister said in a statement that he was shocked to see Hamas terrorists abducting and brutally killing Israeli citizens. The UAE called on Palestine to unilaterally stop the war.
