Moroccan King calls for putting pressure on Israel

(MENAFN - Morocco Business News) HM King Mohammed VI, chairman of Al-Quds Committee, has called for pressurizing Israel into halting its oppressive practices against the Palestinians.

"I call on the international community, especially the International Quartet and the European Union to exert pressure on Israel to make it cease its oppressive practices directed against the helpless Palestinian people," the King said on Wednesday in a message to the participants in the Al-Quds International Forum, which kicked off in Rabat.

He also called for compelling it "to return forthwith to the negotiating table, comply with UN resolutions, respect the agreements signed between the parties concerned and seek earnestly to find a just, final and lasting solution to this conflict."

The sovereign also recalled that he had "condemned all Israeli acts of aggression, settlement policies and expansionist schemes because they seriously undermine the demographic balance and architectural character of the usurped city of Al-Quds."

He added he had also denounced "Israel's policies of demolition, annexation, land expropriation, property confiscation, deportation, segregation and denial of the right of access to places of worship, which are in blatant violation of divine prescriptions and international covenants."

Organized on October 28-29 in Rabat, the Al-Quds International Forum is attended by Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and other Cabinet members.

It has also seen the participation of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, the General-Secretary of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, and the Director General of Bayt Mal Al-Quds, Abdelkebir Alaoui M'daghri.