Deputy Foreign Minister Anis Matta Urges Israel To Be Expelled From The United Nations

Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Anis Matta / DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (Wamenlu) Muhammad Anis Matta urged the world to strengthen efforts to isolate Israel from the international community and remove it from the United Nations (UN) as diplomatic pressure for its aggression against the Palestinian people.

This was conveyed by Anis as a proposal for joint action to stop genocide in Palestine at the Extraordinary Organizational Islamic Cooperation (OKI)-Arab League in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday (11/11), as monitored through the YouTube channel of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Riyadh reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 12.

"We urge all international institutions to isolate Israel and revoke its membership from the United Nations, and not to allow the war crimes and genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people (ongoing) without consequences," said the Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister in Arabic.

He called for the international community to step up political and diplomatic efforts to end the war in Gaza, as well as Lebanon, to prevent an escalation that has the potential to exacerbate the conflict in the Middle East.

According to him, Israeli isolation from the international community is increasingly needed to ensure the Zionist regime accepts the consequences for non-compliance with UN decisions and orders, the UN Security Council, and the International Court (ICJ) to stop genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister also called on Arab and Islamic countries to reject any efforts to normalize relations with Israel and review diplomatic relations with Israel in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative which offers a solution to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Apart from Indonesia, Malaysia also called for Israel to be expelled from the United Nations, as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in a session session of the Malaysian Parliament on November 4.

At the time, Anwar said his government was preparing a draft UN General Assembly resolution to recommend Israel be expelled from the United Nations after "violences of UN laws, laws and decisions" by the country.

The draft resolution, according to Anwar, is in the process of negotiations and is expected to be submitted to the UN General Assembly for approval in the near future.