Thread by @orford_anne

Much diplomacy ahead of today's back-to-back meetings of UN Security Council and General Assembly to address the situation in East Jerusalem and Gaza. As always I am not seeing much reporting in Western media of reactions outside US & Europe. Here's a range of statements. 1/9

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs has declared that Palestinians are 'subjected to ethnic, religious and cultural cleansing' and Turkey 'will forever stand by Palestinian brothers & sisters in their fight for freedom & dignity' 2/9

https://twitter.com/MevlutCavusoglu/status/1393576497579966465?s=20

Pakistan PM has 'expressed concerns on the latest situation in Palestine and condemned Israeli Forces' heinous attack during the month of Ramazan on the Palestinians in and outside #AlAqsaMosque, defying all norms of humanity and international law' 3/9

https://twitter.com/PakPMO/status/1392557920429252609?s=20

Turkey and Pakistan have 'vowed to work together especially at the United Nations in jointly mobilizing the international community to help stop these attacks' 4/9

https://twitter.com/PakPMO/status/1392544229122088966?s=20

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has declared: 'Indonesia strongly condemns Israeli’s attacks which has resulted in the loss of lives of hundreds, including women and children. Israel aggression must be put to a stop' 5/9

https://twitter.com/jokowi/status/1393482830328463364?s=20

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar has publicly met with Head of Political Bureau of Hamas 6/9

https://twitter.com/MofaQatar_EN/status/1393624871091978252?s=20

Turkish TV station TRT World has circulated a clip of responses from nine 'Muslim countries': Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, UAE, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia 7/9

https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1393582190232014852?s=20

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu claims Israel is acting in 'self defence' and has 15 states supporting that position, including Australia 8/9

https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1393691936192712707?s=20

US President Biden has 'reaffirmed his strong support for Israel's right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza' 9/9

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1393707042771283969?s=20

China holds the presidency of the UN Security Council for May and is pushing for the Council to take action on Gaza

https://twitter.com/ChinaAmbUN/status/1393647798667591686?s=20

Tunisian President has ‘declared that Tunisia’s position regarding the #AlAksaMosque aggression goes beyond condemnation, stating that it will spare no effort to stand by the Palestinian people’

https://twitter.com/TnPresidency/status/1392216708044271624?s=20

Tunisian permanent mission to the UN has ‘conducted intense diplo discussions’ including w/ Palestine, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia + Council members on ‘Intl actions against aggression in Palestine & Gaza in Security Council and UN General Assembly’

https://twitter.com/OJerandi/status/1393646115564789760?s=20

The Bosnian President has said ‘Bosnia and Herzegovina does not and cannot support the killings of innocent civilians of Gaza’ and called on Israel to stop the attacks.

https://twitter.com/Rrrrnessa/status/1393860409334063104?s=20

In SC meeting, India expressed 'deep concern at violence in #Jerusalem, Haram Al Sharif/Temple Mount, & eviction in #SheikhJarrah', condemned attacks from & retaliation into Gaza, called for immediate deescalation & no unilateral change in status quo

https://twitter.com/ambtstirumurti/status/1393969061093068803?s=20