The Arab Parliament has censured a plan by Argentina’s right-wing President Javier Milei to relocate the country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied al-Quds.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Parliament said the legal, historical and religious status of the city is not subject to review.
It further said such a step by President Milei would be considered a blatant violation of International law and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
It said the controversial decision emboldens the occupying Israeli forces to continue attacks on the Palestinian people and Christian and Islamic sanctities in the occupied city.
The statement also encouraged Argentina to follow the position of other South American countries that defend the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state with al-Quds as its capital.
Elsewhere in the statement, the Parliament said any move explicitly contravenes the decisions of the United Nations General Assembly and the UN Security Council.
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas earlier said the move constitutes “an infringement of the rights of our Palestinian people to their land and a violation of the rules of international law considering al-Quds as occupied Palestinian land.”
Milei delighted his Israeli hosts on Tuesday by announcing the relocation move almost as soon as he touched down in the occupied territories.
Argentina would become one of only a handful of countries to have its embassy in the occupied city.
The United States made a similar move in 2018 under the presidency of Donald Trump.
Israel annexed East al-Quds after taking it over during the 1967 war, and it is considered occupied territory under international law.
What is noteworthy about Milei is his inclination toward the Zionists and support for the regime’s genocidal campaigns in both the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
