London - Saba:
Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi called on Western countries to force the Zionist entity to end its aggression in the Middle East. He stressed that what is called in Western politics and media as "Iranian proxies" are national resistance movements that arose as a result of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
In an interview with the Financial Times, al-Busaidi said Western powers have a moral obligation to force Israel to end its attacks in the Middle East.
"It is a moral responsibility for these countries to do more than just persuasion. There must be some kind of restriction on Israel to stop its aggression."
The Omani minister called on Western countries to abandon what he described as the "old Cold War habit" of unconditional support for the occupying entity.
"There are peaceful means of pressure that these countries, which are Israel's closest friends, can use," he said. He cited the decisions of France and Britain to limit arms sales to the occupying entity.
"The United States and many other countries tried to convince the Zionist leadership to stop the fighting, reach a ceasefire, and return to the political process, but unfortunately we did not see any trace of that," the Omani minister said.
When asked about Iran's "use of proxies like Hezbollah and its support for Hamas," Busaidi insisted that "such groups are not the cause of instability in the region."
"We wouldn't have Hamas in the first place if we had addressed the root cause of the crisis, Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands, which led to the rise of national resistance movements everywhere, which you call proxies," he said.
"The only party I see now that wants to continue the war is Israel, and the world is failing to stop that and convince Israel to stop this madness," al-Busaidi said.
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