China’s President Xi Jinping has called for a peace conference to end the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine which has been causing tremendous suffering in Gaza.
Addressing Arab leaders at the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing on Thursday, President Xi said Israel’s war on Gaza “should not continue indefinitely” and “justice should not be absent forever”.
According to Al Jazeera, his remarks come as Israel deepens its offensive on Gaza, seizing the strategic Philadelphi Corridor on the border between the enclave and Egypt, while engaging in a renewed push into the northern Gaza Strip, Israel’s national security adviser indicated on Wednesday that the war is likely to continue for another seven months.
China’s President said that his country would continue to help with alleviating the humanitarian crisis and post-war rebuilding in Gaza, pledging to provide another $69 million in emergency humanitarian assistance.
