Today, Ahmed Attaf, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, reiterated that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has issued clear directives for Algeria to prioritize support for the Palestinian cause since assuming its non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
In his address to representatives from national agencies, institutions, diplomatic missions, and international and regional organizations accredited in Algeria, delivered during the commemoration of Algerian Diplomacy Day—marking Algeria’s membership in the United Nations on October 8, 1962— Attaf remarked, “It is fate that Algeria joined the Security Council amidst the tragic circumstances faced by the Palestinian people across all their occupied territories, as well as for our brothers in neighboring Palestinian states.”
Consequently, the minister stated that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has issued “strict orders for Algeria to concentrate on supporting the Palestinian cause and combating the crimes committed by Zionist entities in the region, making this our primary concern and top priority since the beginning of our council membership earlier this year.”
He continued, “Algeria will persistently call for meeting after meeting, initiative after initiative, and idea after idea, as there is no alternative but for both the Security Council and the General Assembly to fulfill their responsibilities toward the Palestinian people and all nations and peoples in the region impacted by acts of Zionist aggression.”
The minister emphasized that “the genocidal war inflicted upon the Palestinian people in Gaza marked its one-year anniversary yesterday, and despite the international community largely sympathizing with the Palestinian cause, it remains unable to deliver justice for this oppressed, subdued, and vulnerable population.”
In this context, Attaf highlighted the positions of influential international powers regarding the conflict, noting that “they range from those who fully support the occupation with unlimited financial and military aid, to those who understand, justify, and advocate for Israeli atrocities without any constraints.”
He added, “Such a situation only contributes directly to the continuation and escalation of the genocidal war into the West Bank, amid an unprecedented surge of Zionist aggression that spares no one in the region—neither Syria, nor Lebanon, nor Yemen, nor Iran.” He further remarked that “this reality only fuels the arrogance and tyranny of the occupier, who wreaks havoc, perpetrates crime, and exercises oppression throughout the region at will, without facing any deterrents or constraints.”
The Foreign Minister asserted that “what we feared would happen in Gaza is now unfolding in brotherly Lebanon, blurring the lines between the two and making it increasingly difficult to distinguish Gaza from Lebanon and vice versa.”
Moreover, he noted, “The international community’s attention remains fixated on Iran, anticipating the proliferation of Zionist crimes and the outbreak of a comprehensive regional conflict fraught with unpredictable possibilities and consequences.”
Most concerning, Attaf observed, is that “some have resigned themselves to accepting this unjust reality and submitting to it, as if it were inevitable, leaving them with little more than expressions of concern when courage and will are absent for condemnation, denunciation, and protest.” He emphasized that “even those who have recently begun to recognize the brutality and danger of the Zionist occupation have become targets of provocations and attacks in response to the minimal expressions they dared to make.”
