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Eight Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza as violations of international law

Saudi Arabia, UAE, and six other countries warn that continued strikes risk derailing US-backed peace plan

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Saudi Arabia, Arab, Muslim countries condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza, warn they threaten ceasefire efforts

What this story says

  • Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, and Türkiye issued a joint statement condemning Israeli attacks on Gaza as violations of international law.
  • The statement highlighted attacks on healthcare facilities, civilian infrastructure, and civilian casualties, including women and children.
  • The ministers warned that continued violations could derail the US-backed plan to end the Gaza conflict and trigger renewed escalation.
  • The group called on the UN Security Council to take practical measures to ensure compliance with international law.

Who covered it

Left 22%(6)Centre 30%(8)Right 48%(13)

Percentages are shares of the 27 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 12 of the 39 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

15/100

39 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 6 of the 27 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Eight Arab and Muslim countries condemned Israeli military actions in Gaza in a joint statement issued on 6 August 2026. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, and Türkiye described the attacks as grave violations of international law and international humanitarian law.

The statement said the Israeli attacks targeted healthcare facilities, civilian infrastructure, and resulted in civilian casualties, including women and children. The ministers warned that continued violations risked undermining regional and international efforts to advance the next phase of the US-backed plan to end the Gaza conflict. They said the attacks could derail the political process, trigger renewed escalation, and worsen the humanitarian crisis.

The ministers linked the situation in Gaza to developments in the occupied West Bank, including settler attacks, settlement expansion, and measures affecting the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem. They described these actions as part of a broader effort to impose a fait accompli by force, undermining prospects for a two-state solution and Palestinian rights.

The group called on the United Nations Security Council to take practical and effective measures to ensure compliance with international law, hold those responsible for violations accountable, and support efforts toward a permanent ceasefire. They also rejected attempts to annex occupied Palestinian territory or forcibly displace Palestinians.

What the coverage left out

No centre-rated outlet ran this story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the ministers’ call for the UN Security Council to take practical measures to ensure compliance with international law. The Saudi Gazette, the only left-rated report, was the only outlet to quote the statement’s rejection of attempts to annex occupied Palestinian territory or forcibly displace Palestinians.

Tags:#GazaConflict#MiddleEastDiplomacy#InternationalLaw#UNSecurityCouncil#TwoStateSolution

Coverage settled. We checked this 19 times and stopped on 12 Aug 2026, 09:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

6 rated outlets

  • The Saudi Gazette, the only left-rated report printed in full, led on the joint statement’s condemnation of Israeli violations as a clear breach of international law and the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict. It quoted the ministers’ warning that the attacks threatened to derail the political process and deepen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
  • The report used the phrase “strongest condemnation and denunciation” to describe the ministers’ response. It also quoted the statement’s language on the protection of civilians and medical facilities as legal obligations that “must not be compromised or diminished under any circumstances.” The Saudi Gazette framed the Israeli actions as part of a systematic policy to undermine the two-state solution.

Centre

8 rated outlets

  • The eight centre-rated outlets all reported that eight Arab and Muslim nations issued a joint statement condemning Israeli attacks in Gaza as violations of international law. They named Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia as signatories. The statement was described as addressing attacks on healthcare facilities, civilian infrastructure and the loss of civilian lives, including women and children.
  • WTVB and The Express Tribune carried the full text of the joint statement, which called the Israeli actions grave breaches of international humanitarian law and a threat to a U.S.-backed peace plan. Both reports included Israel’s response, quoting its prime minister’s office as accusing the statement of distorting reality and blaming Hamas for continued violence. The Express Tribune added that the ministers linked Gaza violations to settler attacks in the West Bank and settlement expansion.
  • The six digests led on the condemnation of Israeli strikes and the risk of derailing the political process. Oil Price specified that more than 1,200 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes since the ceasefire began. None of the digests mentioned the ministers’ call for the UN Security Council to intervene or their reference to the two-state solution.

Right

13 rated outlets

  • The four right-rated digests all led on the joint statement’s warning that Israeli attacks were undermining the US-backed peace plan. India Today’s digest said the UAE and seven other Muslim-majority countries accused Israel of jeopardising Donald Trump’s Gaza peace roadmap. Anadolu Ajansı’s digest said the group condemned Israeli strikes on healthcare and civilian infrastructure as violations of international law. Khaleej Times’s digest said the ministers described the violations as a clear breach of Israel’s obligations under international law and the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.
  • Arab News, the only right-rated report printed in full, led on the ministers’ condemnation of Israeli violations as grave breaches of international law. It quoted the statement’s warning that the attacks risked undermining regional and international efforts to advance the US-backed plan. The report used the phrase “grave violations” to describe the Israeli actions and linked them to the broader political process, including the US announcement that Palestinian factions had accepted a roadmap.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Eight Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza as…?
Of the 27 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 22% are rated left, 30% are rated centre, 48% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 39. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Eight Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza as… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 27 rated outlets on this story, 22% are rated left, 30% are rated centre, 48% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Eight Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza as… biased?
Eight Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza as violations of international law is one event reported by 39 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Eight Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza as…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Eight Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza as…?
39 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Which countries condemned the Israeli attacks on Gaza?
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, and Türkiye issued a joint statement condemning the attacks. The statement described the strikes as violations of international law and warned they could undermine the US-backed peace plan for Gaza.
What did the joint statement say about the US-backed peace plan?
The ministers warned that continued Israeli violations risked undermining regional and international efforts to advance the next phase of the US-backed plan. They said the attacks could derail the political process, trigger renewed escalation, and worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Did the reports agree on what the statement called for?
The reports agreed the statement condemned Israeli attacks and linked them to the peace plan. The Saudi Gazette, a left-rated outlet, was the only one to quote the statement’s call for the UN Security Council to take practical measures to ensure compliance with international law.
Which outlets did not cover this story?
No centre-rated outlet ran this story. The reports printed below include one left-rated outlet, four right-rated outlets, and three unrated outlets.

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