Political, social and labor representatives attend candle light vigil ceremony in memory of Palestinian martyrs
Staff Report
Karachi, Sindh
On the eve of the New Year, the civil society organizations lit candles in front of Karachi Press Club on Sunday in memory of the thousands of Palestinians martyred during the aggression of the Zionist State of Israel.
The event was attended by large number of workers of different political, social, human rights and trade union bodies including National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), Shehri Awami Mahaz, Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF), Alternate and other organizations.
The participants of the gathering said that thousands of children, women and other innocent Palestinians are being martyred as a result of Israeli brutalities in Gaza. All schools, hospitals, electricity, water communication systems & infrastructure in Gaza have been destroyed. Gaza has been turned into the world’s largest prison, with all access to medicine, food and other essential supplies cut off, resulting in widespread famine and disease.
Israel’s aggression is directly supported by US imperialism, European governments, while the criminal silence and indifference of the majority of Muslim countries amounts to indirect support for Israeli brutality.
The state of Israel and its supporting states involved in the genocide of Palestinians should be ready to face the punishment for this worst crime in history. Organized Palestinian resistance against Israel’s armed tyranny will soon bring victory to the ongoing struggle for a free Palestine state. This arduous struggle of the Palestinians, which has been going on for more than seven decades, is supported by billions of freedom-loving people around the world.
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Like the workers and revolutionaries of the world, the workers and revolutionaries of Pakistan are also with the Palestinians in their struggle for national liberation and a free homeland from the river to the see. The sacrifices of the Palestinian martyrs, the New Year’s sun will appear with the bright message of the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
They demanded that the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza should be stopped immediately; the siege of Gaza should be lifted immediately and relief operation including supply of medicine, food and other essential items for the besieged Palestinians should be allowed to reach Gaza without any hindrance.
The Israeli state should be prosecuted for genocide and serious war crimes against humanity in the International Court of Justice.
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The speakers said that the Camp David Agreement, the Oslo Agreement or the Abraham Accords are not a solution to the problem, but rather have further adversely complicated the issue and led to unrest and carnage in the region, so it is important to recognize the right of an independent Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital.
They further demanded that the right of return of all exiled Palestinians should be recognized so that lasting peace can be established in the region.
Those who spoke include Nasir Mansoor, Faisal Edhi, Gul Rehman, Zahra Khan, Dr. Asghar Ali Dashti, Riaz Abbasi, Aqib Hussain, Saeed Baloch, Fatima Majeed, Sara Khan, Shehzad Mughal, Saira Firoz, Ahsan Mehmood, Noor Mohammad, Iqbal Abro, Wahid Baloch, Anny, Waseem Jamal, Nasir Mansoor and others.
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