Islamabad :
Leading political and religious parties in Pakistan have called the establishment of relations with the Tel Aviv regime a clear betrayal of the Islamic world and stressed that a new regional bloc should be formed with the participation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan to help resolve the Palestinian issue.
According to IRNA on Thursday, a joint conference of Pakistani political and religious parties entitled “Normalization of relations with Israel, betrayal of the Islamic Ummah” was held by the Foundation for the Support of Palestine at the Karachi Journalists’ Club.
The seminar was held on the eve of World Quds Day and was attended by representatives and senior officials from the Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan ruling party), Muslim League-Nawaz, People’s Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, United Ethnic Party, Pakistani Ulema Jamiat and the Muslim Unity Party. .
Pakistani political leaders pledged their firm support to the Palestinian people, defended the resistance against the occupying regime in Jerusalem and opposed any normalization of relations with Israel, saying that the Tel Aviv compromisers had betrayed Islamic nations, including defenseless Palestinians.
According to them, resolving the Palestinian issue requires a regional consensus and a cohesive approach of the supporters of the liberation of Jerusalem, and for this purpose a new bloc should be formed in the region with the presence of Iran and Pakistan, including Malaysia and Turkey.
Senator Taj Haidar of the Pakistan People’s Party called the Washington-Tel Aviv partnership a threat to world peace and security, adding that Muslims must unite to liberate Jerusalem and save the Palestinian people from the occupiers.
He stressed: “The resources of Islamic countries should be spent on their nations and at the same time public opinion in the world should be prepared to resolve the Palestinian issue and prevent Israeli expansionism.”
Ferdows Shamim, a member of the State Assembly from the Tehreek-e-Insaf Pakistan (ruling party), also said that the Islamic nations should be strongly united so that they can take a strong position in the region and the world against the Zionist regime and defend the freedom of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
He added: “The pain and suffering of Muslims, whether in Palestine or Kashmir, has become a challenge to humanity, and we must send a clear message to the world that we will never be able to remain silent in the face of Israeli oppression against Palestine and Zionist expansionism in the occupied territories.” .
“Negotiations are not the solution to the Palestinian question, but the continuation of the resistance and the Tel Aviv Occupation Front is the only way to respond,” said Baqir Abbas Zaidi, secretary general of the Muslim Unity Party in Sindh, Pakistan.
He said: “Today, the Zionists are witnessing the Palestinian resistance with all their helplessness and are forced to face confrontation and violence in order to survive.”
At the end of the Quds Conference, Saber Abu Maryam, Secretary General of the Foundation for the Support of Palestine in Pakistan, read out a joint resolution of the parties present, according to which the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan will be celebrated throughout Pakistan.
He added: “The Palestinian territories belong entirely to the people of this country, but in contrast to Israel, it is an occupying, fake and expansionist regime.”
In the joint resolution, representatives of Pakistani parties called on the Islamabad government to form a regional coalition with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, Russia and China to resolve the Palestinian issue.
They also strongly condemned the continuation of Islamophobia in Western countries and the insult to the holy shrine of Prophet Mohammad Mustafa (PBUH), especially in France.
