International Courant
KONYA, Türkiye
Mayors of Palestinian cities of Ramallah and Hebron referred to as the protests in opposition to Israel’s assaults on Gaza organized in universities within the US and Europe a “revolution.”
Ramallah’s Issa Kassis and Tayseer Abu Sneineh visited central Turkey’s Konya province to attend the fifteenth Common Convention of the Group of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC).
In an interview with Anadolu, Kassis lauded the pioneering function of younger folks within the ongoing protests at universities worldwide in opposition to Israeli atrocities.
“Younger folks, who’re a very powerful stakeholders of society, perceive us as a result of they’re the representatives of the longer term and our most vital ambassadors,” Kassis famous.
“It was the youth who stopped the US occupation of Vietnam in 1960,” he mentioned.
“Now once more, younger persons are main pro-Palestine protests. The world wants to listen to this and feels ashamed of themselves,” he added.
Sneineh, for his half, mentioned: “Rafah metropolis is barely part of Israeli oppression and massacres. Rafah has a political dimension.”
“Zionists wish to make use of town as political materials, hoping that the resistance will step again. However our folks won’t ever be defeated, and the resistance won’t ever step again,” Sneineh famous.
“The assist demonstrations held within the West and the US are a ‘actual revolution’ in opposition to the Western societies and the US,” Sneineh mentioned.
“These protests will not be solely a rebel in opposition to Israel but in addition in opposition to responsible Western societies,” mentioned Sneineh, describing the continuing rallies as “pleasing.”
“Societies and free folks around the globe stand with Palestine and wish Israel’s actions to cease. Nonetheless, main states and governments, particularly the US and the UK, don’t want this battle to finish,” he added.
Israel has waged a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assault, which killed 1,200 folks.
Greater than 35,230 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, principally girls and youngsters, and over 79,140 others injured, based on Palestinian well being authorities.
Greater than seven months into the Israeli battle, huge swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and medication.
Israel is accused of “genocide” on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, which has ordered Tel Aviv to make sure its forces don’t commit acts of genocide and take measures to ensure that humanitarian help is supplied to civilians in Gaza.
*Writing by Zehra Nur Duz
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