ISLAMABAD – Turkey and Pakistan take a united stance against Israel at theinternational front.
Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday strongly condemned Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement for reviving a plan to buildthousands of new settlements near East Jerusalem. Netanyahu’s remarks cameahead of national elections in Israel and are clearly meant to boost hisright wing support base.
This policy violates international law and UN resolutions, said the TurkishMinistry of Foreign Affairs through a strongly worded written statement.Turkish government of PM Erdogan, and AKP party, has been consistentlyopposing Israel over its occupation of Palestine and its settlements onPalestinian land.
Before the rise of AKP in Turkey, Ankara seldom challenged Israel on itsPalestinian or Middle Eastern policies – it rather enjoyed a very cosyrelationship. It all changed with the rise of AKP to power; Ankara stillmaintains diplomatic relationship with Tel Aviv but relations have remainedstrained. Israel’s move to build more settlements has come after failure ofrecently proposed Israel-Palestine Deal.
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in its statement, said that Israeliadministration had repeatedly disregarded international law before everyelection and usurped the rights of Palestinians, which has become a patternfor Tel Aviv. Notably, the statement noted that Israel was encouraged bythe U.S., which recently announced a so-called peace plan called “Deal ofthe Century.”
It concluded that Palestinians were the sole owner of their own lands andthe occupant policies of Israel would never alter that fact.
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*Pakistan also condemned Trump’s deal for Palestine*
Pakistan’s Senate or upper house of parliament unanimously adopted aresolution rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial MiddleEast peace plan announced last month.linklinklink
The resolution, tabled by Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan from Jamaat-e-Islami,the country’s main religious party, was supported by all treasury andopposition members, state-run Pakistan Television reported.
Expressing concern over Trump’s so-called “Deal of the Century,” whichdeclared Jerusalem the “capital of Israel,” the senators said it wastantamount to an instrument of humiliating surrender by Palestinians totheir oppressors.
The resolution also called for the issue to be fairly and peacefullyresolved in light of UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions,including the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, the safereturn of all Palestinians to their homes and lands currently inillegitimate possession of Israeli settlers in breach of international lawand a halt to acts of aggression against Palestinians.
It further urged the government to take steps to summon special sessions ofthe UN General Assembly and Organization of Islamic Cooperation to work outa consensus-based strategy “with due regard to the legitimate rights of thePalestinian people as recognized by international law” for the amicablesettlement of the Palestinian issue.
Trump unveiled his so-called “peace deal” during a press conference at theWhite House on Jan. 28 alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
His plan overwhelmingly eschews international consensus on the conflict,denying Palestinian refugees their right of return and enormously shrinkingtheir borders within the West Bank. – Global Village Space
