Israel’s Attacks On Gaza Amount to ‘Genocide’, World Must Act: NCSW Nilofar
News Desk
Jeddah: In a powerful speech at the International Conference on Women in Islam, National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar condemned Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and called out the world’s leading human rights leaders for their “criminal silence”.
Bakhtiar said that the Palestinian people are facing “indescribable pain” and that more than 7,700 Palestinians have been killed, including over 2,400 children. She accused Israel of committing “genocide” and demanded that the international community take action to stop the violence.
Nilofar’s speech was met with a standing ovation from the audience. Her words were a powerful reminder of the human cost of the conflict in Gaza and the need for the international community to take action to protect the Palestinian people.
She further stated that schools and hospitals are being bombed and the blockade (of the Gaza Strip) has been tightened. The Israeli occupation meant enslaving the Palestinian people, with brutalities, illegal detentions, imprisonment and extrajudicial executions.
She remarked that Israel’s continuous occupation of Palestinian territories and the mistreatment of Palestinians was a question mark on the “sleeping conscience” of the powerful people of the world.
She criticised the international community for not taking adequate measures to stop the illegal occupation of Palestinian territories, especially the Western countries for their continued support for Israel despite its human rights abuses.
The Israeli government has shown its fascist face to the whole world, but the international community has failed to provide the support needed to end the conflict between Israel and Palestine, chairperson further added.
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