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Zionist Regime’s Fiasco in 8-Day War in International organizations and several countries have condemned the Zionist regime’s attacks on Gaza, calling for immediate halt to attacks. By S. Musawi Several international organizations such as Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and a large number of countries including Iran, Russia, Egypt, Pakistan, Lebanon… as well as people across the world have condemned the Zionist onslaught against Gaza. Iran, Inter-Parliamentary Union Condemn Israeli Attacks Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in separate phone calls with a group of his counterparts, the political and parliamentary personalities and other international political officials strongly condemned recent crimes of the Zionist regime of Israel in Gaza. In a phone call with Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), described as “shameful and deplorable” the Zionist regime’s wide-scale attack from air, sea and the ground on the innocent people of Gaza. “The time is now ripe for the IPU, as the hub of the world parliaments, to show serious reaction in this regard.” Johnsson said in reply: “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s concern over Israel’s attacks on Gaza is common source of concern by many of the world people and the IPU is soon to issue a statement in this connection to closely follow up the issue.” He noted that an IPU delegation is soon to pay a visit to Gaza. Meanwhile, in a phone call with Professor Erol KiliÇ, Secretary General of the IPU, condemned the Zionist regime’s crimes and called on the Islamic states to take concrete action in that connection. Also in phone calls with Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri, Algerian People’s National Assembly Speaker Mohamed al-Arabi Ould Khalifa, Fehmida Mirza, first woman speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly, Syria’s parliament speaker, Jihad Laham, Osama Al-nujaifi Speaker of Iraqi Council of Representatives, and Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Larijani condemned the crimes. He called on Muslim states to take parliamentary measures to condemn the merciless crimes of the Zionist regime in launching air, ground and sea attacks on Gaza. NAM Condemns the Zionist Regime The Non-Aligned Movement, in a statement, condemned the Zionist regime’s military aggression on Gaza Strip and called on the international community, particularly the UN Security Council to bring an immediate halt to Israel’s crimes. The NAM statement said that the Zionist regime has once again heightened its military aggressions against the Palestinians, particularly on Gaza Strip. Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazayee presided over the ambassadorial meeting of NAM in New York city held for reviewing the recent Israeli aggression against the defenseless Palestinians. NAM condemns the recent Israeli military aggressions against the Palestinians and believes that the aggression of Israeli regime and resorting to force against the defenseless people needs immediate attention of the entire international community and firm measure of the UN Security Council as the sole responsible for protecting peace and international security, it added. OIC Condemns Zionist Regime’s Attacks The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers strongly condemned the dangerous Israel escalations against Gaza. “The council considers this barbaric aggression a continuation of the ongoing savage and devastating war waged by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip since 2008.” The council observes that these serious acts of aggression are being committed at a time when efforts are continuing to reach a military truce in the Gaza Strip and accomplish a comprehensive Palestinian reconciliation, the statement said. The council sees this premeditated wanton aggression as an attack on the entire Islamic world and warns against the continued Israeli escalation and the attempt to reinvade the Gaza Strip, which will further fuel the conflict and take the region to the brink of an explosion, the statement added. Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, condemned the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, OIC said in its statement. The report says that Israel must stop shelling of the Gaza Strip, as air strikes kill civilians. Nasrallah to Arabs: Use Oil as Weapon to Pressure US on Israel Hezbollah chief says Palestinian militants’ long-range rockets are ‘very significant development’ in conflict with Israel.Palestinians firing long-range rockets from Gaza into Israel represents a “very significant development” in the conflict with the Zionist regime, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said. “The firing of Fajr 5 rockets on Tel Aviv shows the maturation, the wisdom and strength, and the courage of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip,” Nasrallah said in a speech. “The Israeli enemy was surprised and forced to acknowledge that its capital had been hit,” said the leader of Lebanon’s most powerful military force, adding that the Iranian-made rockets have a range of 70 kilometers (44 miles) Gaza defenders defied a major Israeli bombing campaign, firing off volleys of rockets, one of which hit the sea near Tel Aviv, the farthest distance ever attained by fire from Gaza. This was the first time rockets had been fired at Tel Aviv since the 1991 Persian Gulf War, when the city was hit by Iraqi Scud missiles. “This is a very significant development in the history of the conflict between the resistance and the Israeli enemy,” Nasrallah said. Nasrallah called on Arab leaders to “make every effort to deter, prevent and stop the aggression on the Gaza Strip and protect the people of Gaza.” The only thing that can change the equation, is for the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation “to take a genuine stand” and use oil as a weapon to push the United States to pressure its ally Israel. “We are all concerned in Lebanon to do everything in our power to help the situation,” he concluded. “This is not Gaza’s battle to fight alone, but belongs to all of us.” Russia Is Concerned Russia has strongly condemned the latest wave of Israel’s aerial attacks on Gaza Strip, which has killed over a dozen Palestinians in the besieged territory. “Further escalation of violence would be impermissible,” Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters in Moscow. “The disproportionate strikes in Gaza Strip are totally unacceptable, especially when there are civilian casualties,” he added. “Moscow is deeply concerned with what is going on in Gaza Strip and calls for the bloodshed to end,” Lukashevich noted. The new wave of Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has claimed at least 17 lives since Wednesday. Ahmed al-Ja’abari, the popular and influential head of the Hamas military wing, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, was assassinated in an Israeli attack on his car on Wednesday. The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, in violation of international law disproportionate force is always used and civilians are often killed or injured. Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty. The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education. Egyptian President Slams Israel, Vows to Stand by Gazans Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has condemned Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, vowing to stand by the people of the beleaguered Palestinian territory. In a televised address, Morsi lashed out at Tel Aviv for killing over a dozen Palestinians, including senior Hamas commander Ahmed al-Ja’abari, during a series of strikes. “We are in contact with the people of Gaza and with Palestinians and we stand by them until we stop the aggression,” he vowed. Tel Aviv’s deadly strikes has sparked anti-Israeli protests in Egypt; and prompted Morsi to recall the Egyptian ambassador to Israel and to summon the Israeli envoy to Cairo. “We do not accept under any circumstances the continuation of this aggression on the Strip,” the Egyptian leader stressed, warning that the attacks will destabilize the region. “The Israelis must realize that this aggression is unacceptable and would only lead to instability in the region and would negatively and greatly impact the security of the region,” he stated. Hamas Will Rain Rockets on Israel If Strikes Continue A top Hamas official says the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, will rain down its rockets on Israel as long as the new wave of attacks by the Tel Aviv regime on the Gaza Strip continues. “If the Israeli aggression continues, it is clear that the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades and Hamas will attack the Israelis, the Israeli soldiers and the Israeli decision-makers,” Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said at a press conference in Gaza. He added, “We will launch our rockets just like rain. Rains of rockets will pour down on them.” Meanwhile, another Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said they would not consider a truce with Israel for now. British protesters condemn Israel’s aggressions on Gaza A large-scale Pro-Palestinian demonstration was held outside the Israeli embassy in London to protest the ongoing strikes by the Zionist regime against defenseless Palestinians. Stop the War Coalition, a UK group that campaigns against what it believes are unjust wars had organized the protests. “Unless something is done to stop the violence…we could see yet another humanitarian crisis…,” the coalition warned amid the continuation of Israel’s new wave of attacks against the enclave. Meantime, an NGO that works on human rights issues in the Arab World, the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain called on Egypt to “take urgent action” to save the Gaza Strip in the face of Israeli strikes. The Israeli army military frequently conducts airstrikes and other attacks on the Gaza Strip, claiming that its aggressions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, in violation of international law, disproportionate force is always used and civilians are often killed or injured. The attacks take place while Israel keeps up its crippling blockade on Gaza, which it imposed on the enclave in 2007. Pakistan Slams Israel’s Offensive in Gaza Pakistan has strongly condemned Israel’s new offensive in the Gaza Strip, and urged the Security Council, which met in a private emergency session, to demand an immediate cessation of its military action. Council sources said that Ambassador Masood Khan, the permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the 15-member Council that the deadly Israeli offensive of more than 20 airstrikes in Gaza threatened international peace and security. “Grave developments today in Gaza portend to threaten international peace and security. The Council must play its part in arresting this trend,” he added. After the closed-door meeting that lasted nearly 90 minutes, Indian Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, who is the president of the Council for this month, said the upshot of the discussion was to seek de-escalation of the situation and to try and diffuse the tensions. “These are senseless killings,” he is understood to have told the Council. “The Israeli retaliation is excessive, the response disproportionate.” Khan said the excessive use of force by Israel on peaceful protesters in a number of Palestinian cities was unacceptable. “Israel should exercise restraint. The firing of rockets from Gaza should also stop,” he stated. “The international community should step in. The Security Council should ensure that hostilities cease forthwith and further escalation is arrested, without caveats and qualifications,” Khan added.
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