ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s upper legislature, the Senate, passed a resolution strongly condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statement about his country's intention to form a regional alliance with India and other nations against Muslim countries, according to Radio Pakistan.
The resolution, moved by Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan, took “strong exception to the vile proclivity” of the Israeli leadership toward diminishing the unity and integrity of the Muslim Ummah on political and ideological grounds, it said.
Earlier this Sunday, while addressing a cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country “will create an entire system — essentially a kind of hexagon of alliances — around or within the Middle East,” Times of Israel reported.
He listed India, Greece, Cyprus, and “unnamed Arab, African, and Asian countries,” the report added.
“The intention here is to create an axis of countries that see reality, the challenges, and the goals in the same way, in contrast to the radical axes,” he was quoted as saying.
“Both the radical Shia axis, which we have hit very hard, and also the emerging axis — the radical Sunni axis,” Netanyahu added.
Senate condemns
The Pakistan Senate condemned the Israeli forces’ continued violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the “blatant disregard” of international law, the UN Charter, relevant UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, as well as the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, it added.
“The House rejected any attempt by the Israeli occupying power to change the legal or historical status of the occupied Palestinian territory, including the status of the holy sites,” as per Radio Pakistan.
The resolution deplored continued “provocative” steps and statements by the leadership of Israel that “threaten regional and international peace and stability,” including the latest statement expressing its intention to forge so-called alliances against Muslim nations, it added.
It also denounced attempts by Israel to undermine the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of brotherly Islamic countries and rejected, in this regard, the announcement made by Israel recognizing the independence of the “so-called Somaliland” region of the Federal Republic of Somalia, it added.
The Senate urged the international community to end Israeli impunity and hold it accountable for its crimes against humanity, as well as its actions that pose a threat to all regional countries.
It demanded the “full” Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and sustained, unimpeded humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza. This should also include support through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, as well as an early start to the recovery and reconstruction process in Gaza, it added.
The House reaffirmed Pakistan’s historic and unwavering support for the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent, viable, and contiguous State of Palestine based on pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital.
