Senator Rehman Malik reaches Palestinian embassy, expresses solidarity, condemns Israeli atrocities

Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms Senator A. Rehman Malik on Thursday reached Palestinian Embassy in Islamabad wherein he met with Palestinian Ambassador Ahmed Rafi and expressed his solidarity with him.

He strongly condemned Israel’s barbaric aggression and urged the world to break its silence over the Israeli’s atrocities. He expressed his heartfelt sympathies and condolences with oppressed people of Palestine. He said that Pakistani nation stands by their Palestinian brothers and sisters and express their solidarity with the heroic and brave people of Palestine.

He said that so far, the Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 220 Palestinians including 63 children and 36 women, with 1,530 people wounded, yet the world, including the United Nations have turned a blind eye to the massacre of innocent Palestinians.

Senator Rehman Malik while speaking to media outside Palestinian embassy said that he has written letter to Secretary General United Nation to constitute a high power delegation consisting of renowned religious leaders from all faiths, political figures, and human rights activists to visit Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv to make both sides sit together and announce measures for a permanent peace between Palestine and Israel. He also made the letter public and distributed copies of the letter among the journalists. He stated that the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has divided the world into two civilizations and we are inching to World War III. “Indeed it is time for you Secretary General UN) to hear the cries of Palestinians and intervene by ignoring the vetoes of the world’s mighty power which are not bigger than the creator of this world. I fully realize it is a very sensitive issue,” his letter reads.

Senator Rehman Malik in his letter has proposed the Secretary General UN to constitute a high powered delegation consisting of renowned religious leaders from all faiths, political figures, and human rights activists to visit Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv to make both sides sit together and announce measures for a permanent peace between Palestine and Israel.

He added that let the victim parties be heard and suggest a permanent solution hence a peace delegation under the interfaith charter of the UN be constituted enabling it to visit Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. He has proposed the following mandate to convince Israel and Hamas. The mandate he proposed includes to halt the inter-fight forthwith, no more land grabbing by Israel, working out a corridor allowing the stakeholders to perform their religious duties adding that Kartarpur type corridor should be built around the Masjid Al-Aqsa with separate entrances duly agreed by the stakeholders. It also included that no arms of any kind shall be allowed in Masjid Al-Aqsa and UN peacekeepers should provide security for the mosque till special security by actual stakeholders in place.

The former Interior Minister proposes that the peace delegation may include Imam of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Pope Francis, Italy, and The Chief Rabbinate of Israel as proposed by Israel and Head of United Nations Human Rights Council.