{"id":23494,"date":"2023-10-15T20:18:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T20:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=23494"},"modified":"2023-10-15T20:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T20:18:40","slug":"it-is-genocide-of-palestinians-pakistan-condemns-siege-of-gaza-israeli-aggression-can-not-be-equated-with-palestine-struggle-fm-jilani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/it-is-genocide-of-palestinians-pakistan-condemns-siege-of-gaza-israeli-aggression-can-not-be-equated-with-palestine-struggle-fm-jilani\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8221; IT IS GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS &#8221; &#8211; PAKISTAN CONDEMNS SIEGE OF GAZA &#8211; ISRAELI AGGRESSION CAN NOT BE EQUATED WITH PALESTINE STRUGGLE &#8211; FM JILANI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23496\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FM-Jilani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FM-Jilani.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FM-Jilani-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FM-Jilani-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Sunday equated Israel\u2019s airstrikes on Gaza and the siege of the territory to conducting genocide against the people of Palestine. He also said that \u201cany attempt to equate Israel, which is an aggressor, with the Palestinian struggle, is unacceptable for Pakistan.\u201d He said that Pakistan demanded that the Palestinian right to self-determination be respected.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5>The statement comes after Israel imposed a \u201ctotal siege\u201d to stop food and fuel from reaching the enclave of 2.3 million people, many poor and dependent on aid in response to a surprise Hamas offensive last week that left 1,300 Israelis dead, according to officials.<\/h5>\n<h5>In retaliatory air and artillery strikes, Israeli forces have flattened entire neighbourhoods, hospitals and schools in Gaza. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since last week have killed at least 2,215 people, including 724 children, the Palestinian territory\u2019s Hamas-controlled health ministry said on Saturday.<\/h5>\n<h5>Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the minister noted that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation had called an emergency meeting of its executive committee in Jeddah on October 18, adding that he would be in attendance.<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UixbL3UM5z\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/palestine-latest-developments-and-impact-on-the-region-experts-opinion-at-seminar-by-issi\/\">\u201cPalestine &#8211; Latest Developments and Impact on the Region\u201d &#8211; Experts Opinion at Seminar by ISSI<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;\u201cPalestine &#8211; Latest Developments and Impact on the Region\u201d &#8211; Experts Opinion at Seminar by ISSI&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/palestine-latest-developments-and-impact-on-the-region-experts-opinion-at-seminar-by-issi\/embed\/#?secret=uaOWsSth7H#?secret=UixbL3UM5z\" data-secret=\"UixbL3UM5z\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>\u201cCertainly, Palestine is a very, very, important issue for us. We will certainly discuss the ongoing situation. There is absolutely no doubt that Israel has committed aggression. They have conducted airstrikes on the civilian population which has resulted in the death of several innocent men, women and children,\u201d he said, adding that Pakistan also condemned the \u201csiege of Gaza\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5>Jilani noted that the residents of Gaza did not have access to food, water or health facilities. \u201cThis is a situation that can be equated with genocide. Matter of fact it is a genocide being conducted by Israel against the poor people of Palestine.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>He said that Pakistan\u2019s position was that Israel must respect United Nations resolutions which recognised the right of self-determination. \u201cWe also feel that this is also the result of seven decades of illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>He called for recognising Palestine as a separate state with pre-1967 borders and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. \u201cThat remains Pakistan\u2019s consistent position with regards to this particular issue,\u201d he said.<\/h5>\n<h5>Responding to a question from a reporter, he said that Pakistan was in touch with UN agencies and international organisations to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians.<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cOur missions in Geneva and New York are also in touch with the UN agencies concerned. But unfortunately, so far there is a complete siege as far as Gaza is concerned,\u201d he said.<\/h5>\n<h5>He said that Pakistan was ready to provide immediate aid and was also in touch with Egyptian authorities. \u201cWe have been told only this morning that Israel is not allowing any assistance as of now. But this is something that we, along with OIC member countries and the international community, would make a very forceful case for the early provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Palestine,\u201d he said.<\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Responding to another question, Jilani said there was \u201cabsolutely no change in Pakistan\u2019s position with regard to Israel\u201d. He said that Pakistan\u2019s position would continue until the people of Palestine were given the right of self-determination.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JnUeDEL9J3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/president-of-pakistan-israel-crossed-all-limits-by-killing-childrenwomen-innocent-people-in-gaza\/\">PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN : &#8220;ISRAEL CROSSED ALL LIMITS BY KILLING CHILDREN,WOMEN, INNOCENT PEOPLE IN GAZA&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN : &#8220;ISRAEL CROSSED ALL LIMITS BY KILLING CHILDREN,WOMEN, INNOCENT PEOPLE IN GAZA&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/president-of-pakistan-israel-crossed-all-limits-by-killing-childrenwomen-innocent-people-in-gaza\/embed\/#?secret=rT1JCVzslI#?secret=JnUeDEL9J3\" data-secret=\"JnUeDEL9J3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Sunday equated Israel\u2019s airstrikes on Gaza and the siege of the territory to conducting genocide against the people of Palestine. He also said that \u201cany attempt to equate Israel, which is an aggressor, with the Palestinian struggle, is unacceptable for Pakistan.\u201d He said that Pakistan demanded that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1126,1258,302,285,3872,48,154],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23497,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23494\/revisions\/23497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}