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From: media abim SAP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:05:47 +0800 (CST)
Subject: PRESS STATEMENT PALESTINIAN ISSUE
PRESS STATEMENT
25 FEBRUARI 2006
PALESTINIAN ISSUE
We welcome the recent statement by our Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid
Albar that Islamic states should give both financial and other forms of aid to
HAMAS to enable it to lead the Palestinian Authority (PA).
It is deplorable that the United States, the self-proclaimed champion of
democracy, pressured the PA to return $50 million aid given earlier for
regenerating the Palestinian economy following Israelâs withdrawal from Gaza.
Also, Israel has illegally stopped handing over nearly $ 55 million a month in
sales taxes and customs fees that Israel collects on behalf of the PA.
These repressive measures have been taken to punish the Palestinians for
electing HAMAS in free and fair elections to form the government. By denying
the material resources needed to run the government and to look after the
welfare of the people, both the US and Israel are hoping that the HAMAS
government would collapse and be replaced by one pliant to Israelâs
interests.
The US, as a condition for giving aid, is insisting that HAMAS recognize
Israel, renounce violence and commit itself to the Roadmap for Peace. The
imposition of these conditions amounts to a blackmail and HAMAS has rightly
rejected them. As Khalid Mishâal, the head of its political bureau, said:
âWe will not sell our people or principles for foreign aidâ.
In imposing these conditions the US is being hypocritical and adopting double
standards. It demands that HAMAS recognize Israel but ignores Israelâs
adamant refusal to recognize the right of self-determination and the right to
return of the Palestinian people as guaranteed by international law and
numerous United Nations resolutions.
It insists on HAMAS, a liberation movement, renouncing armed struggle before
a peace treaty is negotiated and signed. On the other hand, Israel is not
required even to give a commitment to observe international law and end its
illegal occupation, and renounce violence.
After dismantling the settlements in the Gaza strip which were a drain on its
resources, Israel has intensified its ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem and
the building of settlements in West Bank. It has carried out more killings,
arrests and imposed collective
punishment on Palestinians without any effective action from you to stop
these violations of international law and human rights. Yet the US has done
nothing to stop these illegal acts
The US wants HAMASâs commitment to the Roadmap for Peace. But, Israel, by
building the Apartheid Wall and more settlements in the Occupied Territories,
and ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem, has already killed the road map.
The International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion on the Apartheid
Wall issued on 9 July 2004, has categorically found Israel to be in violation
of The Hague Convention of 1907, the Fourth Geneva Convention, human rights
conventions and the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people.
The Court emphasized that the General Assembly and the Security Council
âshould consider what further action is required to bring to an end the
illegal situation resulting from the construction of the wallâ¦â Except for
the General Assembly passing a toothless resolution, no effective action, e.g.
imposition of sanctions, has been taken against Israel âto end the illegal
situationâ.
Contemptuous of international law and the opinion of the ICJ, the acting
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently announced plans to unilaterally
define Israelâs borders and create an emasculated Palestinian state on
Israelâs terms. Jerusalem with Masjid AL Aqsa is to be the capital of Israel.
It is now the responsibility of the OIC, Muslim nations and progressive
governments to help the Palestinian people to survive and continue their
struggle for liberation from settler colonialism, and for freedom and justice.
Israelâs design to create a Bantustan for the Palestinians, similar to what
the racist white regime in South Africa did to the black Africans, must be
defeated and the apartheid in Palestine ended.
We therefore call on:
1. The Malaysian government to donate $50 million to the
Palestinian Authority.
2. OIC member states to bankroll the financial needs of the PA and
thereby
eliminate its dependency on the US and the European Union for funds.
3. The United Nations to impose a comprehensive regime of sanctions
against
Israel until it complies with UN resolutions and international law.
4. Civil society to boycott goods and services from the US and Israel.
Shortly we shall be launching a campaign, âMinimum $1 for Palestineâ to
express our support for the Palestinian cause.
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Endorsement Statement by NGO:
As at 25/2/2006:
Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM)
Citizens International (CI)
Darul Syifa
Ikatan Siswazah Muslim Malaysia (ISMA)
International Movement for a Just World (JUST)
Islami Information & ServicesI (IIS)
Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM)
Muslim Professional Forum (MPF)
Pergerakan Belia India Muslim Malaysia MALAYSIA (GEPIMA)
Persatuan Al-Hidayah
Persatuan Al-Hunafa
Persatuan Cina Muslim Malaysia (MACMA)
Persatuan Darul Fitrah
Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM)
Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM)
Persatuan Ulama Malaysia (PUM)
Persekutuan Pertubuhan India Muslim Malaysia (PERMIM)
Persekutuan Seruan Islam Selangor dan (JAM'IYAH)
Pertubuhan Al-Nidaâ
Pertubuhan Kebajian Islam Malaysia (PERKIM)
Research & Information Centre on Islam (RICOI)
Sekretariat Himpunan Ulama Serantau Asia (SHURA)
Teras Pengupayaan Malayu (TERAS)
World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Malaysia,
Yayasan Pembangunan Ummah (YPU)
Sekretariat ABIM Pusat
Anjung Rahmat
Batu 6, Jalan Gombak
53100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-6188 0300
Fax: 603-6189 6700
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www.abim.org.my
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