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‘Attempts to ethnically cleanse the land’
Updated On: 12 May, 2021 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Pro-Palestine Indian group calls for widespread condemnation of Israel action as attacks escalate; voices need to be amplified, visibility important in lockdown
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Palestinians evacuate a building targeted by Israelis in Gaza City on Tuesday. PIC/AFP
As an Israeli air raid killed 24 Palestinians, social media is buzzing with support for Palestine. “It is inevitable that people will not speak in a single voice on any issue, let alone one of the flashpoints of the world,” said Mumbai’s Firoze Mithiborwala, national general secretary, India Palestine Solidarity Forum (IPSF). The IPSF said in a statement, “We stand in solidarity with the Palestine people. We condemn the Israeli regime in their continued attempts to undermine and destroy the Al-Aqsa Masjid.”
Mithiborwala claimed the attempt to evict Palestinians from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood is in consonance with the “larger design of Israel which is ethnic cleansing. It is to make life so difficult for Palestinians that they leave the country”. The secretary claimed that the Forum’s statement was to amplify the sentiment of a section of “Indian people, not of the Narendra Modi-led government which leans towards Israel. Having said that, we do hope India joins in international condemnation of Israel action,” stressed Mithiborwala.
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