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Madi: The Israeli siege on Gaza unprecedented
DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Dr. Arafat Madi,
the head of the European campaign to lift the siege, stated that the unjust
Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip is unprecedented, strongly denouncing the
western complicity in the blockade as expressed a week ago by EU official Javier
Solana.
During the Arab international right
of return forum held in Damascus, Dr. Madi also criticized some Arab countries
for participating in the siege as if the people of Gaza are not Arab or Muslims.
The head of the European campaign
underlined that the reports conveyed by media outlets did not reflect the scary
image of the Israeli siege on Gaza, describing what is happening in Gaza as
genocide in every sense of the word.
He also pointed out that the Gaza
people no longer blame the Arab leaders because they gave up confidence in them
long time ago, but they put the blame on the active forces in the Arab and
Islamic societies and on the Arab lawmakers, parties and movements whose
inaction is not justified.
Javier Solana, the EU's high
representative for the common foreign and security policy, had said days ago
that the EU had exerted what it could to end the siege on Gaza and could not do
anything more in this regard.
Dr. Madi condemned Solana's
statements as unacceptable, saying they ran contrary to humanitarian ethics
other than giving the Israelis a green light to commit more crimes against the
besieged Gaza people.
29-11-2008 |
