ANTI-ISRAEL ASSEMBLY PUSHES GERMANY TO JOIN IN EFFORTS TO LIFT GAZA SIEGE

Berlin, 20 Rabu’ul Awwal 1436/11 January 2015 (MINA) – The Palestinian Assembly in Germany called on the Berlin government to take part in current campaigns to lift the tight Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for eight uninterrupted years.

A letter of protest submitted to the German Foreign Ministry urged the German government and the state’s stakeholders to take up their responsibilities regarding the tragic state of affairs in the blockaded Gaza Strip and work on lifting the siege at the soonest time possible, The Palestinian Information center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting, Sunday.

Head of the Palestinian Assembly, Suheil Abu Shamala, said the protest letter stressed the need to press ahead with the launch of the rebuilding process, granting Gazans their right to establish a seaport, and unblocking the border crossings before passengers and humanitarian aid.

The letter further appealed for the prosecution of the Israeli occupation government for its persistence in maintaining the siege.

The Assembly urged Germany to stop restocking the Israeli occupation with weapons and to suspend all partnership deals struck between Europe and Israel until a Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement is signed.

The letter spoke out against Israel’s violations of human rights and war crimes against Palestinian civilians all along its notorious offensives on the Gaza Strip, which took away the lives of thousands of innocent citizens and forced others to wander down and out across Gaza streets, having no place to run to or hide into.

The pro-Palestine activists further pushed Germany to adopt a non-ambivalent stance regarding the Palestinian cause, help Palestinians restore their legitimate rights, and take a tougher line against Israel’s breaches of human rights and the international humanitarian law.(T/P008/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)