IRAN TO SUPPORT PALESTINE WITH ALL MIGHT: OFFICIAL

Gazans inspect the rubble of their building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on July 13, 2014.

An Iranian official has slammed the Tel Aviv regime’s fatal airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying the Islamic Republic will help the Palestinian nation with “all might”

On Monday, Iran’s Majlis Director General for International Affairs Hossein Sheikholeslam reaffirmed the country’s stance on the Palestinian cause and said the Islamic Republic will make all the efforts to serve the Palestinian nation despite all the issues.

Sheikholeslam further pointed to the Israel airstrikes on Gaza, saying the Israeli military targets civilians, including women and children, and destroys homes and mosques in an attempt to pile mental pressure on the resistance movement in the blockaded coastal enclave.

Israeli aerial assaults focus on destroying the capabilities of the resistance movement in the Gaza Strip, but the Palestinians will not buckle under such pressure, he added.

Nearly 190 Palestinians have so far been killed and some 1,300 others injured since Israeli warplanes began a fresh wave of airstrikes on Gaza on July 8. The UN says nearly 80 percent of the casualties have been civilians.

In response to Israel’s fatal attacks on Gaza, Palestinian resistance fighters have fired a barrage of rockets deep into Israeli cities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Tel Aviv will not stop its attacks on the Palestinian territory.

Source : PRESSTV

ISRAELI TROOPS KILLED MORE PALESTINIANS IN 2011: REPORT

An Israeli soldier argues with a Palestinian activist who was prevented from reaching Palestinian lands in the West Bank village of Beit Omar on February 25, 2012.

A human rights group says the number of Palestinians slain by the Israeli military rose dramatically in the past year.

B'Tselem has released a 63-page report showing that a total of 105 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip while 11 others were killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in 2011. 

"The picture is harsh, not because of dramatic events or a sudden deterioration, but precisely because of the routine," AFP quoted the report as saying. 

The group expressed concern that no change is in sight in the Israeli conflict with Palestinians as the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands enter its 45th year. 

"This year, we enter the 45th year since Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip. What was supposed to be a temporary situation appears firmly entrenched with no change in sight," B'Tselem said. 

In 1967, the Israeli regime occupied the West Bank, the Golan Heights, East al-Quds and the Gaza Strip during a war, but it withdrew from Gaza in 2005. 

The B'Tselem report said Israel’s prolonged occupation only exacerbates human rights violations. 

"Human rights violations are inherent in a military occupation, and the protracted nature of Israel's occupation only exacerbates human rights violations," the report added. 

According to B'Tselem, Israeli forces killed a total of 68 Palestinians in 2010.

Palestina yaendelea kutambuliwa duniani, Thailand nayo yaitambua

Thailand imekuwa taifa la kwanza kuitambua rasmi nchi huru ya Palestina mwaka huu wa 2012. Ujumbe wa Palestina katika Umoja wa Mataifa umesema umepokea barua kutoka kwa serikali ya Thailand inayosema kuwa, nchi hiyo ya kusini mashariki mwa bara Asia imeitambua rasmi nchi ya Palestina kwa mujibu wa mipaka ya mwaka 1967.

 

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Mamlaka ya Ndani ya Palestina ameipongeza Thailand kwa hatua hiyo aliyoitaja kuwa ya kutia moyo na yenye nafasi ya kipekee katika udiplomasia wa Palestina. Riyad al Maliki ameongeza kuwa, Thailand imekuwa nchi ya 131 kutambua rasmi nchi huru ya Palestina kwa mujibu wa mipaka ya mwaka 1967.

 

Ni vizuri kuashiria hapa kuwa, Oktoba mwaka uliopita wa 2011, Shirika la Elimu, Sayansi na Utamaduni la Umoja wa Mataifa UNESCO liliipatia Palestina uanachama kamili.