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KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 – Palestine Ambassador-Designate Dr Anwar H.Al Agha has conveyed his country’s gratitude to Malaysia for its strong support to the Palestinian cause.
Speaking at an event to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Nakba Day (Al-Nakba) or Palestinian Refugee Catastrophe yesterday, he hoped Malaysia and its people would continue to support the Palestinian struggle.
Nakba Day referred to May 15, 1948 when more than 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled by force from their homelands and villages by the Israeli occupation forces. They were forced to flee to other neighbouring countries like Jordan, Syria and Iraq and were prevented from returning.
Dr Anwar described the celebration as more joyful this year, “as the Palestinians are coming together again”.
He was referring to the unity talks between offficials from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction and the rival Islamist Hamas group.
According to reports, officials of the two factions had met in Gaza on Tuesday to discuss the formation of a unity government which they hoped would end their seven-year estrangement.
Reuters reported that officials from the two groups planned to propose non-politically affiliated candidates for seats in a unity cabinet which would be tasked with preparing presidential and parliamentary elections after six months.
“We want to have One Palestine, One Nation, one government and one people in Palestine and very soon we will be able to witness together and celebrate the new national unity government,” Dr Anwar said.
He said Palestinians would continue their struggle against the Israeli occupation and do so “until the end”.
“We are always looking at Al Aqsa Mosque to be freed, we always hope that all Palestinians will go back to their lands in Palestine,” Dr Anwar said, stressing also that the Palestinian leadership would always consider the refugee crisis as one of the main dilemma in the Palestinian struggle.
About 150 people including officials from Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry, Arab diplomats, students and the Palestinian community in Malaysia attended the event held at the Residence of the Palestinian Ambassador.
Meanwhile, Perdana Global Peace Foundation said it stands united with the Palestinian people in memory of Al Nakba which began on May 15, 1948.
“We wish to reiterate that the Palestinian issue lies at the heart of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and that the right of return of the several million Palestinian refugees to their indigenous land is the most fundamental issue in any peace progress,” the foundation said in a statement.
It emphasised that the catastrophe was not just about a disaster that befell historical Palestine and its people in 1948 as it was continuing today with increased brutality, in full view of the whole world.
The foundation claimed that Al Nakba was the culmination of a calculated and wilful Zionist plan to displace and dislocate Palestinians from their homeland so that the land could be colonised by Jewish-Zionists from other parts of the world. – BERNAMA
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