Pres. Abbas Kicks Off Int'l Contact Campaign To Stop Crime Of Starvation In Gaza

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) RAMALLAH, July 20 (KUNA) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas launched a wide international contact campaign on Monday with world leaders and international organizations to stop the crime of starvation being inflicted upon our people in Gaza.
Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted the Palestinian leader warning of the ongoing crime of deliberate starvation imposed by the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, stressing that this is a war crime for which the Israeli occupation bears full responsibility.
In the messages sent to world leaders and international organizations, Abbas said, "we address you with this message at a critical and difficult moment for our Palestinian people, as a result of the systematic practices of the Israeli occupation government, which commits crimes of genocide, killing, destruction, and starvation against our people in Gaza without deterrence or accountability.
They also destroy peace-making efforts, leaving our region and the world in a state of tension and instability."
The President added, "our urgent priority today is to achieve an immediate and permanent ceasefire, to secure the release of hostages and prisoners, and to ensure the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid, particularly food and medical supplies, to the Gaza Strip."
This must be accompanied by the complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the Strip, enabling the State of Palestine to assume full responsibilities there, leading to a comprehensive truce, the cessation of settler crimes and ongoing assaults on Islamic and Christian holy sites, and the launch of a political process to end the occupation based on international legitimacy resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative, and the adoption of a peace plan with international guarantees and a defined timetable during the upcoming International Peace Conference in New York."
Abbas continued, addressing the leaders: "the most pressing issue at this moment is to stop the genocide being committed against our people in the Gaza Strip through killings at aid distribution centers and the deliberate starvation aimed at instilling despair among Palestinians and forcibly displacing them.
This situation is unbearable and cannot be tolerated," (end)
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