Palestinians Mark Solidarity Day, Rally For Independent Palestine
30 November 2017EsinIslam And
Agencies
Dozens of Palestinians staged a rally in the Gaza Strip yesterday to mark the
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people with the
international community reiterating support for an independent Palestine. The
rally was held outside the U.N. office in Gaza City with protesters waving
banners decrying the U.N. partition resolution, according to Anadolu Agency
(AA).
Turkey reiterated support for an independent Palestine. The Turkish foreign
minister renewed yesterday his country's support for an independent and
sovereign state of Palestine. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu marked the International Day of
Solidarity with the Palestinian people in a Twitter post.
"On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, we
reiterate our support for an independent and sovereign State of #Palestine
within 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital. #Turkey stands with our
Palestinian brothers& supports all their efforts for unity," Çavuşoğlu said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to his Palestinian counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian people.
"Russia, which is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council [UNSC]
and is among the Middle East Quartet, emphasizes the principal stance on its
support for the Palestinians' right to seal their own fate," Putin said in his
message, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Calling for a fair and detailed solution to the conflict in the Middle East in
accordance with UNSC decisions, Putin said a Palestinian state with East
Jerusalem as its capital should be founded.
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people is marked each
year on Nov. 29 to coincide with the anniversary of U.N. General Assembly
Resolution 181. Adopted in 1947, Resolution 181 called for the partition of
Mandatory Palestine into Jewish and Arab states following the expiry of
Britain's Palestine Mandate. According to the U.N., the day represents "an
opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the fact
that the question of Palestine remains unresolved and that the Palestinian
people are yet to attain their inalienable rights."
In six days of war in June 1967, Israel seized the West Bank and East
Jerusalem from Jordan, the Gaza Strip from Egypt and the Golan Heights from
Syria. After the war, Israel deemed the entire Jerusalem to be its
"indivisible and eternal capital," a status not recognized internationally.
Palestinians want a state in the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as
their capital. The last round of peace talks collapsed in 2014. The U.N.
repeats its call for Israel to pull out of territories captured in a 1967 war
that Palestinians now seek for a state, saying it would benefit both sides
after 50 years of enmity.
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, Israel has announced
plans to build over 6,000 settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,
occupied territories claimed by the Palestinians. U.S. President Barack
Obama's administration was deeply opposed to Israel's expansion of settlements
and in December withheld its veto from a U.N. Security Council resolution
condemning the policy. The international community regards all Israeli
settlements in occupied Palestinian territories to be illegal and a major
obstacle to Middle East peace. The area, captured by Israel in 1967, is not
sovereign Israeli territory and Palestinians there are not Israeli citizens
and do not have the right to vote.
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