COMMENT | Looking at the plight of Palestinians beyond recent attacks

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COMMENT | Many Malaysians were seen on social media expressing their heartfelt sadness over what has been happening in Palestine after the attacks by the Israeli forces against the Palestinians while they were performing their prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Since then, the situation has become worse as more innocent Palestinians have become victims of destruction due to airstrikes by both the Israeli forces and Hamas.

While there is a full-fledged conflict between the Israeli forces and Hamas, the victims are the innocent people in Palestine who are at the centre of the conflict.


While some are using Hamas as a scapegoat in saying that they are the ones killing their own people and the Israeli forces are just retaliating, we should not forget that the situation in Palestine did not escalate only a week ago; the plight and struggles of the Palestinians go a long way back.

Although the United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 of Nov 22, 1967, required Israel to withdraw from Arab lands that it had occupied during the war of June 1967, Israel did not abide by it.

Today, the West Bank is nominally controlled by the Palestinian Authority but Israeli troops still enforce security restrictions on Palestinian movement and activities there.


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