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Mohammad Nahian
Bangladesh has condemned the attacks of terrorist nature and violence unleashed on the innocent devotees and civilians at the Al Aksa mosque compound by Israeli police in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The ministry of foreign affairs of Bangladesh on Monday issued a statement in this regard.
In the statement, the foreign ministry also condemned the evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and transfer of civilian population into occupied territories by the occupying Israeli forces, which, according to the Bangladeshi authorities, exposes the severe violation of Humanitarian norms, Human Rights and International laws and accords and provoked the feelings of repressed people all over the world.
“Bangladesh urges the international community to take sustainable measures to end such kind of attacks of terrorist nature, stop confiscation of private properties in occupied territories through the policy of apartheid and the measures of terror which may be tantamount to war crimes in the occupied territories,” the statement said.
The statement also said that Bangladesh reaffirms its position in favour of establishing the State of Palestine on the basis of two-state solution with the pre-1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital.
According to the statement, Bangladesh firmly supports the inalienable rights of the People of Palestine for a sovereign and independent homeland in a viable Palestine State and territorial integrity as established through various UN resolutions.
“Bangladesh reiterates its steadfast position to a lasting solution to the Palestinian issue by engagement of both sides in dialogue to reach an agreement so that peace is attained for the peoples living in the area,” it added.
More than 300 people were wounded Monday in renewed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as an Israeli celebration of its 1967 takeover of Jerusalem risked inflaming tensions.
