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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 8.20 GMT |
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Hands off Sri Lanka - Palestinians |
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"Hand off Sri Lanka" say the Palestinians in
unison angered and dismayed by the sinister
manipulations and arm-bending tactics of
some self-centered politicians of the West
against Sri Lanka, one of the friendliest
nations of Palestine.
Palestinians are fully aware of the struggle
of Sri Lanka against the terrorist group
called LTTE who are trying to divide this
small island nation on ethnic grounds. It is
a well known fact that this terrorist group
is engaged in trafficking of arms, drugs and
humans. It also has child soldiers in its
army taken in forcibly. Many countries in
the world had proscribed this group but
their money appears to have bought over a
number of politicians of the West.
While the Palestinian National Authority has
taken action to brief the members of the
Arab League through its Ambassador to the
League, Islamic, Orthodox Christian and
Catholic communities are conducting regular
prayer meetings to bless Sri Lanka. Sri
Lankan Representative Dr. T. Jayasinghe
personally met the religious leaders and
briefed them of the correct position with
regard to the ongoing humanitarian effort to
save trapped civilians.
Palestine is one country that is highly
concerned about the welfare of Sri Lanka and
is worried about the interventions of the
West to save the terrorist leaders.
Palestinians strongly feel that West is
going beyond their limits with no respect or
regard for the sovereignty of Sri Lanka or
their right to defend its territory. West
has still failed to realise that Sri Lanka
is no more a colony of UK or any other
European country. That is past history and
no more valid.
Palestinians are also surprised to note that
when Israel bombed Gaza for 22 days killing
over 1500 including more than 500 children
and injuring thousands these compassionate
politicians of the west failed to intervene
in spite of the fact that it was very clear
that Palestinians are no match for the
Israeli army. Even now Gaza is a virtual
prison for 1.5 million people without basic
amenities like food, water, medicine, fuel
etc. Over 10,000 families are without
shelter after they were demolished by
Israeli bombs. Building materials are not
allowed into Gaza. Politicians of the West
go all the way to Sri Lanka to save a
terrorist but fail to visit the innocent
suffering masses in Gaza.
Palestinians also feel that West has no
moral right to accuse Sri Lanka fighting the
world’s most ruthless terrorist while they
bomb and kill hundreds of Iraqi, Pakistan
and Afghanistan civilians in the pretext of
fighting Taliban, Al Queida etc.
Palestinians, therefore, want the West to
leave Sri Lanka alone allowing them to
settle its internal problems. Tamils are Sri
Lankans and not British or French. If they
consider as a human concern then why ignore
Palestinians in Gaza who are suffering
thousand times more.
As far as Palestinians are concerned
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is a genuine
friend of Palestine. He had been with the
Palestinian cause from 1970 and as such
Palestinians feel that it is their duty to
be with Sri Lanka at all times.
As a result of an intensive awareness
campaign launched last year by the
diplomatic representative of Sri Lanka in
Palestine Dr. T. Jayasinghe, the Sri Lankan
Mission is receiving a stream of friends who
are keen to know about the latest
developments and to express their solidarity
with Sri Lanka.
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