If Israel wasn’t stopped, its next target would be the complete occupation of West Bank. These were the remarks shared by Palestinian Deputy Ambassador to Islamabad, Dr. Nader Al Turk. He was speaking to a roundtable discussion hosted by Iran Program at Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad. The event started by observing a minute silence on the death of Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi along with other officials.
Dr. Nader lamented the fact that despite Israel’s atrocities, it was largely recognized by the international community as a full member state of the United Nations. However, Palestine’s right to gain full membership had been vetoed multiple times by the US despite its overwhelming support in UN General Assembly. While highlighting a historical fact, Dr. Nader argued that Israel’s brutalities didn’t start on October 07 last year, in fact, the process had begun soon after 1948 when 900,000 Palestinians were suddenly displaced from their homelands. Today, that number stood at 7 million globally, he added. Dr. Nader pointed that international system, international law and international community, all had failed in fulfilling their promises regarding the Palestinian statehood.
