Grand Coalition of Pakistani-Americans
Condemns Israeli Aggression
New York, NY: A grand coalition of Pakistani-American
organizations, including the Chicago Council of Pakistani
Organizations (CCPO), Pakistan Action Committee (PAC), Pakistani
American Council of Texas (PACT), Pakistan Cultural Association
of Staten Island, Inc. (PCASI), Pakistan American Democratic
Forum (PADF), Pakistan Association of Riverside (PAR), Pakistan
Community Association of New Orleans (PCANO), Pakistan League
of America (PLA), Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum (PUFF), and
Live Together.US Inc. (LTU), has condemned the current Israeli
aggression in “strongest possible terms.”
A joint statement, in part, reads:
“We call on the UN Security Council to fulfill its
obligations by using all its authority to bring an immediate
end to organized Israeli slaughter of men, women and children
in Gaza and Lebanon. The UN cannot continue to deal with
the symptoms and ignore the root cause: Israel’s continued
occupation of Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian lands.
“Recognition of Israel by Pakistan and other Muslim
countries should be based on two factors: 1) full implementation
of all relevant UN resolutions, particularly 242, 338, and
194, and return of Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian lands
currently occupied by Israel, and 2) establishment of a
viable, independent and sovereign state of Palestine that
is in full control of its own internal and external affairs
as well as its own resources including water, air space,
and borders.
“A tiny group of Pakistani-Americans who had recently
gone to Israel on a private visit had done so to provide
a cover for Israel’s heinous crimes. Calling it ‘peacemaking’
is a ‘cruel hoax’ that has fooled nobody. These
are the same people who had honored extremist BJP leader
L. K. Advani last year. They stand utterly rejected by the
Pakistani-American community.”
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