International Community Must Stop Israel's Cruelty

Jakarta, July 11 (Antara) - The international community must help to put an end to Israel`s cruelty supported by the United States against the Palestinian people, urged Almuzzammil Yusuf, the chairman of the Indonesian Parliament`s Caucus on Palestine. "I strongly condemn Israel`s cruelty, which is supported by the US and has killed at least 78 Palestinian people. I call on the United Nations, OIC, ASEAN, AIPA, and the international community to condemn Israel," Yusuf, who is concurrently the deputy chairman of the House of Representatives` Commission III stated here on Thursday. He also called on the leaders of the world to impose sanctions on Israel by severing diplomatic relations with the Jewish country and taking the Israeli leader to international court. "Countries having diplomatic relations with Israel should sever the ties" he reiterated. The lawmaker also urged Egypt to open its border gate to allow the international community to send humanitarian aid to Gaza. Yusuf also called on the international community, under the coordination of the UN, to stop Israel`s military aggression. Earlier, the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) also expressed condemnation against the Israeli attack on Gaza. "MUI condemns Israel`s military aggression on Gaza, particularly now, in the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan (Fasting)," Muhyidin of MUI remarked in Jakarta on Wednesday. "Indonesia must persuade the UN Security Council to take stern action against the Israeli military aggression," he stated, adding that the Arab countries must unite to stop the attack. Meanwhile, the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) condemned Israel`s inhuman and deplorable aggression and urged the Indonesian government to help end Israeli brutality that led to the killings of Palestinian civilians, particularly children. The Israeli brutality has killed and injured tens of Palestinian children, Walhi said in a statement. "Such cruelty must be condemned by every nation in the world, including Indonesia, which is a peace-loving country," Walhi emphasized. The killings of Palestinian children and women are the worst tragedies in this current fasting month of Ramadhan, he added. "We call on the Indonesian president to urge the UN to organize an emergency meeting and impose sanctions against Israel. Besides this, the warring parties must also stop the attacks," Walhi`s Executive Director Abetnego Tarigan noted. Tarigan stated that the UN should send a peacekeeping force and humanitarian aid to Gaza, Palestine.