GAZA

By

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

1. Saya berada di London pada bulan Mac bagi menghadiri forum berkenaan dengan pembunuhan beramai-ramai di Gaza oleh tentera Israel.

2. Forum ini diadakan bersama oleh Kementerian Luar Negeri dan KLFCW atau Yayasan Kuala Lumpur untuk menjadikan perang sebagai jenayah. Kementerian diketuai oleh Dato Seri Rais Yatim, yang semasa itu menjawat Menteri Luar Negeri sementara saya sebagai presiden kehormat KLFCW.

3. Peserta yang menyampaikan ucapan terdiri daripada adik ipar Tony Blair, Lauren Booth, Tony Benn, Bekas Menteri Kerajaan Buruh Britain, Rabbi Cohen dari satu mazhab Hebrew dan Sir Gerald Kaufman, Ahli Parlimen British Zionis keturunan Yaudi dan Duta Besar Palestine ke Britain.

4. Kesemua mereka mengutuk Israel kerana serangan dan keganasan ke atas Gaza. Rabbi Cohen mempertikaikan kewujudan Israel sebagai sebuah Negara Yahudi. Mazhab yang dipimpin olehnya menegaskan sementara Zionisme hanya berusia seratus tahun, agama Hebrew berada lebih daripada dua ribu tahun. Dan agama Hebrew tidak mengizinkan orang Yahudi memiliki negaranya sendiri.

5. Sementara Sir Gerald Kaufman yang mendakwa dia adalah seorang Zionis yang menyokong penubuhan Israel tetapi dia berpendapat Israel sudah langgar sempadannya dengan menubuh bandar-bandar kecil Yahudi dalam Wilayah Palestine dan menyerang dengan amat tidak berperikemanusiaan Wilayah Palestine. Beliau menentang keras dan mengutuk serangan ke atas Gaza.

6. Di antara yang hadir dan membuat soalan terdapat juga orang Yahudi Zionis yang tidak bersetuju dengan cara-cara Kerajaan Israel.

7. Saya telah berbual dengan beberapa orang Arab dan saya dapati mereka tidak mempunyai matlamat atau strategi bagi melawan musuh mereka. Yang mereka utamakan ialah untuk membalas dendam. Tidak ada perancangan untuk menawan balik wilayah mereka. Tidak ada kata sepakat antara kumpulan-kumpulan mereka. Sebaliknya mereka bermusuh sesama sendiri dan ini memberi peluang bagi Israel dan Amerika Syarikat melaga-lagakan mereka.

8. Negara-negara Arab lain tidak berminat untuk membantu rakyat Palestine. Ternampak masalah Palestine ini akan berterusan.

9. Saya telah cadangkan supaya diwujudkan sebuah negara di mana orang Arab Palestine dan orang Yahudi menjadi rakyat bersama seperti yang terdapat sebelum Israel ditubuh.

10. Pendapat umum daripada perbahasan ialah Israel tidak boleh dihapuskan. Ia sudah jadi satu kenyataan (fact) yang tidak lagi boleh diubah barang sedikit pun.

11. Walaupun forum tidak berjaya mencetuskan idea untuk menyelesaikan masalah Palestine, tetapi peserta semua bersetuju yang ianya dapat mendedahkan keganasan Israel di Gaza supaya propaganda Israel tidak lagi boleh diterima.

Forum Terbuka : GAZA BERDARAH, dimanakah KITA?

Sesuatu yang pasti dan Pasti dilalui adalah Kematian. Setiap patah perkataan yang kita tulis Ada yang menghisabnya. Ahmus

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Special Parliament session on Gaza Monday

Putra Jaya: The Cabinet has agreed that Parliament hold a special session on the Gaza onslaught next Monday, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

He said the special session would be held in the morning.

The Government as well as opposition Members of Parliament had been reported condemning the Israeli aggression and called for a ceasefire and an end to the crisis which began on Dec 27.

The Government had also called for an Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly to address the issue.

Rais said Malaysia would proceed with its initiative to call for the meeting if the United Nations Security Council failed to resolve the crisis within the next 48 hours.

Rais was speaking after attending a delegation meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri at the Prime Minister's Office, here.

The Foreign Minister said the UN emergency special session could be convened if the majority of the 192 member countries agreed to do so.

"It doesn't need two-thirds majority. The UN clause stated a majority only," he said.

Rais explained that the Security Council could not veto the emergency special session because its council members could only veto decision made within its framework only.

However, he cautioned that the United States might use its influence so that the emergency special session could not take place.

Another obstacle, Rais said, was that any matter related to war must be addressed by the Security Council first and could only be brought to the General Assembly after the Council had exhausted all avenues.

Malaysia, he said, did not give up its hope for the emergency special session to be convened. "It is better than we just sit down and do nothing," he added.

On another matter, Rais said the Syrian Prime Minister, who is on a four-day official visit to Malaysia beginning yesterday, had decided to extend the visit by another one and a half day to visit Melaka or probably Iskandar, Johor.

GAZA

Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

(English translation at end of write-up)

1. Dunia ternampak mengutuk Israel kerana serangan tidak berperikemanusiaannya ke atas Gaza. Tetapi seperti biasa dunia tidak membuat apa-apa. Kenapa tidak? Kerana Amerika Syarikat berada di belakang Israel.

2. Dunia seharusnya juga mengutuk Amerika Syarikat. Pesawat pejuang dan bom yang digunakan adalah buatan Amerika. Jika ada kehilangan senjata, Amerika akan menggantikannya. Dan Amerika juga akan membiayai Israel bagi meneruskan keganasannya.

3. Selagi Amerika menyokong Israel kita akan lihat kebiadaban Israel membelakangkan pendapat dunia dan mereka akan terus membunuh orang Arab Palestin dan menghancurkan penempatan dan bandar mereka.

4. Apabila saya katakan yang Israel menguasai dunia secara proksi, media dan Kerajaan Amerika mengutuk saya. Tetapi hakikatnya ialah hanya calon yang direstui Israel sahaja yang boleh menang pilihanraya di Amerika. Tunggu sahajalah pendirian Presiden baru Amerika.

5. Sementara itu kita harus sedar secara kecil-kecilan kita juga bantu Israel. Buah pisang kaki (persimmon) dari Israel ada dijual di pasaraya Kuala Lumpur.

6. Singapura adalah saluran bagi Israel menembusi pasaran Malaysia.

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1. The world seem to be condemning Israel for the inhuman attack against Gaza. But as usual the world does nothing. Why not? Because Israel is backed by the United States of America.

2. The world should also condemn the United States. The planes and the bombs are all made in America. If they are lost the US will replace them. And the US will finance Israel so as to continue its bestiality.

3. For as long as the US backs Israel, we will continue to see Israel ignoring world opinion as it murders the Palestinians Arabs, and destroys their towns and cities.

4. When I said Israel rules the world by proxy, the American media and Government condemned me. But it is a fact that only those candidates approved by Israel can win elections in America. So much for democracy in the United States. Lets see the stand of the United States' new President.

5. Incidentally we should also realise that we are, in a small way, helping Israel. Israeli persimmons (pisang kaki) are sold in supermarkets in Kuala Lumpur.

6. Singapore is Israel's channel to penetrate the Malaysian market.

Statement on the Israeli Invasion of Gaza

By

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

The Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War is shocked and angered over the Israeli invasion of Gaza since Saturday 27 December 2008. Our hearts go to the people of Gaza in this time of great distress.

We call upon the international community to immediately act in concert to call upon Israel to stop the bombing of Gaza and the slaughter of innocent lives forthwith. We support the call by the United Nations for an immediate ceasefire and an end to all military operations to facilitate relief work and delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.

The Foundation also calls upon the governments of the United States, Britain and other major powers to put necessary pressure on Tel Aviv to stop the inhuman slaughter of Palestinian men, women and children in Gaza with bombs and other weapons.


DR MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD

Chairman

Kuala Lumpur Foundation To Criminalise War

500 berhimpun bantah serangan Israel di Gaza

Kira-kira 500 orang menyertai demonstrasi di luar bangunan kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Kuala Lumpur sebagai membantah serangan udara tentera Israel di Semenanjung Gaza yang mengorbankan 400 nyawa.

Perhimpunan kira-kira sejam itu – yang disertai oleh 45 NGO Islam – mengutuk Washington yang terus memberikan sokongan terbuka kepada Israel.

Bermula jam 11.30 pagi, mereka mula berarak dari Menara Tabung Haji di Jalan Tun Razak menuju ke kedutaan Amerika Syarikat. Perhimpunan itu bagaimanapun berakhir tanpa sebarang insiden yang tidak diingani.

Sejumlah 80 anggota polis ditugaskan mengawal perhimpunan tersebut.

Ekoran perhimpunan tersebut, berlaku kesesakan jalanraya sehingga 400 meter dari bangunan kedutaan berkenaan.

Anggota Unit Amal PAS juga turut membantu mengawal orang ramai supaya tidak membanjiri jalan yang sesak itu.

Penunjuk perasaan melaungkan slogan “Allahu Akhbar”, “Hancur Amerika” dan “Hidup Islam” serta membawa bendera Palestin. Terdapat juga kain rentang mengutuk Israel dan Amerika Syarikat.

Beberapa pemimpin PAS turut hadir termasuk Naib Presiden Mohamad Sabu; Bendaharinya Dr Hatta Ramli; ahli jawatankuasa pusat, Syed Azman Syed Ahmad dan ahli Parlimen Titiwangsa, Dr Lo'Lo' Ghazali.

Israeli raids on Gaza condemned

BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, MON:

Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri today condemned Israel’s air raids on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip over the last three days which has resulted in the deaths of about 300 Palestinians.

He said Israel’s action was tantamount to genocide and should be given serious attention by the international community, particularly the major powers which were strong supporters of Israel.

“The United Nations should adopt a firm stand and restore the peace process by according the rights of the Palestinian people as contained in the commitment of the Annapolis Conference and the road map,” he said, adding that the Israeli offensive was the latest challenge to the United States’ foreign policy under incoming president Barack Obama.

The Annapolis accord is an agreement reached between Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Annapolis, Maryland, in the United States on November 27 last year in an effort to establish peace between Palestine and Israel.

Abdul Rahim said the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people should be restored and the international community should take the matter seriously as the issue of Palestine was an issue of crime against mankind and an act of state terrorism.
In MELAKA, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam called on the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force immediately to the border of Israel and Palestine.

He also urged the United States to act resolutely to stop the Israeli attacks which, he said, had resulted in the loss of many innocent lives.

Mohd Ali, who is also president of the World Assembly of Youth, said the Bush administration could also send a peacekeeping force to the Israel-Palestine border immediately if it advocated peace.

“We hope the flagrant attack could be stopped immediately. The Palestinians have been humiliated enough for a long time,” he said, adding that West Asian countries should strengthen their unity to defend their territories.

In KUALA LUMPUR, the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) urged Muslims to boycott the products of countries which supported the Israeli attacks to show their anger over the violence.

PPIM project director Noor Nirwandy Mat Noordin said Muslims respected other religions but would react against victimisation to protect their honour and rights.

“Muslims can act against victimisation through consumerism to teach the big powers a lesson for supporting the cruelty against the Palestinians,” he said in a statement.