Jakarta,
May 19, 2018 (Antara) - In less than 24 hours on May 14, 2018, 62
Palestinians were killed and more than 2,000 were injured by Israeli
forces, on the same day when Israel and the United States celebrated the
move of US embassy to Jerusalem.
The
slaughter of Palestinians were condemned worldwide including by the UN
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, the Security
Council, and Indonesia.
The
Government of Indonesia, in a statement on May 15, strongly condemned
the excessive use of force and the shootings of Palestinian civilians,
who were demonstrating at the Gaza-Israel borders, by Israeli Army.
"The government and people of Indonesia are saddened and express our
deepest condolences against the killing of Palestinian civilians,
including children, who were demonstrating at the Gaza-Israel borders,"
Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Indonesia, furthermore, called on the United Nations Security Council
to immediately convene in order to take urgent steps and conduct an
independent international investigation to hold responsible all
perpetrators of such violence.
The Southeast Asian country also called on the international community
to continue the struggle for justice for an independent and sovereign
Palestinian nation.
The Government of Indonesia has also strongly condemned the illegal
decision by the US Administration to open its embassy in Jerusalem by
calling the move as a violation of a number of resolutions of UN
Security Council and UN General Assembly, as well as jeopardizing the
peace process in Palestine.
Indonesia
has urged the UN Security Council and General Assembly to hold a
meeting to take firm actions to address the unilateral move by US,
and called upon all states to refrain from supporting the US decision
to recognize Jerusalem as the so-called capital of Israel and not to
relocate their diplomatic missions to the holy city of Muslims,
Christians, and Jews.
"The Government and people of Indonesia will remain with the
Palestinian people in fighting for their freedom and rights," it
stated.
The United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem on
May 14, a move that fulfilled US President Donald Trump's pledge. The
move has delighted Israel and infuriated Palestinians and drawn
criticism from many foreign governments for being a setback to peace
efforts.
Furthermore,
the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has alsostrongly
condemned the US Embassy being moved to Jerusalem that has drawn
criticism from the international community.
"I strongly condemn the US embassy's move. In fact, during an emergency
session of the UN General Assembly, 128 participating countries firmly
rejected the unilateral claim of Jerusalem as Israel's capital," Bambang
Seosatyo, Indonesia's house speaker, noted in Jakarta, on May 17.
He pointed out that the US government had disrespected the decision of the UN General Assembly.
Soesatyo
has urged the UN to take stern measures and hold an emergency session
in response to the US embassy being shifted.
"Trump's
decision has clearly destroyed peace efforts to end the Palestinian and
Israeli conflict. This can trigger anger among Muslims across the world
against the US," he added.
The US embassy being moved could trigger a new and bigger conflict, Golkar's politician cautioned.
"The
UN should intervene. If we remain silent, I am afraid it could trigger
terrorism that could threaten world peace," he noted.
The
house speaker urged the foreign ministry to summon the US ambassador to
Indonesia to lodge a protest with the US government.
The
Indonesian government must push the UN to conduct an investigation over
the murders of tens of Palestinians by the Israeli forces lately.
"Indonesia
is the largest Muslim nation. We must play a bigger role in the fight
for Palestine's independence. Moreover, our Constitution is clearly
against any form of colonialism in the world," he added.
The Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agency of the Indonesian DPR has
remained consistent in supporting Palestine's struggle for independence
at various international meetings, such as the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, Parliamentary Union of the OIC, and ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary
Agency.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation
Body (BKSAP) of the RI House of Representatives, Rofi Munawar, has
criticized Israel's actions, which has led to the death of more than 55
Palestinians on the Gaza Strip's border with the annexed territory.
"It
is ironic that this happened simultaneously with the opening of the US
Embassy in Jerusalem, while Israeli soldiers are brutally and blindly
shooting Palestinians. It is an evidence which points out that Israel
has deliberately committed genocide and premeditated murder," Munawar
told media on May 15.
He
added that the United States should be responsible for the deadly
incidents in Gaza Strip. "They are having a celebration amid the death
of tens of Palestinians who fought for their homeland. The US has
contributed to the darkest history of the peace process in the Middle
East," he stated.
He
explained that Palestinians have been protesting for nearly six weeks
as part of the commemoration of the Nakba Day (the Day of Catastrophe).
On
May 11, 2018, a major rally involving several Muslim organizations was
held at the National Monument (Monas) Square in Jakarta, protesting the
US embassy move to Jerusalem and demonstrating Indonesian people's
solidarity with Palestinians.
"On
behalf of the people of Indonesia, we demand [US President Donald]
Trump not arbitrarily take action over Palestine, and pay attention to
the sense of world justice, and maintain world peace. We have a mandate
in the 1945 Constitution that colonisation should be abolished because
it is not in accordance with humanity and justice," the Chairman of the
Indonesian Coalition for Bayt Al Maqdis Freedom, Bachtiar Nasir, said on
the sidelines of the rally.
The US decision, he said, had
humiliated Muslims because it was a form of recognition for Israel that
had been colonising Palestine for more than 70 years, killing and
expelling millions of Palestinians from their homeland since 1948.
He
asserted that the rally was an effort to continue the struggle of the
world leaders who at the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung (West
Java) declared Palestine should be liberated from colonialism.
"We
call on all Indonesian people to seriously fight for the mandate of the
1945 Constitution and continue the struggle of the leaders," Nasir
said. ***2***
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