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Anisa Abd el Fattah
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Presidential candidate Anisa Abd el Fattah, in response to Israel’s attack on the Palestinian Gaza Strip that began the morning of Saturday March 10 and ended in the early afternoon leaving more than 15 people dead, condemned Israel. She called upon the UN to intervene on behalf of the Palestinian people.
The Gaza Strip, along with the West Bank, which includes Jerusalem have been subjected to escalating Israeli violence since the failure of a peace agreement between Palestine and Israel negotiated in the 1990s known as the Oslo Accords. Even the Bush era peace process failed to bring about a negotiated settlement between Israel and Palestine, mostly due to the unfair advantages granted Israel, the illegal occupier by the international community. The UN, EU and US have refused to demand that Israel abide by the terms of its agreements, and according to Abd el Fattah, “have instead armed Israel with sophisticated weaponry, a license to kill and impunity.”
When asked what she can do now to help the situation Abd el Fattah replied, “Not very much unfortunately. Yet, I do feel that by taking leadership on this issue, I can perhaps use that position to encourage other conscientious leaders to also take a stand for justice and peace in the world, and to work with me and others to end the occupation and all the war crimes and injustices resulting from it. My campaign will be in contact with UN and others, doing all that we can to get the UN involved and to get a proper and just response from the General Assembly, if not the UNSC.”
