<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday deplored that the world&nbsp; is watching killings in Gaza by Israeli forces without taking any effective step to stop the tragedy.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister made the comments when visiting Secretary General of the Fateh Movement (Ruling Party) of Palestine Lt. General Jebreel Alrjoub called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM’s speech writer M Nazrul Islam briefed the reporters after the call on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nazrul said the prime minister reiterated her unequivocal support for the Palestinians and condemned the killing of thousands in Gaza, including women and children, and attacks on hospitals by the Israeli forces.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She also expressed her condolence for the deaths caused by the Israeli forces in Gaza and demanded an immediate ceasefire there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said that Bangladesh sent relief assistance for Palestine people twice through Egypt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I always raise my voice in international forums for the Palestinian people whenever I get a chance,” the PM was quoted as saying.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She recalled the visit of Yasser Arafat in Bangladesh in 1997 during the Awami League regime.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister came down heavily on the human rights organisations for their stance to remain mum regarding the attack of Israeli forces in Gaza.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This is one kind of hypocrisy,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hasina urged the Muslim Ummah to remain united in their support for the Palestinians.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This should be done for the sake of protecting the Muslim Ummah and ease the misery of the Palestinians,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this connection she called for implementation of the UN resolution that states that East Jerusalem will be the capital of the Palestine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fateh Movement leader Lt. General Jebreel Alrjoub thanked the prime minister for her unconditional support to the Palestinians and speaking strongly for them in international forums.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">“The war (in Gaza) must be stopped immediately and the International community should take quick steps for this,” he was quoted as telling the PM.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He mentioned that acute crisis of food is prevailing in Gaza and the people are starving.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Food assistance is urgently needed there,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said that recognition of Palestine state is the only way for a solution to this crisis.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said that there are 400 million people living in Arab countries, but they are not united.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“If they become united then the torture and oppression over the Palestinians would be stopped easily. The Arab world has power and resources and just a unity among them is needed to stop the Israeli aggression,” the general said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He also said that regional stability and global peace will never be established if this war is not stopped.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He thanked Bangladesh for expending its support to South Africa's application against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Israel's violation of the Genocide Convention regarding the Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He also handed over a letter of Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas to the PM Hasina.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>