LAHORE: Former prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has condemned the Israeli brutality in Gaza urging the world to act against it.

“The world has been criminally negligent to the plight of Palestinians for too long. Israel targeting children & unarmed civilians is terrorism at its worst. I strongly condemn this brutality in Al Aqsa Mosque & Gaza. My heart goes out to the victims. The world must act & act NOW,” Mr Sharif said in a tweet on Tuesday.

His daughter and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz also condemned Israel for its heinous crime and urged the United Nations to intervene.

“I stand with Palestine. How can the world allow Israel to get away with such heinous crimes against humanity? I call upon @UN & all nations across the world to call Israel out on its tyranny. It’s a human tragedy that warrants a human response above religious divide,” Maryam said in a tweet.

PML-Q MNA Moonis Elahi questioned the world’s silence over Israeli brutality. “Those who had raised hue and cry over the murder of George Floyd are silent over the killing of Palestinians at the hands of Israeli forces,” Mr Moonis said and urged the world to take stock of the situation in Gaza and stop Israel from committing atrocities there.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2021