GAZA (PIC)– Dr. Ahmad Bahar the acting speaker of the PLC has asked a visiting South African delegation headed by Ronnie Kasrlis the minister of intelligence services to pressure Israel into halting its aggression on the Palestinian people.
Dr. Bahar briefed the delegates on the sufferings of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation that doubled over the past year as a result of the “oppressive siege” imposed on them.
He further said that the detention of Dr. Aziz Dwaik the speaker of the PLC and locking him up in a small cell “ran contrary to all international norms and the Geneva Convention”.
For his part Kasrlis pointed to his country’s strong sense of the injustice befalling the Palestinian people and appreciated their struggle aimed at restoring legitimate rights of freedom and independence.
In the same context Kasrlis expressed his condemnation of Israel’s detention of 41 Palestinian lawmakers including the speaker of the PLC.
He also said that the two peoples in Palestine and South Africa underwent the same bitter experience for the sake of freedom and independence “Hence we should strengthen the relations between the two countries through repeated meetings and visits at all levels”.
