CAIRO, December 11, 2011 (WAFA) - League of Arab States strongly condemned on Sunday the racist declarations made by US Republican Party presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, against the Palestinian people and their rights, according to an official.
Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League for Palestinian affairs and occupied Arab territories, Muhammad Sbeih, in a press release said that the League of Arab States heard the allegations of Gingrich with incredulity and disbelief and it confirms they are irresponsible and have no scientific base, what so ever.
He added that the Palestinian people lived on this land three thousand years before religions and they have deep culture and history that cannot be ignored nor will be affected by such trivialities and false claims.
He said that these claims if caused by ignorance, then it is a real disaster because it is assumed that a former House of Representatives speaker and a head of one of the congress’ committees to be totally aware of the historical facts, at least what was mentioned in the bible and Torah, concerning the clear rights of the Palestinian people that cannot be denied.
He added that this declaration if said for a political purpose, then the disaster is greater, because it shows a cheap try to get votes for the elections, for which Gingrich was able to sell America’s interests and deny the international law, the democratic principles and human rights.
He considered these statements a clear invitation to deport the Palestinians to Arab countries, pointing out that this gives a “green light” to those who believe in such policy in the Israeli right-wing party, which drags the region into chaos.
He called on the Arab parliaments and bodies in the US, which call for democracy and human rights, to interfere in order to confront these cheap declarations which affect US and its role as a mediator in the peace process.
He said that the American electors should maintain the American constitution as well as the American principles and interests in the world.
Speaking of the Israeli reluctance to carry out the second phase of the exchange deal, Sbeih added that the Arab leaderships, people and league never trusted the Israeli leadership, but they trust the Egyptian side, which carried out this deal, and the Palestinian side working hard to release the greatest number of prisoners.
US Republican Party presidential candidate Newt Gingrich during a conference marking the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated that “the Palestinian people inhibited this land since the dawn of history, and they intend to remain on it until the end of time,” in which he said that the Palestinian people were “invented” and “terrorists.”Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
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