Choosing between honour and duty rolls, or disgrace and treason annals
Today, the Zionist enemy stormed the Gaza Strip and committed a human massacre against civilians in the Jabalia camp, where hundreds of Palestinians were martyred, with the death smell spreading everywhere, in clear defiance of the international community and the United Nations General Assembly resolution for ceasefire in Gaza, which called for putting an end to the war and was adopted by a majority of one hundred and twenty countries. However, the enemy continued its crimes against humanity, as if it was assuring the world that it would not be deterred by the language of politics and law.
This requires states and governments to take practical procedures and make resolute decisions that would force the enemy to stop its aggression, in attempt to avoid a new ‘nakba’ against the Palestinian people. The time for talk is over, and it is now time for action. Today, governments face a test that may be the last one: Are they siding with the Palestinian right and the positions of their peoples, or they have already fallen into the well of treason along with the occupying enemy?
Therefore, we call on our Arab and Islamic governments –especially the front-line countries, being the world's gateway to Palestine– and on everyone to adopt practical positions to support Palestine. We also call on the Egyptian government to immediately open the Rafah crossing and transfer all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Also, we demand the expulsion of Israeli ambassadors from all Arab capitals, and severing diplomatic relations with the occupation. In addition, the boycott weapon should be activated at the level of states and governments, as well as halt of all forms of cooperation and normalization with the occupying state; for Israel to taste the horrors of isolation and siege that it has practised on Gaza; and let the occupation pay a high cost for its crimes.
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) affirms that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and all resistance movements in Palestine are national liberation movements, backed by all the Palestinian people. All governments should support the Palestinian resistance movements in various forms until they liberate their land, a position that is supported by international law and international legitimacy resolutions regarding the right to self-determination.
We also call on the United Nations Human Rights Council and member states to work to make a decision for referring Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court on charges of committing genocide and bring him to trial as a war criminal.
To conclude, let everyone, including leaders, governments, and peoples, be certain that the occupation will come to an end, no matter how long it takes; and only honour and duty rolls, or shame and treason annals remain – before Allah, nations, and history.
Allah Is the Greatest, and Praise Be to Allah
The Muslim Brotherhood
(Tuesday, 16 Rabi’ al-Thani 1445 AH / 31 October 2023)