A clear message to the international community on the immediate end of Israeli military operations in Gaza was sent by Palestinian Ambassador to Cyprus on Tuesday, during a press conference on the occasion of the symbolic movement of protest and a strike between 9am and a strike between 9am. and 4 pm about the situation in the Palestinian enclave.
According to Mr. Atari, this is a powerful human call to all the friends of justice, freedom and human dignity, “a minimal act to the Palestinian people”.
“The situation in Gaza has exceeded any limit of human endurance. The murderer, the status of genocide, continues his crimes unpunished, while the international community is silent, suffices for shy statements that do not save lives, unfortunately, “he said, adding that this symbolic act is an act of moral resistance.
“Cyprus is a democratic society that has sensitivities, values and principles based on democracy and justice. The Cypriots know very well what dignity means. It is a society shielded against racist phenomena such as anti -Semitism and “anti -community”, “he continued.
“From here, from this country, I address all the countries of the world and not just the Cypriots. No government, no president, no prime minister, no minister, no Member, no athlete, no ordinary citizen is unnecessary and above all no journalist, “he said.
Respect, he added, “The Blood of the Palestinians”.
According to Mr. Atari, the most dangerous phenomenon is to become familiar with what we see. “There is a genocide, we see news, we hear numbers. Today 50 were killed, yesterday 59 and go saying. What I never imagined, however, is for people to become familiar with starvation. Seeing children dying of hunger is not tragic, inhumane, and anyone who wants to become familiar with these images we see, go and examine if he is still a human being, “he added.
As he said, the Cypriots have a well -known slogan, “I don’t forget”, and at the moment all Palestinian society, the Palestinian leadership, are trying not to acquire a slogan that says “I do not forget, I do not forgive, I will revenge”.
“We do not want to push us to hate humanity. We have a lot to offer, we are a people special throughout the region and not just in the Middle East and we do not want to lose our humanity. I personally feel that I am protecting my humanity with this act, the hunger strike, “he said.
“I know that Palestine will not be liberated by such an act, but every act of us means a lot. We take the courage from friends and people who have values and principles and are conscious and have humanity, “he added.
He added that 67 journalists were killed in World War II in 7 years, while 63 journalists in Vietnam in 20 years. “In Gaza, in 22 months, 186 journalists were executed cold. I say this to those journalists who are still talking about self -defense, who still justify what Israel is doing in Gaza, “he added.
He also referred to a plan for all Israeli governments of the creation of the “Great Israel”, the biggest obstacle to the implementation of which, according to Mr Atari, is the Palestinian displacement.
He added that on the West Bank, Israel, as it aims at Gaza, Hamas and the resistance, as it claims, is aiming for the Palestinian authority.
“We, as a Palestinian Authority, are currently spending dramatic moments and beyond the camps of Jenin, Tulcarem and others where they are trying to displace the world and overthrow these camps, there is also the economic war,” he said. At the moment, he added, “the Israeli government keeps 2.3 billion euros from the Palestinian people from the Palestinian people, 75% of the income tax withheld by Palestinian workers within Israel. Such an amount, if deprived of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority, is close to collapsing financially. “
He also referred to 59,000 dead and 140,000 injured in Gaza, and according to the latest UNICEF statistics over 17,000 children have been killed. “And for what we call help centers, which we call death traps, only 875 people have been killed at this point, trying to get a kilo of flour or canned,” he added.
“We therefore call on people to react, seek, to apply ways of pressure on Israel to stop the starvation used as a genocide tool. From what we read in history we know that starvation comes as a result of a war. But using starvation as a weapon, as a tool, to serve a genocide currently executed in Gaza, perhaps the first time in history, “he said finally, re -expressing his frustration over a lack of reaction from the international community.
Asked if the symbolic event is held only in Cyprus or where there are Palestinians, Mr Atari said he may be starting from Nicosia, but there will be mobilization everywhere, adding that there are different actions that are leading in this direction.
Called to comment on the reasons why the European Union cannot exert a practical influence on Israel, the Palestinian Ambassador initially said that the fact that Israel is always considered the caressed child of the West has to do with history and that the Jews have been in Europe and the Jews.
Asked if he has discussed these issues with the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, since Cyprus is a member of the European Union, he is the same victim of an invasion and continued occupation, and in January 2026 and will be presidenled by the European Council for six months, To put the Palestinian on the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency.
“Of course we also want it, of course we are discussing it and discussing specific things. Cyprus is a friendly country, they associate us with Cyprus historical relations there is mutual respect and understanding of our relationship with Cyprus, and we always hope and hope that the Cypriot government, pursuing foreign policy, will never be at the expense of Palestinian, as our external policy was never.
Asked if he believes that Cyprus can somehow contribute to the distribution of Gaza, perhaps through the model used in the past, the Palestinian ambassador said that Cyprus was one of the first countries to officially said it was ready to help. But, he added, “there is a great distance from wanting to help and be able to help Gaza on the ground. The situation in Gaza is very complicated, it is very dangerous, very difficult. “
Outside the embassy, Palestinians gathered in Cyprus and other citizens, who with slogans and banners expressed their sympathy to the people of Gaza.
Source: KYPE