Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: PNCR calls for immediate ceasefire, condemns all acts of aggression

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is calling for an immediate cease fire in the Israeli Palestinian/Conflict. The Party in a statement says it believes that a resolution of the current conflict in the Middle East is a precondition for a global peace.

According to the party “global peace is necessary for, among other things, the continued development of the global economy, to create the conditions to resolve a number of pressing Global problems such as climate change and the movement of refugees. A lack of peace, especially in the Middle East, can cause mankind to confront problems of unprecedented magnitude and significance. A peaceful Middle East is therefore essential for world peace. That peace, in general terms, must be based on a solution which makes provision for the Palestinian to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and for the state of Israel to live within secure borders.”

The PNCR condemns all acts of aggression, including the action on Saturday October 7^th  by Hamas and Israel’s attempt to impose collective punishment on the people of Palestine who inhabit the Gaza Strip, regardless of whether they were complicit or not in the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7^th.

The Party says it wishes to underscore the fact that the Palestinian problem predated October 7^th   and a proper assessment of the evolution of the problem is needed if there is going to be a peaceful settlement of the Israeli/Palestinian problem.

And to this end the Party has called for an immediate ceasefire and for there to be a negotiated solution to the matter in accordance with the right of Palestinians to self-determination and for Israel to live in peace within its borders.

“While every nation has the right to self-defense, we prefer a world in which no nation has to exercise that right and all and sundry must operate within the confines of international law and pursue the pacific settlement of all Middle Eastern disputes.”

On October 7^th  Hamas attacked Israel resulting in the death of more than 1,400 people killed in Israel, including children. Israel has since struck back with both sides threatening the annihilation of the other.

For a timeline of the Hamas/Israel conflict see  https://abcnews.go.com/International/timeline-surprise-rocket-attack-hamas-israel/story?id=103816006