The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) said Monday that it is disappointed with the United States for taking sides with Israel in its conflict with neighbouring Palestine for close to eighty years.
“The Council is disappointed that, in its usual dishonourable way, the United States has openly and shamelessly taken sides with Israel in spite of its brazen and incessant aggressions and massacre of the Palestinians for about eight decades now,” the council said in a statement jointly signed by Prof. Salisu Shehu, Deputy Secretary-General and Yunus Ustaz Usman, SAN, National Legal Adviser.
The council maintained that the United States has never accorded sanctity to the life of the Palestinians, nor had it ever shown sincere support and commitment to the struggle and the natural quest for freedom that Palestinians are yearning for.
The council said it was unfortunate that the United States has fallen short of the humane values of justice, freedom, security and protection of life that it always purportedly proclaims.
“As we all have blood flowing in our veins and share a common humanity, to pretend that the frustration of Palestinians and the silence of the world to their suffering and oppression will not lead to aggression is to stand logic on its head. Their mass humiliation has even been exacerbated by the hardline policy of the current Israeli government that sees them as animals,” the council added.
The council expressed embarrassment “by the outbreak of deadly and devastating war on the besieged Palestinians in Gaza,” adding that the horrendous attacks on civilians are unfortunate while calling for the immediate cessation of hostilities against Gaza.
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