30.08.2025 01:04
The motion titled "Resolution on Israel's Decision to Expand Its Occupation in Gaza and the Genocide Against the Palestinian People," signed by the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Numan Kurtulmuş, was unanimously accepted in the General Assembly. With this motion, all national parliaments are called to take action to end their military and commercial relations with Israel and to break the embargo against Palestine.
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The "Resolution on Israel's Decision to Expand Its Occupation in Gaza and the Genocide Against the Palestinian People" presented to the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) was accepted unanimously.
A CALL TO ALL COUNTRY PARLIAMENTS TO 'TAKE ACTION'
With the resolution signed by TBMM President Numan Kurtulmuş, all country parliaments were invited to terminate their military and commercial relations with Israel and to take action to break the embargo against Palestine.
The joint statement published included the following expressions:
"ISRAEL'S POLICIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN CONTINUED FOR DECADES, HAVE TURNED INTO A GENOCIDE IN GAZA"
"Israel has transformed its decades-long policies of occupation, destruction, and annexation against the Palestinian people into a genocide, especially in Gaza over the last two years. The genocide perpetrated by Israel, along with its policies of famine and starvation, has cost tens of thousands of lives. The genocidal Netanyahu government has been condemned by the UN and other international organizations for deliberately condemning the people of Gaza to hunger and famine.
"NETANYAHU AND HIS GANG HAVE REACHED THE STAGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY OF ANNEXING ALL PALESTINIAN SETTLEMENTS"
By deciding to expand its operation of occupation in Gaza, Israel continues its massacres and oppression, having killed nearly 70,000 people, mostly women and children, and injured more than 150,000 in the last two years, while destroying the region's civilian infrastructure. Palestinian women, children, youth, and the elderly have been condemned by the genocidal Israeli forces to a prison of death and hunger. Not content with these barbaric actions, Netanyahu and his gang have escalated their efforts to eliminate the Palestinians by moving to the next stage of implementing the policy of annexing all Palestinian settlements, including Gaza. Israel has also increased the violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank through occupying forces and illegal settlers, accelerating land occupation, illegal demolitions, and illegal settlement construction.
"THE CURRENT STAGE IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMANITY'S CONSCIENCE"
Unfortunately, no global institution, except for the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, has made any effort to stop the unlawful decisions and massacres of the Israeli government. The rising voice of humanity on almost every inch of the earth is forcing governments that have remained silent or supported this oppression to stand with the Palestinian people. The hopeful aspect of this dark picture is that some states that were previously silent or supportive of Israel are now taking steps to recognize Palestine and boycott Israel. The current stage is a great achievement of humanity's conscience.
"WE HOPE THAT WORLD PARLIAMENTS WILL JOIN OUR CALL AND WE WILL ACT TOGETHER"
Today, we gather here as the TBMM to convey our proposals and calls for solidarity with the Palestinian people and to stop Israel to the world parliaments. We hope that world parliaments that will support raising the voice and conscience of humanity will join our call and we will act together.
"WE STRONGLY CONDEMN THE PRACTICES OF OCCUPATION, DESTRUCTION, AND ANNEXATION"
As the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, we strongly condemn the practices of occupation, destruction, and annexation that the Palestinian people have been subjected to by Israel for decades. We emphasize that the massacres against the Palestinian people and the recent use of famine as a weapon of destruction in Gaza constitute a crime of genocide.
We call on the international community to make greater efforts to force Israel to accept a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, withdraw its armed forces from the region, and ensure uninterrupted humanitarian aid to Gaza. We condemn the illegal settlement activities in Jerusalem and the West Bank and the violence against the Palestinian people. We call for those who commit genocide and colonial crimes in Palestinian territories to be held accountable before the courts.
"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT AND SOVEREIGN STATE OF PALESTINE IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE JUST AND LASTING PEACE"
We record that the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine, based on the 1967 borders and with geographical integrity, is the only way to achieve just and lasting peace. We emphasize that attacks and provocations against the holy sites of Muslims, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque, must be stopped.
We call for the suspension of Israel's memberships in the United Nations and international organizations until it abandons its genocidal policies. We invite all country parliaments to urgently take action to terminate all military and commercial relations with Israel and to break the embargo imposed on the Palestinian people.
"WE CALL ON COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF PALESTINE TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINE"
We also call on countries to reject and condemn the genocide and colonial policies in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel; to defend the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people; to maintain the perspective of a two-state solution; and to recognize Palestine for those countries that do not recognize the State of Palestine. Finally, we invite you to join the "Group of Parliaments Supporting Palestine," established under the leadership of the TBMM on April 18, 2025, in Istanbul.
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