Mushahid's action plan for ME peace

ISLAMABAD:

Senator Mushahid Hussain outlined a five-point action plan for Palestine and peace in the Middle East.

In his keynote address at IPI conference on Middle East, the Senator said the first step should be for OIC emergency summit on 11 November to take concrete steps to alleviate the sufferings of the Palestinian people.

He urged to take the lead by forming an international leaders delegation, also comprising leaders from the Global South & Europe, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkiye, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Algeria and Brazil, plus PMs of Norway & Ireland who should visit Washington immediately to meet President-elect Donald Trump, and urge the new US President to reverse the one-sided American policy of blatantly supporting Israel, have ceasefire immediately, provide humanitarian assistance & take steps for lasting peace through establishment of an independent Palestine State.

Second, given their strong navies, Turkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia should form a joint naval humanitarian flotilla for peace to help break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

Third, recalling the joint initiative of President Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir in 2019 to launch a global Media initiative to promote the perspective of the Muslim Ummah.

Fourth, OIC immediately establish a Palestine reconstruction fund for the reconstruction of devastated areas of Gaza as well as Lebanon.

Fifth, establish a Nuremberg-style international war crimes tribunal for 2 purposes: a) establish war reparations fund for victims of genocide in Palestine & Lebanon; b) form a global group of eminent jurists, lawyers & jurists to try Israeli political & military leaders for crimes against humanity & all other war crimes committed after 7 October, 2023, including acts of aggression against Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq & Syria. Mushahid said 'OIC has lost credibility with the Muslim masses.

Finally, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed appealed to OIC summit host, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince & Prime Minister Muhammad bin Salman, to take inspiration from his late uncle, who convened a special OIC Summit in Lahore in 1974, which for the first time recognised PLO under Yasser Arafat as the 'sole legitimate representative of the people of Palestine'. Mushahid praised King Faisal Shaheed as a 'great leader of the Muslim World, who was bold, courageous with vision and will to act for Palestine'.