INTERNATIONAL QUDS DAY 2025

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In solidarity with the Palestinian people and their legitimate struggle for freedom, justice, and self-determination – 20 CSOs condemn of Israel’s genocide, US complicity, and Zionist plans to destroy Al-Aqsa and Gaza.

UNITED AGAINST ZIONIST ISRAEL – FREE AL-AQSA AND PALESTINE

On the last Friday of Ramadan 1446/2025, marking International Quds Day, we, the undersigned, stand in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and their legitimate struggle for freedom, justice, and self-determination.

For decades, Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Al-Aqsa Mosque have been under Zionist occupation, facing continuous violations, illegal settlements, forced evictions, and systematic oppression. Today, this aggression has escalated into mass genocide in Gaza, brutal occupation in the West Bank, and intensified efforts to erase Palestinian heritage and Islamic sanctities.

ISRAEL VIOLATES CEASEFIRE – U.S. BACKS MASS KILLINGS

The so-called ceasefire in Gaza has once again been violated by Israel, proving that the Zionist regime has no intention of peace but only seeks to completely annihilate the Palestinian people. With full military and political backing from the United States, Israel has launched another wave of attacks, killing hundreds more innocent civilians and injuring thousands.

Israel’s War Crimes:

Doctors, UN staff, journalists, and aid convoys have been targeted and bombed with no international response.

Hospitals and aid centers have been deliberately destroyed to kill survivors and block humanitarian relief.

Air and ground assaults continue against shelters filled with civilians, including women and children.

The international community must rise and act immediately—this is a war crime of the highest level, and those responsible must be held accountable. The support of Western nations, especially the United States, for these crimes is unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest terms.

CSO Press Conference on International Quds Day 2025

CURRENT SITUATION IN GAZA: ONGOING GENOCIDE

  • Gaza is now experiencing one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. Since October 2024:
  • Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes, artillery bombardments, and planned assassinations by Israel.
  • The Israeli blockade has cut off food, water, medicine, and fuel, leaving millions facing starvation.
  • 90% of Gaza’s population is displaced, living in extreme hardship in overcrowded refugee camps.
  • Israeli forces are deliberately targeting civilians, journalists, medical workers, and aid convoys, violating international laws with full impunity.
  • Despite clear evidence of genocide, Western powers led by the United States continue to supply weapons, funding, and political cover for Israel, ensuring the massacre continues.

WEST BANK: MURDER, LAND THEFT, AND MILITARY OPPRESSION

  • While Gaza faces mass ethnic cleansing, the West Bank is experiencing increased Israeli military occupation and Zionist settler violence:
  • Illegal settlers, backed by the Israeli military, burn Palestinian homes, attack worshippers, and seize land without consequence.
  • Daily military raids in Jenin, Nablus, and Hebron lead to mass arrests, extrajudicial killings, and the destruction of Palestinian homes.
  • Zionist forces restrict Palestinian movement, destroy businesses, and suppress protests, creating a brutal apartheid system.

ISRAEL’S SYSTEMATIC TAKEOVER OF AL-AQSA AND THE IBRAHIMI MOSQUE

  • The Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron is facing full Zionist occupation, with military checkpoints, settler attacks, and bans on Muslim worshippers. Israel aims to completely Judaize this site, erase its Islamic identity, and block Muslim access.
  • Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is under unprecedented Zionist attacks.
  • Extremist Jewish settlers and Zionist militias, protected by Israeli police, storm Al-Aqsa daily, desecrating the sacred site and imposing restrictions on Muslim worshippers.
  • The Israeli government is accelerating illegal excavations beneath Al-Aqsa, threatening to collapse its structure and replace the mosque with a Jewish temple.
  • This is not just an attack on Palestine—it is a direct assault on Islam, Muslim heritage, and the identity of Al-Quds as the eternal capital of Palestine.

CALL TO EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA & ARAB STATES

We call on:

1. Egypt to immediately cancel the Camp David Peace Treaty with Israel.

Egypt must halt all security cooperation with Israel and open the Rafah border for unrestricted humanitarian aid and military support to Gaza.

Egypt must no longer act as a buffer for Israel’s blockade but instead support the Palestinian cause with concrete actions.

2. Saudi Arabia and other Arab governments must withdraw their investments from the U.S.

The U.S. directly funds and arms Israeli war crimes while simultaneously benefiting from billions in Arab investments.

Arab states must boycott the American economy and use their financial power to pressure the U.S. to end its unconditional support for Israel.

OIC MEMBER STATES: FULL SUPPORT TO THE AXIS OF RESISTANCE

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) must take decisive action by:

Providing military, diplomatic, and financial support to the Axis of Resistance (Palestinian resistance factions, Hezbollah, and other anti-Zionist movements).

Declaring Israel a terrorist state and cutting all forms of economic, political, and diplomatic ties with the Zionist regime.

Establishing a defense pact among Muslim nations to counter Israeli aggression.

OIC states must move beyond words and take real action to confront Israeli apartheid, aggression, and genocide.

CALL TO THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT UNDER ANWAR IBRAHIM

We call on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to take firm and immediate action against Israel’s war crimes. Necessary steps include:

1. Cutting ties with pro-Israel entities and imposing sanctions on companies dealing with Israel.

2. Leading ASEAN and OIC initiatives to counter Zionist aggression.

3. Declaring full Malaysian support for the Palestinian resistance movement.

4. Expanding humanitarian aid efforts and finding ways to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza.

STRONGEST CONDEMNATION – A CALL TO ACTION

We issue the strongest condemnation of Israel’s genocide, U.S. complicity, and Zionist plans to destroy Al-Aqsa and Gaza.

THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!

We must not remain silent while Palestine is being destroyed.

#FreePalestine #ResistZionism #SupportPalestinianResistance

We stand in solidarity

1. Pengarah I CEO, Citizens International
Mohideen Bin Abdul Kader  I  Dr. Azeem Fazwan

2. Presiden I Ketua Penyelaras Negeri Pulau Pinang, MAPIM
Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid  I  M.S. Anuar Bin Mahmod

3. Presiden, Islamic Propagation Society International (IPSI)
Dato Hj Kamarudin Abdullah

4. Yang Dipertua, ABIM Pulau Pinang
Ahmad Muzhaffar Mohd Shatir

5. Setiausaha Agung, TERAS Pengupayaan Melayu
Mohd Shah Rizan Sazali

6. Presiden, Consumer Association of Penang (CAP)
Mohideen Bin Abdul Kader

7. Koordinator, Pertubuhan Pendidikan TERBANG TINGGI Malaysia
Mohd Afizal Radzi

8. Ketua Koordinator, MIM Humanitarian Project (MiM)
Mohd Bukhari Bin Mohd Noor

9. Ketua Projek, Komuniti Pondok Sukun (KOMPOS)
Nurfitri Amir Bin Muhammad

10. Koordinator, RURAL MALAYSIA
Borhan Bin Omar

11. Pengerusi, AMANI MALAYSIA
Shamsul Ery Samsudin

12. Setiausaha AMAL RELIEF MALAYSIA (Pulau Pinang)
Mohd Faruk Bin Abdul Rahman

13. Presiden Pertubuhan WANITA PRIHATIN Pulau Pinang
Sharifah Noorriati Syed Amirudin

14. Pengurus, MyCARE Pulau Pinang
Aris Bin Taib

15. Pengerusi WADAH Pulau Pinang
Mahamad Aziz bin Abdullah

16. Presiden PEMBIMBING – PKPIM
Wan Hafiz Zariqfitri bin Wan Ismail

17. Koordinator MARHAEN Penang
Choo Chon Kai

18. Setiausaha Agung, Pertubuhan Menangani Gejala Sosial Malaysia (UNGGAS MALAYSIA)
Latiff bin Ahmad

19. Yayasan Nurul Islam
Prof Madya Dr Shaik Abdullah bin Hassan Mydin

20. Centre For Peace and Sustainability Penang
Cathie Sanchez

 

Press Statement, 25 March 2025