PBNU Invites World Citizens To View Palestine's Destruction Due To Israeli Attack On Humanitarian Problems

Palestinians who were victims of Israeli attacks were taken to the Indonesian Hospital on the edge of Gaza. (doc Wikipedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board Ulil Abshar Abdalla invites figures and religious communities in the world to view the problems in Palestine as a humanitarian issue. 2023 in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday 7 November. Ulil said the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that has been going on for years has now begun to be seen as a humanitarian issue.

According to him, the large-scale destruction in Gaza PalETina is no longer a religious issue, so there are more and more public sympathy in the world, including in Indonesia.

Therefore, Ulil hopes that this built awareness will be a momentum to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. "People who sympathize with Palestine now no longer see this as a problem in Islam," he said. Militaryly speaking, Israel does have a very big advantage over Palestine. Israel has sophisticated weaponry and is supported by the military force of the United States (US). While Palestine only has limited weapons and military support from Arab countries that are still divided. Therefore, according to him, it is very difficult for Palestine to defeat Israel militarily. But in the world's opinion war, Palestine has a greater chance of winning.

"This is because the world community is increasingly aware of the human rights violations committed by Israel against the Palestinian people. In the current world opinion war Israel is losing, including in America," he said.

Researchers from the University of St Andrews England, Abbas Panakal, said that international support for Palestine has grown stronger in recent years. The support has been driven by various factors, including increasing human rights awareness in Palestine, which has killed thousands of people from civil society and children. "Global support to Palestine is also seen from various solidarity actions held in various countries, including in Indonesia," he said. According to Panakal, this peaceful Palestinian defense action is important to maintain peace in the Middle East region. "This action shows that the world community rejects violence and supports peaceful solutions to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," he said. On the other hand, he continued, social media has also influenced the escalation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel. This is because social media has become an effective tool for spreading propaganda and spreading hatred. Moreover, many false content, including fake news and deepfake, which circulate in social media and triggers the conflict is heating up. "False news and deepfakes have made people in Palestine and Israel increasingly hostile. This makes conflict even more difficult to resolve," he said.