Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi: It's Been Too Long For The Rights Of The Of Palestinian Gnawed By Israel

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi (DOK VOI)

JAKARTA - Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi says President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) condemns Israel's acts of violence against Palestinians. The Indonesian government called the act of violence undying.

"Mr. President said that Indonesia condemned the action and urged the UN Security Council to take concrete steps against Israel's continued violations. Indonesia will continue to support the struggle of the Palestinian people", Retno said in a press conference aired on The Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Wednesday, May 12.

Not only that, but President Jokowi continues to follow new developments on the violence that occurred in the Gaza Strip and caused the death toll. Therefore, the Indonesian government is doing its best to include through The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP).

The committee is a UN general assembly established since 1975 and has a mandate to fight for Palestinian rights, including the right to independence.

As one of the bureau member states and held the position of vice chairman, Indonesia proposed a meeting between the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (GNB) to hold a meeting. The goal is to discuss the violence in Palestine.

Not only that, Indonesia also urged real action taken by the UN Security Council over the conflict. One of them, by seeking to stop the violence and bring justice and protection to the Palestinians.

"For too long the rights of the palestinian people have been undermined by the Israelis. Indonesia will continue to be with the Palestinian people and people in the fight for their rights", he said.

Earlier, hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated overnight, with 35 Palestinians killed in Gaza and three in Israel in the most intensive airstrikes in years.

Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza into the early hours of Wednesday, May 12, when Islamist groups and other Palestinian militant groups fired several rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and Syria.

One building in Gaza collapsed and another was heavily damaged after being repeatedly hit by Israeli airstrikes.

Israel says it is attacking Hamas targets, including intelligence centers and rocket launch sites.

"It was the largest attack between Israel and Hamas since the 2014 war in Gaza, and sparked international concerns that the situation could get out of control", Reuters wrote as quoted by Antara.