Massive rally in Pakistan demands action against Israel for committing crimes against humanity

KARACHI  (Palestine Foundation Information Center)  Thousands of people, including a large number of women and children, rallied in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on Sunday night to urge the world to force Israel to stop attacks on Gaza and hold it accountable for its crimes against humanity.

Sunday’s rally in Karachi was organized by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party and attended by thousands of men, women, and children, with participants carrying placards and banners, and chanting slogans in support of the Palestinians.

“Israel should be tried for its crimes against humanity and it should be forced to immediately stop the genocide of the Palestinians,” JI chief Naeem-ur-Rehman said, urging Muslim rulers to get united in support of Palestine.

He hailed the youth worldwide, including in the Western world, for criticizing their own governments’ pro-Israel policies.

“The youth in Pakistan and worldwide are at the forefront to raise voice against the Israeli terrorism against people of Palestine,” Rehman said.

“The US and the West’s state-sponsored terrorism against the innocent people of Palestine by Israel has exposed all of them and their double standards.”

The war on Gaza broke out after Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 in response to the deteriorating conditions of the Palestinian people living under Israeli occupation.

Israel launched a retaliatory offensive, widely viewed as disproportionate, in which more than 35,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have lost their lives, according to the Palestinian health ministry.