Doha,Qatar
Turkish Journal – Şevval Erdağ – Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the chairperson and founder of Education Above All Foundation (EAA), has voiced her outrage over the lack of global action towards the ongoing atrocities committed in the Gaza Strip by Israel.
The Qatari royal’s remarks were part of her speech on Monday during an event marking the fifth annual International Day to Protect Education from Attack (IDPEA), held at the Qatar National Convention Centre.
Under the theme “Education in Peril: The Human Cost of War”, this year’s event took place as the Gaza Strip continues to witness Israel’s brutal war, widely described as a genocide.
The event started with a moving performance by some of the children evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Doha, part of a campaign led by Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to evacuate 1,500 Palestinians for medical treatment and sponsor 3,000 orphans.
Sheikha Moza’s speech highlighted the suffering of Palestinians under Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which has persisted for more than 11 months.
She called out the “international community that claims to be civilized” over its silence and double standards towards global crises, wars, and conflicts – particularly Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
“I am angry at leaders who blather about human rights and the mandate of international law and say nothing about the genocide taking place in Gaza,” she said. “What we are witnessing in Gaza has stripped away the world’s imagined veil of civility unmasking its sheer brutality.”
According to Palestine’s Ministry of Education, Israel has severely damaged at least 124 schools in the Gaza Strip and completely destroyed 62 others. At least 65 schools belonging to the UN’s Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) have also been attacked or vandalized. (DohaNews)
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