Palestinian President praises Ghanem

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heaped praise on Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem for his brave, firm and supportive stance to the Palestinian cause. The Palestinian official news agency (WAFA) reported that President Abbas on Friday sent a cable, on his and the Palestinian people’s behalf, to Ghanem to thank him on his courageous and firm stance in the final session of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union congress which has been held recently in Russia. In his cable, the president expressed appreciation of Ghanem’s statements in response to that of the head of the Israeli Knesset’s delegation and his highlight the Israeli crimes against Palestinians.

“On this occasion, I am pleased to convey the gratitude of Palestinian people to the State of Kuwait, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah, and to thank the Kuwaiti National Assembly and government for their political and financial support to Palestinian cause and people,” the president said in the cable. Meanwhile, Palestinians of different political hues have greatly welcomed Ghanem’s supportive stance and his statements which shed light on the Israeli abuses against Palestinian people. They agreed that Ghanem’s statements in the IPU session comes in line with the Kuwaiti government and people’s support and defense of the Palestinian rights in different international events.

Arab conscious

In the meantime, Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub said that the speech by Ghanem, at the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Saint Petersburg, Russia, represents the conscious of all Arab countries.

In a press release, Tahboub added that Ghanem’s response to the Israeli delegation at IPU, especially with regard to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, came as a natural response to the Israeli occupation, describing the delegation as a legal tool for the occupation.

The ambassador noted that the Palestinian state government and people followed closely the reaction and the speech by the Speaker at the session, noting that the speech revealed the true nature of the so-called “only true democracy” in the region, namely the Israeli legislative branch.The Ambassador also praised His Highness the Amir in a letter to Ghanem, which brings back all Arabs to the centralization to Arab issues, mainly the Palestinian case which all Arab countries should be united for. Tahboub also thanked His Highness the Amir and expressed appreciation and admiration for his sentiments and regards as a humanitarian leader and to the National Assembly Speaker for representing the Kuwaiti people. — KUNA