Israeli raids prove peace calls false: Kuwait Speaker

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem has labeled Israel’s raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque “brutal,” saying the latest assault once again demonstrates that the “occupational entity’s calls for peace are false.” Several Palestinian worshippers were injured on Sunday after being attacked by Israeli police, who were guarding 450 Israeli settlers as they reportedly broke into the mosque on the first day of the Islamic Eid Al-Adha holiday. “It is utterly woeful and shameful to leave Jerusalemites facing their enemy alone, without any support or backing,” the chief lawmaker said in a statement. He urged the need for comprehensive Arab, Islamic and global action across political, human rights and cultural forums worldwide to put pressure on an “occupational entity that knows only the logic of oppression and power.” “If our military conditions are unfavorable, this does not prevent daily action on the political, cultural and human rights spectrums,” he added. — KUNA