Speaker terms Gaza as ‘museum of humanity’s crimes’
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf rebuked on Wednesday the international community’s inaction about the Israeli regime’s barbaric onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, warning that the Palestinian territory had become a museum of humanity’s crimes and a laboratory for testing killing technologies.
“Today, we have gathered in Geneva to discuss multilateralism for peace and justice, while these ideals are being deliberately and continuously undermined, and the credibility of international institutions is eroding,” Qalibaf said in an address to the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in the Swiss city on Wednesday.
“Gaza today is a museum of humanity’s crimes and a laboratory for testing killing technologies. We must not be mere spectators to the Gaza genocide; rather, we must stop the 21st-century Nazis before it is too late.”
Displaying images of Israeli crimes against children in Gaza, Qalibaf warned, “The impunity of the Zionist regime’s aggressions not only undermines the legitimacy of the international order but also sends a dangerous message for global peace, emboldening the aggressor to expand its crimes.”
The Iranian Parliament speaker underlined that the Israeli regime’s aggressive acts against Palestinians, which are a deliberate violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, were condemned by 120 countries worldwide; however, the few but bullying supporters of the Zionists prevented international bodies from taking decisive action to hold the Tel Aviv regime accountable.
Pointing to the institutions that should safeguard peace but remained silent in the face of Israeli aggression and occupation, Qalibaf said, “The mechanisms that should guarantee justice are instead blaming the victims and shielding the aggressors, and the structures that should remain impartial and independent have often become tools for the political exploitation of certain powers.”
The top Iranian parliamentarian emphasized that the Israeli regime is using hunger and famine as a weapon of mass destruction.
“The dissemination of images of starving children in Gaza is a disgrace to everyone. Gaza, today, is a place where the right to life is punished with bullets and famine,” he said. “Gaza is not just a dot on the map, but the center for testing human conscience.”