Cyberjaya – Around 150 students and staff gathered to mark the launch of the Limkokwing organised campaign, ‘Plight of the Palestinians: From Grim to Bleak’ recently.

The campaign is aimed mainly to stop the Israeli attacks in Palestine as well as to create awareness on the suffering of the Palestinians and to raise funds which will be used for medical aid for the Palestinians.

Present was the Palestinian ambassador to Malaysia, Abdelaziz Abu Ghoush.

Speaking on behalf of the university, Tiffanee Marie Lim said, the conflict at the Gaza Strip is not a new issue and has been going on since 1948.

“It has brought a lot of suffering towards the Palestinian people especially children. Today, the world is trying to intervene without any success.

Today’s ceremony brings back flashbacks of the tragedy in Iraq in 2003. The Iraqi tragedy holds a lot in common with the tragedy in Palestine. The university is aware and is giving attention to the Palestinians, a people with no rights in their own land, she said.

Meanwhile, Abdelaziz in his press conference said, the USA cannot use the ‘defending Israel’ as in issue to keep attacking Palestine.

According to him, prior to this, the USA has time and time again promised an independent and free Palestinian state. However, the suffering still continues in Palestine.
“As we speak, more than 100 Palestinians have lost their lives at the Gaza Strip and 1.6 million others seeking refuge from Israel.

“Give the Palestinians a chance to live peacefully as the whole world lives with hope that Israel retreats from Palestinian soil,” he said.

Meeting separately, a student from the university, Wilson Yeoh, 22, said, although the university is a private institution of higher learning, the university has always fulfilled its social responsibility by launching campaigns such as this one.

“The campaign is a sign of sympathy towards the Palestinian people and as Malaysians, we should be thankful because Malaysia is still a peaceful country,” he said to Sinar Harian.

Meanwhile, a Palestine national studying at the university, Fahd Abd Rahman said, he is aware and knows a lot of things happening in Palestine.

“Following the attacks on Palestine, many Palestinians lose their lives everyday.

This ongoing conflict darkens the future of Palestine and hopefully, the trouble will end and we will get back our land,” he said.

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