JAKARTA
\nIndonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi denounced on Monday the West\u2019s \u201cdouble standards\u201d on Gaza, as she pledged continued support for Palestine.
\nIndonesia has long been a staunch supporter of Palestine, with its people and government seeing Palestinian statehood as mandated by their own constitution, which calls for the abolition of colonialism.
\nThe Indonesian government has consistently condemned Israeli violence, while also rallying international support since Tel Aviv\u2019s bombardment of Gaza escalated in early October.
\nIsrael\u2019s relentless military campaign has since killed more than 22,000 Palestinians and destroyed or damaged most homes in the besieged strip.
\n\u201cThe case of Palestine showed double standards from a number of countries in the world, especially those in the Global North,\u201d Marsudi said during her annual press statement.
\n\u201cGlobal North countries are suddenly quiet as they watch humanitarian violations. Where\u2019s all the lectures they often give about human rights? Doesn\u2019t Palestine have the same rights as the rest of us? Why does it seem like the nation of Palestine is below us?\u201d
\nIndonesia was part of a ministerial committee assigned by the extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic Summit in November, which pushed for an end to Israel\u2019s ongoing deadly onslaught on Gaza.
\nMembers of the committee, chaired by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, met officials representing each of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to increase pressure on the West to reject Israel\u2019s justification of its bombardment of Gaza as self-defense.
\nMarsudi noted that she would be representing Indonesia at the International Court of Justice on Feb. 19, where she is scheduled to speak at a public hearing to urge the ICJ to give an advisory opinion that strengthens Palestine\u2019s legal standing.
\nThe hearing at The Hague is a follow-up to a December 2022 resolution passed by the UN General Assembly calling on the ICJ to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel\u2019s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.
\n\u201cThe point is that the UN cannot forget the struggle of the nation of Palestine,\u201d Marsudi added.
\nShe also highlighted how the UN Security Council was unable \u201cto stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza,\u201d referring to its failure to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire last month after it was vetoed by the US.
\nSpeaking from the Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, Marsudi pointed out that the venue was a reminder of Indonesia\u2019s \u201cdebt\u201d to Palestine.
\nThe building is a museum commemorating the 1955 Asian-African Conference, which had aimed to oppose colonialism and eventually led to the Non-Aligned Movement. Of more than two dozen countries which participated then, Palestine is the only one that has yet to gain its independence.
\n\u201cThis building is a reminder of a debt that we have yet to pay, and that is the independence of Palestine,\u201d she said. \u201cIndonesia will always fight for Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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