Palestine not a religious struggle, big powers arrogant, Mat Sabu says at rally

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The Palestine cause is not a religious struggle but a fight to stop the killings of innocent human beings, leaders of various political parties said at a mega rally in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (Oct 11).   Read more at https://shorturl.at/sdcZ0  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Palestine will be free!

00:03Leaders of various political parties joined many at a mega rally in Kuala Lumpur on Friday

00:08to show solidarity with Palestinians.

00:11Murder is happening in front of our eyes.

00:14They emphasised that the cause is not a religious struggle,

00:17but a fight to end the killings of innocent lives.

00:20The rally, led by Parti Amanah Malaysia President

00:23and Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu,

00:28took place after Friday prayers at Masjid Ash-Shakirin at Tabung Haji.

00:32It marks the first of several planned gatherings

00:35to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Israel's intensified assault on Gaza,

00:41which began on October 7 last year.

00:44Mohamad applauded the growing support for Palestine

00:47from citizens in the US and Europe,

00:49despite their government's backing of Israel.

00:52We thank the people of Europe,

00:55who did not want to return to Gaza.

00:58They did not want to see women killed cruelly.

01:02We thank the people of the United Kingdom.

01:05Thank you to the people of Ireland.

01:07Thank you to the people of Spain.

01:09Thank you to the people of Germany.

01:11Thank you to the people of America.

01:13We salute their government.

01:16We stand here,

01:18we remember the one-year genocide that took place in the land of Palestine.

01:25As long as the land of Palestine is not free,

01:29we will not lower our voices.

01:32We will not stop our struggle.

01:36We will not stop our struggle.

01:40Because this is a struggle for humanity.

01:45As long as there are people who are oppressed,

01:48we as the world have a duty to uphold justice.

01:56A memorandum addressed to US President Joe Biden,

01:59Vice President Kamala Harris,

02:01and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

02:04was placed in the US Embassy's mailbox

02:06after security personnel declined to accept it.

02:11We would like to express our deepest condolences

02:16to the US Embassy's Ambassador, Edgard Kagan.

02:23The rally concluded peacefully after about an hour.

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