Daily Sabah – May 12, 2024
Palestinian death toll in Israel's genocidal Gaza war crosses 35,000
The Palestinian death toll in Israel's genocidal war on Gaza marked yet another grim milestone Sunday as the Gazan Health Ministry confirmed at least 35,034 people have now been killed in the territory.
The toll includes at least 63 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 78,755 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its war on Oct. 7 after a Hamas incursion.
However, the climbing death toll and international condemnation did little to deter Israeli aggression as it sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early Sunday.
The ground movement followed a night of heavy aerial bombardments and artillery fire, killing 19 people and wounding dozens of others, health officials said.
Jabalia is the biggest of Gaza's eight historic refugee camps and is home to more than 100,000 people, most of whom were descendants of Palestinians who were driven from towns and villages in what is now Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that led to the creation the state of Israel.
Late on Saturday, the Israeli military claimed forces operating in Jabalia were preventing Hamas, which controls Gaza, from re-establishing its military capabilities there.
"We identified in the past weeks attempts by Hamas to rehabilitate its military capabilities in Jabalia. We are operating there to eliminate those attempts," said Israel's military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.
Meanwhile, Saed, a 45-year-old Jabalia resident, said that the "Bombardment from air and ground hasn't stopped since yesterday, they were bombing everywhere, including near schools that are housing people who lost their houses."
"War is restarting, this is how it looks in Jabalia," he told Reuters via a chat app. "The new incursion forces many families to evacuate."
The army sent tanks back into Al-Zeitoun, an eastern suburb of Gaza City, as well as Al-Sabra, where residents also reported heavy bombardments that destroyed several houses, including high-rise residential buildings.
The army had claimed to have gained control of most of these areas months ago.
Gunbattles
Tanks did not invade eastern Deir al-Balah city, residents and Hamas media said, but some Israeli tanks and bulldozers penetrated the fence on the outskirts of the city prompting a gunfight with Hamas.
In an airstrike late on Saturday in Deir al-Balah two doctors, a father and his son, were killed, health officials said.
The armed wing of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said their members attacked Israeli forces in several areas inside Gaza with anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs, including in Rafah, previously the Palestinians' last refuge where more than a million people were sheltering.
The war was triggered by a Hamas-led incursion on southern Israel on Oct. 7 in which some 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 people taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
On Sunday, more families, estimated in the thousands, were leaving Rafah as the Israeli military pressure intensified. Tank shells landed across the city as the army gave new evacuation orders covering some neighborhoods in the center of the city, which borders Egypt.
"As I moved out of Rafah, I passed through Khan Younis, I cried, I didn't know if was I crying for what I was passing through, the humiliation and the feeling of loss I felt or for what I have seen," said Tamer al-Burai, a resident from Gaza, who had been sheltering in Rafah.
"I saw a ghost city, all buildings on the two sides of the road, complete districts were wiped out. People are fleeing for safety, knowing there was no place safe and there are no tents and no people to care for them," he told Reuters.
Burai, a Palestinian businessman, said the Palestinians were abandoned by the world and left to face their destiny as the war entered its eighth month, with world powers failing to end hostilities and international mediation efforts to reach a cease-fire collapsing.
"No cease-fire, no U.N. decision, no hope," he said.
'Biden administration does not believe genocide occuring in Gaza'
The Biden administration does not view Israel's killings of Palestinians in Gaza as genocide, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday, ignoring global outrage over U.S. complicity and support for Israel's massacres.
Sullivan, speaking to reporters at the White House, said the United States wants to see Hamas defeated, that Palestinians caught in the middle of the war were in "hell," and that a major military operation by Israel in Rafah would be a mistake.
"We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide. We have been firmly on record rejecting that proposition," Sullivan said.
Biden, who is running for reelection this year, has faced heavy criticism from his own supporters domestically for his support of Israel; some of those critics have accused Israel of committing genocide. University students, who have been holding protests against U.S. policies, have called Biden "genocide Joe" for his complicity in genocide. More than 35,000 Palestinians in Gaza were killed in Israel's attacks, and vital infrastructure, including hospitals, was destroyed, amid an ongoing blockade that prevents critical humanitarian aid from reaching starving Palestinians.
The United States is working urgently for a cease-fire and hostage release deal, Sullivan said. He said he could not predict when or if such a deal would be sealed.
In January the International Court of Justice (ICJ) called on Israel to prevent acts of genocide following a South African request for international action.
In its most recent appeal to the ICJ on Friday, South Africa again accused Israel of "continuing violations of the Genocide Convention" and of being "contemptuous" of international law.
In March, a top U.N. rights expert accused Israel of committing several acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing in its brutal war on Gaza.
Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories, said Monday there were clear indications that Israel had violated three of the five acts listed under the U.N. Genocide Convention.
"The overwhelming nature and scale of Israel's assault on Gaza and the destructive conditions of life it has inflicted reveal an intent to physically destroy Palestinians as a group," she said in a report, which was immediately rejected by Israel as an "obscene inversion of reality."
Albanese, an independent expert appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council but who does not speak on behalf of the United Nations, said she had found "reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating the commission of ... acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has been met."
The report, entitled "Anatomy of a Genocide," listed those acts as: "killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to the group's members; and deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/biden-administration-does-not-believe-genocide-occuring-in-gaza
US says Hamas far from beaten despite mass casualties, destruction
The US has suggested that the Israeli occupation does not have a solid exit strategy from Gaza, as Hamas fighters have regrouped in the north.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday increased airstrikes on northern Gaza, facing a reconstituted Hamas in regions it claimed to have cleared and raising new concerns about the Israeli strategy in the war, while the US voiced some of its sharpest public condemnation yet.
"Israel" has insisted on invading Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where over a million people had taken safety, in order to achieve its primary goal of "eliminating" Hamas' presence in the territory following months of combat further north.
However, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cautioned on Sunday that even a full-scale ground attack on Rafah would fall short of that aim.
During an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, Blinken expressed that the Israeli government was "on the trajectory, potentially, to inherit an insurgency with many armed Hamas left or, if it leaves, a vacuum filled by chaos, filled by anarchy and probably refilled by Hamas."
He added that even after a Rafah invasion "there will still be thousands of armed Hamas left," adding that "we’ve seen, in areas that Israel has cleared in the north, even in Khan Younis, Hamas coming back."
He decried the "horrible loss of life of innocent civilians," days after Biden admitted that the Israeli occupation had killed civilians in Gaza using bombs supplied by the US, marking the first instance of such an admission by any US official since the genocidal war on the Strip began last October.
'Israel' should focus on post-war strategy for Gaza
Rather than focusing on an assault on Rafah, "Israel" should concentrate on providing a viable post-war strategy for Gaza, Blinken noted.
He revealed that he spoke to Israeli security minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday reiterating the US opposition to an invasion of Rafah, and Gallant's office revealed that the two discussed "the precise operation in the Rafah area against remaining Hamas battalions."
The contact occurred amid growing tensions between the two allies over "Israel's" murderous behavior in Gaza.
Negotiations for a fresh ceasefire appear to have gone down, and President Joe Biden vowed last week to block the sale of some armaments to "Israel" if it launched a full-scale attack on Rafah.
According to the UN, about 360,000 Palestinians were forced out of the city once designated as a "safe zone" since the IOF deployed tanks.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported being "hours away" from a complete collapse of the health system as electricity is on the verge of going out from a lack of fuel.
Andrea De Domenico, head of the United Nations humanitarian agency, OCHA, stated Thursday that "Israel's" blockade of major crossings into Gaza has shut off the main entrance route for supplies, notably gasoline, making humanitarian operations nearly impossible.
De Domenico told AFP that while "Israel" claims to have reopened Karam Abu Salem/Kerem Shalom on Wednesday, getting supplies in remains extremely difficult, adding that the Rafah gate, through which all petroleum into Gaza flows, remains blocked, implying that no fuel is entering. The crossing was seized by the IOF last week.
Hamas far from defeated
Despite the devastating toll on people in Gaza, Hamas appears far from defeated.
Palestinian Resistance factions are still engaging IOF across multiple battlefronts in Jabalia, situated in the north of the Gaza Strip, and the city of Rafah in the South. They are actively pursuing occupation soldiers and their vehicles, confronting them in intense close-range confrontations using a diverse range of weapons.
Blinken's deputy, Kurt Campbell, said that "Israel's" current strategy against Hamas will not lead to "total victory. Campbell commented on the situation in the Gaza Strip during a NATO Youth Summit in Miami, where he explained that the Biden administration had been "struggling over what the theory of victory" in Gaza.
"Sometimes when we listen closely to Israeli leaders, they talked about mostly the idea of some sort of sweeping victory on the battlefield, total victory," Campbell said.
"I don’t think we believe that that is likely or possible," the top official underlined.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-says-hamas--far-from-beaten--despite-mass-casualties--des
Israel Lost the War and America Betrayed Humanity in Gaza
by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja
Global Mankind vs. Political Wickedness
Rationality requires objective reasoning and it is not coming for an impending cataclysm of the Israeli onslaught on Rafah and the United States – the complicit friend in making of the genocide betrayed its own history of civility, morality, responsible political governance, equality of human rights, freedom and justice and lot …lot more only future will unfold. Ferocious concepts of good and evil are being implied by the Israeli war agenda challenging the human consciousness of principles of truth, freedom and honesty.
Mike Whitney (“Genocide in Gaza: King Bibi’s Land Grab” Global Research: 5/10/2024), is an independent reputbale citizen journalist captions the prevalent facts: The assault on Rafah comes despite the acceptance by Hamas Monday of a proposal for a temporary cessation of hostilities in exchange for the release of hostages. But after spending weeks attempting to blame the Palestinians for the ongoing war, Israeli officials flatly rejected the proposal….The cynical and misleading phrase “Israel’s right to defend itself” has become synonymous with the premeditated mass-murder of civilians. Most people have never seen anything as horrific as Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza which explains why college campuses across the United States have become hotbeds of political activism almost overnight. America’s students now serve as the nation’s conscience by opposing a flagrantly-immoral onslaught that deliberately targets defenseless women and children….If you’ve ever taken a lifesaving course, you know there’s a real possibility that a drowning person will drag you under and you’ll both die. It’s a lesson that should be kept in mind when discussing America’s relationship with Israel. (Adapted from @LarryBoorstein. https://www.globalresearch.ca/genocide-gaza-king-bibi-land-grab/5856841
PM Netanyahu is not winning the camouflaged political battle and resorts to extreme fractured mindset to annihilate the innocent people of Gaza and more so at Rafah. He looks like a despotic figure not a leader, broken in moral, spiritual and human integrity lacking distinction between virtue and vice and using the logic of power as the source of polemic strategies violating the international civilized norms of human safety, conflict resolution and peacemaking.
Across the US, new generations of thinking people demonstarte revulsion against one-track established political perspective of the State of Israel and its war in Gaza on university campuses and question the rationality of catastrophic human sufferings, crimes against humanity and alleged genocide of Palestinians. Ironically, America and Israel appear to be ignoring the legal binding implications of the ICJ verdict demanding Israel to “prevent all acts of Genocide in Gaza.”
Western Colonialism and the Betrayal of Arab-Muslim Leaders
The static Arab-Muslom leadership lacking credibility hides under the OIC (The organization of Islamic conferences) – a dry inked paper entity to propel its meaningless resolution for the ceasefire and peace in Palestine. Some of those signing the paper enjoin business relationships with Israel. They are being watched and cursed by the Arab masses for indifference and betrayal to the Islamic principles of helping the helpless victims of war. There are reportedly several thousand of Western (German, French, the US, British)mercenaries fighting along the Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Western mythologist view the oil exporting Arab leaders as “camel jockeys” and brainless figures. They live in palaces protected by the American and European mercenaries, while erecting high-rise buildings, organizing football matches, olympic games and COP28, while 2.5 millions are being displaced and more than 34,547 are massacred across Gaza and some 14,700 innocent children killed. Israeli attacks on hospitals, places of worship and killing of civilians goes unabatedly. The Arab-Muslim leaders have no sense of time and history and capacity to defend the interest of Islam as the Israeli Ultra Nationalists plan to dismantle the 3rd holiest site Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Please see: “Al-Aqsa Mosque Waiting for the Arab Leaders” and “America-Israel War on Gaza a Prelude to Conquest of the ArabWorld ”https://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/2024/01/05/america-israels-war-on-gaza-a-prelude-to-conquest-of-the-arab-world.php
Planet Earth is Living and for All – Those Bombing it are Morally and Intellectually Sick People
Earth is living and sustains life and all that is needed by all the living things and rotates itself at a speed of 1000 miles per hour at equator and orbits the Sun at average speed of 67062 MPH. Earth Is a “trust” to humankind for its existence, sustenance of life, survival, progress and future-making. Those who bomb the Earth and destroy human lives and habitats are not normal human beings and God will hold them accountable for the consequences of their crimes against mankind.“Fear God” and ‘do not violate the covenants of peace and trust on earth’, remind the teachings of the Bible, Torah and Quran to all mankind, otherwise God’s punishment to the transgressor will be severe. (Quran: 40: 21):
“Do they not travel through the Earth and see what was the End before them? They were even superior to them in strength; And in the traces (they have left) in the land: But God did call them to account for their sins; And none had they to defend them against God.”
Those who believe-in and follow the Divine Judaism – the generations of Israelite are reminded by God (Quran 2: 84-85):
And remember, We took a Covenant from the Children of Israel (progeny of Jacob), Worship none but God; ….shed no blood amongst you, Nor displace people from homes: and Ye solemnly ratified…… And on the Day of Judgment they shall be consigned to the most grievous penalty,For God is not unmindful what ye do.
And killing of innocent people is prohibited in the Ten Commandments (Torah):
‘Thou shalt not kill’ (Exod. 20:13; also Deut. 5:17). Jewish law views the shedding of innocent blood very seriously, and lists murder as one of three sins (along with idolatry and sexual immorality), that fall under the category of yehareg ve’al ya’avor – meaning “One should let himself be killed rather than violate it.”According to Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague: ‘Jewish law forbids the killing of innocent people, even in the course of a legitimate military engagement.’
PM Netyanhu admits “ Israel stands alone.” Do the people of Israel feel confident of PM Netanyahu’s leadership towards peacemaking and global harmony? When egoistic transgressors challenge the sanctity and limits of the Laws of God, they become an object of punishment from God and that is how many powerful nations were destroyed in history.
Lessons of History are ignored and how America Lost Humanity?
If the global institutions were not defunct, the 2.5 million civilians should have been protected by the UNO and leading powers as the Charter makes them obligated in conflict zones. Mass graves of medical professionals, innocent civilians targeted at gunpoint are discovered from three hospitals in Gaza but Western intellect does not call for accountability to the aggressors. What if the Arab-Muslim world had armed forces and honest leaders to protect the people of Gaza?
The American-Israeli collaborative war on Gaza and its immediate consequences made the Western world and all of its institutions shamefully redundant in the 21st century global norms of civility, human rights, freedom, justice and safety of civilians – whereas crimes against humanity are captured in obscure impulses and indecision and deliberate inaction by the UNO and the Security Council. Mike Whitney (“Genocide in Gaza: King Bibi’s Land Grab” Global Research: 5/10/2024), quotes author Lawrence Davidson to answer some of the critical questions by showing how the transplanting of mainly European Jews to Palestine created “cultural and ‘racial’ incubators for an ‘us (superior) vs. them (inferior)’” which is fairly common among settler populations. Here’s more:
The founders of modern Zionism were both Jews and Europeans, and (as such) had acquired the West’s cultural sense of superiority in relation to non-Europeans…..This sense of superiority would play an important role when a deal (the Balfour Declaration) (in which), the British would… help create a “Jewish national home” in Palestine……in other European colonies, where large numbers of Europeans resided, the era following World War II saw their eventual evacuation as power shifted over to the natives….Unfortunately, in the case of Palestine, this process of de-colonization never occurred…..And, from the Zionist standpoint, this entire process has worked remarkably well. Today all but a handful of Israeli Jews dislike and fear the people they conquered and displaced. They wish they would go away. And, when their resistance gets just a bit too much to bear, they are now quite willing to see them put out of the way….
Like Israel, Palsetine is a nation, a human culture and its entire natural visibility is obliterated by Israeli war machines.The animals have no bombs, no guns and bullets to kill each other and do not reflect on the imperatives of life. We, the human beings, are supposed to be intelligent and responsible species on this Earth. At the edge of reason, the notion of evil leads to realization of evil and tyranny of war must be stopped by all means and those responsible for bombing the innocents, the genocide and crimes against humanity must be held accountable to restore the vision of a sustainable moral and intellectual humanity.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution and has spent several academic years across the Russian-Ukrainian and Central Asian regions knowing the people, diverse cultures of thinking and political governance and a keen interest in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution, and a forthcoming book: Global Humanity and the Remaking of Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution beyond the Lens of Human Consciousness.
A Clubbable Admission: Palestine’s Case for UN Membership
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
“I find it rather difficult to make it clear to my children why we are not eligible, for from one point of view it isn’t quite clear to me.”
X, “The Jew and the Club,” The Atlantic, October 1924.
It must surely make certain ethnic and religious groups reflect, notably those languishing in minority status for decades, if not centuries. There was a time when the rental advertisements in London had such caustic couplings as “Irish and Blacks need not apply.” Oxbridge bursaries and scholarships, in all their variety, reveal a tapestry of personal prejudice and lively bigotry. In terms of recreational clubs, the east coast, moneyed establishment in the United States prided itself from keeping Jews out of the membership circle, notably in such mind destroying facilities as golfing establishments. The wall was impervious, idiotic, resistant.
The United Nations, yet another, albeit larger club, functions on similar principles. Do you have the right credentials to natter, moan and partake in the body’s constituent parts? Do you satisfy the seemingly elementary criteria proposed in the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States? (These are: a permanent population, a defined territory, an identifiable government and a capacity to enter into relations with other states.) Meeting that threshold, the assumption of recognised statehood and, it follows membership, should be a matter of minor controversy.
What is not mentioned in the United Nations Charter is the political dimension that boils beneath the text: states who are refused admission, let alone recognition, on grounds petty or substantial. All clubs, it follows, are institutions oiled by the tenacity of small minds and rarely troubled by actual principle.
For Palestinians, the still incomplete road to recognition, let alone UN membership, has been particularly potholed. In November 1988, the Palestine National Council, the legislative wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, declared the existence of the State of Palestine. In 2011, an application was made for admission to the United Nations. All the way, their claims have been challenged. Israel, having pinched Palestinian land, guards the door to admission with zeal, and confident, for the most part, that a viable Palestinian state will never come into being.
On May 10, the UN General Assembly resolved (143 votes in favour, nine against, including the drearily predictable US and Israel, iced with 25 abstentions) to sanitise the Palestinian application to become a member of the club. The significantly diluted resolution throbs with enormous condescension, more a nod and wink than anything significant.
The summary from the UN does little to dispel this assumption, suggesting an “upgrade” to “the rights of the State of Palestine within the world body, but not the right to vote or put forward its candidature to such organs as the Security Council or the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).” The Assembly merely found Palestine a suitable candidate for full membership, recommending the Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”.
What, then, can the Palestinian delegation actually do with its revised status? From September, delegates will be able to make, for instance, statements on behalf of a group, submitting proposals and amendments and their introduction. They will qualify for election as officers in the plenary and Main Committees of the General Assembly. They will also be able to fully participate “in UN conferences and international conferences and meetings convened under the auspices of the General Assembly or, as appropriate, of other UN organs.” Hardly breathtaking, though an improvement on the current “observer status” which should be designated “spectator status”.
Like an applicant to the Garrick Club in London or the Savage Club in Melbourne, private institutions long in tooth and vanity, their membership heavy with colostomy bags and short of females, the Palestinians were found to be partially deserving. In other words, they had, in circumstances absurd and crude, been deemed by the UN’s largest forum to be potentially clubbable. Exercising all rights of membership will ultimately depend on what the big boys and gals on the Security Council, notably the permanent five, say.
Some clue of what will happen when the matter comes up for discussion in the Security Council can already be gathered by the sinking of a previous resolution for Palestinian admission last month. The Algerian sponsored resolution was quashed by the United States as a matter of course, despite receiving 12 approvals. The grounds for doing so were familiar: recognised statehood could only spring from “a comprehensive peace agreement.” Sustainable peace was only possible “via a two-State solution with Israel’s security guaranteed.” All other matters, including the debate on admission, were “premature”.
All of this makes the reaction from Israel’s UN ambassador, Gilad Erdan, all the more absurd. Before fellow delegates, the intemperate representative sported a miniature shredder in which he placed a copy of the UN Charter, declaring that granting Palestinians greater rights of representation entailed the following message: “you are telling the child-murdering Hamas rapists that terror pays off.” In that statement can be detected the echoes of such founding representatives of Israel as Ben Gurion and Menachim Begin, all of whom were well-versed in the calculus of violence and its ill-gotten rewards.
The unhinged Erdan, perhaps unwittingly, revealed a perspective many had suspected: that Israeli policy towards the Palestinians is one of conflation, denigration and the eradication of distinctions. All are terrorists of the animal variety, as Israel’s Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, would have it, and all are, at best, only suitable for playing a subservient role on the international stage.
“We always knew that Hamas hides in schools,” moaned Erdan. “We just didn’t realise that it’s not only in schools in Gaza. It’s also Harvard, Colombia and many elite universities.” If all that was, indeed, true, then any improvement in the Palestinian situation, culminating in the UN General Assembly vote, must surely be regarded as pitifully modest. Palestine remains, at the end of the day, ineligible for full club membership.
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He currently lectures at RMIT University. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com
https://countercurrents.org/2024/05/a-clubbable-admission-palestines-case-for-un-membership/
Anadolu Agency – March 13, 2024
KazanForum 2024 to highlight Russia-Islamic world relations
KazanForum 2024, a leading international economic event in Russia, will convene experts in Tatarstan from May 14 to 19 to discuss economic and social relations, the organizers announced on Monday. This 15th edition will be held in Kazan, Tatarstan's capital, with Anadolu Agency (AA) as its global communication partner.
The aim of the Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum 2024 is to offer a platform for leading international economic and financial specialists from the Islamic world to strengthen ties between the countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the regions of the Russian Federation in the economic, educational, social and cultural spheres.
It also aims to promote the development of Islamic financial institutions in Russia and worldwide, focusing on joint international projects and programs.
This year, more than 80 nations are expected to participate in the event, including representatives of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Malaysia, Türkiye, Iran, Libya and other OIC member states.
At the Russia Halal Expo, 4,500 halal-certified products from around the globe, including food, services, investment opportunities and infrastructure projects, will be on display to kickstart the forum. The Islamic world's leading manufacturers will supply this halal market with halal-certified apparel, accessories, cosmetics, food and more.
Cultural events
The forum will include cultural events, such as fashion shows, competitions for young cooks and excursions, as well as a comprehensive business program.
"Modest Fashion Day” will see visitors learn about the latest Islamic fashion innovations while offering promotional opportunities.
The forum will also debut an international property market fair, in which architects, investors, financial institutions, and companies from Africa, Central and East Asia will participate and introduce real estate, construction, design and urban planning services.
Last year, KazanForum hosted more than 16,000 visitors from 80 countries, out of which 57 are members of the OIC.
The conference was granted federal status by a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, placing it among the top three most significant and attended international economic forums in the region. The Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok and the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum are the other two forums.
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/kazanforum-2024-to-highlight-russia-islamic-world-relations/news
Putin Greets 15th 'Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum'
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent greetings to the opening day of the 15th International Economic Forum “Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum.” The week-long event will be attended by over 11,000 people, representing 80 countries. The activities and meetings range from energy, agriculture, manufacturing, and other economic topics, to culture, sports, fashion and tourism.
Putin said, “Russia values its traditionally friendly ties with Muslim countries. We highly appreciate their desire to pursue an independent foreign policy and increase their role in international affairs. Together, we stand for the formation of a democratic multipolar world order….”
Putin’s message in part reads:
“Tatarstan is once again clearly demonstrating its abundant potential and strong commitment to progress in various areas. The region’s achievements in the economy, social sphere, science and culture are truly impressive and serve as tangible proof of the significant contribution that Russian Muslims, and people from all ethnic groups living in the Republic, make to developing the Fatherland, strengthening its sovereignty and influence in the world, and ensuring stability and harmony in our society.
Russia values its traditionally friendly ties with Muslim countries. We highly appreciate their desire to pursue an independent foreign policy and increase their role in international affairs. Together, we stand for the formation of a democratic multipolar world order, based on the rule of law and principles of justice, free from any form of dictatorship and discrimination. Of course, we are also committed to expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas, from trade and investment to sports and tourism.
We believe the next meeting of the Russia – Islamic World Strategic Vision Working Group, organised together with representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, is of great importance. It is also important that Russia’s interaction with this authoritative international association on current issues of the regional and global agenda is progressing.
I believe that the work of the Forum will be meaningful and constructive as always and will be held in a spirit of openness and trust. It will serve to further promote the friendship and creative partnership between our countries and peoples.”
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