Choosing a part for the thirst of freedom, residents of Palestine who are often disturbed by the conflict between their nation and Israel have started choosing Mahatma Gandhi’s Non-Violence rule to raise their voice against the long prevailing tension.
The fact was shared by Arafat Ahmad Abu Rass who is in the Ministry of Social Welfare at Government of Palestine with The Pioneer on the sidelines of the Grand Global Peace Meet III organised on the theme ‘Governance, Revolution and Terrorism’ at Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University on Thursday.
He said, “Indians did not use violence for independence. They rather followed Mahatma Gandhi’s Non-Violence concept to protest silently. Similarly, our people are adapting non-violence in their demonstrations.”
“However, the list of such residents is in minority. People of such thoughts are restricted to leftists in our country. Majority are in the rightists view believing in the path of violence. It is sad,” he added.
He further felt the problem can be tackled only if a large number of people join hands through non-violence for establishing peace and brotherhood in Palestine.
Showing the on-ground hurdles of the locals at Palestine through a PowerPoint presentation ‘Palestinian Grassroots, Anti: Apartheid Wall Campaign’ he referred the scenario of West Bank and Gaza of his nation.
“We hope to get our Palestine as a State one day,’ said the Palestinian Government Employee. Meanwhile, relating the terror found across the globe, Jason Torreano, Executive Director of Global Youth Connect, another foreign speaker in the event who is in India for the first time said the people spreading violence in United States as well as India should act according to their religion and follow the path of face to face conversation. “This will certainly help in the spreading peace,” he mentioned.
On the other hand, Gaston Meskens, a Faculty member of Philosophy at University of Ghent, Belgium, the last speaker here related the term of interpreting the values of religion as absurd. He said, ‘Implementing the historical belief of any community cannot help in maintaining peace in today’s world. Believing is a different word and following the same is different.”