Hong Kong Muslim groups register protest with Israeli consulate over Gaza conflict as envoy condemns Hamas militants
- In a letter addressed to Israeli consul general, Muslim Council of Hong Kong chairman says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate violence and aggression’ in Palestine can never be justified
- Israeli consul general condemns ‘bloodthirsty terrorists’ who launched unprecedented attack within country on October 7
Muslim groups in Hong Kong have registered a strong protest with the city’s Israeli consulate, expressing their “collective pain and frustration caused by the current series of inhumane events” unfolding in the Gaza Strip.
In a letter addressed to Israeli Consul General Amir Lati on Thursday, Muslim Council of Hong Kong chairman Adeel Malik said the “indiscriminate violence and aggression shown by the Israeli government and military on the innocent people of Palestine” could never be justified.
Lati, meanwhile, condemned the “bloodthirsty terrorists” who launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 during a Jewish holiday, indiscriminately killing civilians and taking hostages back to Gaza, saying they had “one directive only, to spread death and murder”.
“Israel, like any other country, has the sacred duty to defend its citizens. Our war is with the terrorist organisation Hamas,” he told the Post on Thursday evening.
“We expect every moral person to condemn these acts of brutality.”
In his letter dated October 12, Malik wrote: “On behalf of the diverse Muslim community of Hong Kong and all those who sympathise with the Palestinian long-standing struggle, we are writing to register our deep anguish over the innocent lives being affected due to the current conflict.”
He said the suspension of food, electricity and fuel supplies to more than 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip, now facing a massive Israeli military crackdown, was a “grievous and inhumane act, affecting children, women, and the elderly”.
