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Feroze Mithiborwala
Feroze Mithiborwala is an Indian activist who devotes his efforts principally to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and Western imperialism in Asia. He led a humanitarian convoy that travelled from India to Gaza in the winter of 2010–11. In his Twitter profile, he describes himself as being “committed to the global struggle against Imperialism & Zionism & thus the freedom of Humanity". Activist background Mithiborwala describes himself as being "from the Gandhian, left, Phule-Ambedakarite (the struggle of the oppressed lower and untouchable castes) and the stream of liberation theology". An active supporter of Palestinian statehood, Mithiborwala has described Gaza Strip, Gaza as "a Nazi-prison-cum-concentration camp". He told members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in December 2010 that the people of the world would join together against an Israeli attack on Iran. On Jerusalem Day in Mumbai in 2010 he said that Indians needed to increase their solidarity with the Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is one of the world's most enduring conflicts, beginning in the mid-20th century. Various attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, alongside other efforts to resolve the broader Arab–Israeli conflict. Public declarations of claims to a Jewish homeland in Palestine, including the First Zionist Congress of 1897 and the Balfour Declaration of 1917, created early tensions in the region. Following World War I, the Mandate for Palestine included a binding obligation for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people". Tensions grew into open sectarian conflict between Jews and Arabs. The 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was never implemented and provoked the 1947–1949 Palestine War. The current Israeli-Palestinian status quo began following Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories in the 1967 Six-Day War. Progress was made t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
