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An injured person is evacuated to Rambam hospital in the northern city of Haifa, Israel, May 31, 2010. Clash happened on Monday morning between an international Gaza aid flotilla and Israeli navy, causing at least 19 casualties, Israeli military confirmed. (Xinhua)
KHARTOUM, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government on Monday condemned the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla which was heading to Gaza, and urged the international community to condemn the incident and punish Israel.
"Sudan government, strongly condemning the repeated Israeli crimes, calls on the international community, including governments, organizations and peoples, to come together, more than any time before, against the state of the Zionist enemy and to show the real power of law to prevent Israel from what is committing of crimes against humanity and genocide against the Palestinian people", said a statement by Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
The ministry further urged the international community to come together to see that Israel would not escape punishment, saying that "this crime is an unsurprising addition to the series of the heinous Israeli crimes which it commits everyday without a blink of an eye since it is enjoying protection and support of influential countries in the international community and amid exposed silence on the part of the United Nations".
In a related development, the Sudanese National Assembly (parliament) on Monday condemned the Israeli attack against the Freedom Flotilla, which was carrying international activists who were on their way to Gaza Strip in Palestine.
"The parliament condemns the Israeli attack against international activists who were trying to deliver food for the civilians in Gaza", the parliament statement said.
The statement further urged the "sisterly Arab parliaments" to condemn the Israeli attack against civilians, adding that "the attack constitutes a major crime against civilians and should be condemned; and Israel must be punished".
In the meantime, the Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP), for its part, condemned the Israeli attack and called for an urgent official and people's Arab move to support the Palestinian people and contribute to lifting all forms of aggression and injustice from them.
The NCP, in a statement issued Monday, urged the Arab states to adopt resistance as a strategic option and put pressure on the United Nations to live up to its duty in laying down the bases of justice and guaranteeing the rights of people in free and noble life, and in deciding their destiny, and to bring the criminals of war who are leading the Zionist entity to justice.
The NCP further urged the Arab states to adopt a unified stance towards the U.S. policy in the region as it is the official sponsor of the Zionist entity and its crimes.
The NCP, as well, called on the Palestinian factions to unite in the face of the Zionist-American project in the region.
