HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Activists of Jamaat-i-Islami held rallies and demonstrations in different cities and towns of the province on Sunday, condemning the latest Israeli attack on Palestinians, which left more than 250 dead and many more injured.

A large number of JI activists staged a demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club. Ameer of JI’s Hyderabad chapter, Moulana Abdul Waheed Qureshi, said in his address that Muslim rulers’ cowardice was to blame for the attack.

They were all working as American stooges, he alleged. He said that America had destroyed Iraq because the country was against Israel.

Though the entire Muslim world was against Israel and America, Muslim rulers had bowed their heads to the imperialist forces, he said.

Israel did not feel itself answerable to anyone as it was committing atrocities against Palestinians with complete impunity, he said.

Thousands of Palestinian Muslims had been murdered over the years since Israeli occupation but the UNO was witnessing the atrocities as a mute spectator, he said.

Shaikh Shoukat Ali said that not only America but India was also supporting Israel and demanded that Pakistani rulers raise their voice against Israeli aggression at international forums.

In Shikarpur and Mirpurkhas, activists of JI and its affiliated organisations held rallies to voice protest against Israeli attack on Palestine.

The protesters led by JI district ameer, Imam Bux Asim Memon and others condemned the cruel attack and demanded that the Pakistan government urge the United Nations to take serious notice of the attack and immediately stop aggression.

In Sukkur, activists of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and Jamaat-i-Islami held a demonstration and sit-in in protest against killing of hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza Strip.

The protesters led by Prof Masood Ali Khan, Moulana Hizbullah Jhakro condemned Israeli bombardment and demanded that Muslim countries announce social boycott of the USA, Israel and the UK.

Dozens of JUI workers led by Moulana Ghulam Hussain Lashari, Hafiz Ghulam Mustafa Soomro and others staged a sit-in at Rohri bypass for an hour.

The leaders slammed Israel and USA and said that both the countries were involved in genocide of Muslims and Muslim Ummah was silent on the brazen atrocities.

They demanded that the Pakistan government sever diplomatic ties with the USA and officially condemn the massacre.