Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has castigated the government for its silence over the Palestine issue, saying the next targets of Israel are Arab countries and Pakistan.

Addressing a workers convention here on Wednesday, he said that Israel crossed all limits of barbarism and brutality in Gaza with the full support of America.

He said that no Muslim country came forward boldly to side with the Palestinian freedom fighters.

“Are the Shaheen, Ghori, Hataf and Ghaznavi missiles are meant to be kept in a museum or they should be used against the deadliest enemy of Islam at this time of urgency in Palestine,” he questioned.

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