Tak­ing the lead to be­com­ing the first Sikh leader to of­fer hu­man­i­tar­ian aid to Pales­tin­ian chil­dren and women in the on­go­ing war be­tween Is­rael and Pales­tine, the Pres­i­dent of the Jago party in Delhi, for­mer Pres­i­dent of the Delhi Sikh Gur­d­wara Man­age­ment Com­mit­tee -Man­jit Singh GK, met Ad­nan Mo­hammed Jaber Abu Al­hay­jaa, Pales­tin­ian am­bas­sador to In­dia at the Pales­tin­ian em­bassy in Delhi, along with his party del­e­ga­tion. WSN Delhi Desk re­ports.

Appeal­ing for peace and global har­mony by im­me­di­ate ces­sa­tion of hos­til­i­ties by the two war­ring coun­tries -Is­rael and Pales­tine, the se­nior lead­er­ship of the Jago party, in­clud­ing women lead­ers ex­pressed sol­i­dar­ity with the Pales­tin­ian peo­ple, es­pe­cially thou­sands of chil­dren and women who were dy­ing by the war in the es­ca­la­tion of the war in the Gaza Strip.

“We un­der­stand that the State of Pales­tine is cur­rently fac­ing a hu­man­i­tar­ian cri­sis and it has al­ways been an en­deav­our of Sikhs to cater to the wel­fare of mankind. In this re­gard we of­fer our as­sis­tance to pro­vide hu­man­i­tar­ian aid to the peo­ple of Pales­tine and the re­quire­ments of the civil and food sup­plies may be in­ti­mated to us.”

Talk­ing to the Pales­tin­ian Am­bas­sador Ad­nan Muham­mad Jaber Abu Al Haija for a good part of the hour, Man­jit Singh GK said, “Sikhs around the world are deeply con­cerned about the on­go­ing con­flict in West Asia, which has re­sulted into loss of pre­cious lives in both Is­rael and Pales­tine. Sikhs have al­ways vowed global peace and har­mony in line with the prin­ci­ple of uni­ver­sal broth­er­hood preached by the founder of the Sikh faith -Guru Nanak.

The del­e­ga­tion of­fered to send es­sen­tial med­i­cines and raw food ra­tions as hu­man­i­tar­ian aid to Pales­tine and sought free pas­sage to reach Pales­tine.

The del­e­ga­tion in­cluded Dr. Par­min­der Pal Singh, Prin­ci­pal Sec­re­tary Gen­eral of the Jago Party, Man­deep Kaur Bak­shi, State Pres­i­dent of Kaur Brigade, Delhi Com­mit­tee mem­ber Sat­nam Singh Khalsa, Jago Party lead­ers Jatin­der Singh Bobby, Davin­der Kaur, and Sukhman Singh.

Speak­ing to WSN, Man­jit Singh GK said, “The Pales­tin­ian Am­bas­sador re­ferred to the bul­ly­ing of West­ern coun­tries, claim­ing that there has been a bru­tal geno­cide of hu­man­ity in Pales­tine. The seeds of ha­tred were sown here 102 years ago by the British. As a re­sult, we are pay­ing the price to­day with the loss of thou­sands of lives.”

“Our sup­ply of elec­tric­ity, wa­ter, and food has been cut off. In this war, so far about 13,000 chil­dren, youths, and women have been killed. There are still about 2,500 peo­ple ly­ing dead un­der the rub­ble. This fight is im­por­tant for us, we can­not aban­don our Al Aqsa Mosque, as it is our first Kar­bala,” said the con­cerned am­bas­sador to the Sikh del­e­ga­tion.

Man­jit Singh GK told WSN, “Like al­ways, Sikhs have al­ways strived for the wel­fare of hu­man­ity.”

Re­fer­ring to the on­go­ing war, he said, “We ap­peal to all par­ties to cease war­fare and main­tain peace and har­mony.”

Dr. Par­min­der Pal Singh, who was part of the del­e­ga­tion told The World Sikh News that, “We of­fered to pro­vide hu­man­i­tar­ian aid to them. We asked them for food sup­ply needs in Pales­tine.”

“The Pales­tin­ian Am­bas­sador thanked the del­e­ga­tion and ex­pressed grat­i­tude to the Sikh com­mu­nity for stand­ing with them dur­ing dif­fi­cult times,” he added.