By Uche Mbah
In a statement that is not only unbelievable but laughable, a group, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has blamed the genesis of the current Middle East crisis on former President Goodluck Jonathan, citing his refusal to recognize the State of Palestine in 2014 as the cause of the current crisis.
Israel and Palestine are currently at war since the Palestinian freedom organisation, HAMAS, attacked Israel with a shower of missiles without a warning, a situation that Israel retaliated with heavy casualties.
In a statement issued by their Director, Ishaq Akintola, Monday, the Islamic group claimed that Jonathan played an ignoble role in the case when he was President.
“Ex -President Goodluck Jonathan played an ignoble role in the Palestinian question. The request to officially recognize Palestine as a State within the 1967 borders with the full UN member benefits and State status throughout the International community was presented by Jordan on 30 Dec 2014.
“While Justice seeking countries like Argentina,Chad, Chile, Jordan, China, France, Russia ruled ‘yes’ to the Palestinian State, Nigeria dashed the hope of Palestinians by abstaining. Just nine votes were mandatory for Palestine to secure the status it needed and eight had been obtained, only one more vote was needed but Nigeria reneged on its well known anti apartheid stance. It was a shocking conservative and reactionary shift from anti apartheid champion status for which the country was known to a pro-zionist entity. It was the coup de grace.
“It was the day Nigeria shamefully turned its back on its principle of justice, liberty and humanity, no thanks to ex President Jonathan’s love for anything that may hurt Muslims and favor Christians. Jonathan cannot wash his hands off that diplomatic misadventure. He allowed his religious sentiments to get the better of him.”
