Muslim leaders urge Kenya to cut ties with Israel, recall ambassador

Abdullahi Abdi, chairman of the National Muslim Leaders Forum (NAMLEF), urged Kenyans to stand in solidarity with Palestinians, who he claims have borne the brunt of Israel's aggression for the past 16 years.

"The Kenyan government should break relations with Israel recall back our Ambassador," Abdi said during a press briefing at Jamia Mosque. "We call upon the National assembly to petition israel govt for the attacks."

Muslim leaders described the Israeli raid on Gaza in retaliation for a Hamas attack as "genocide against Palestinians" in a statement to the media on Sunday.

"The tragic events unfolding with the dire humanitarian crisis owing to the siege, blockade and indiscriminate bombardment from the air, sea and land of the Gaza Strip, by Israel, has had no parallel in history," the leaders said. 

According to the leaders, despite the fact that over 2.3 million people, including women, children, and the elderly, have been living in the Gaza Strip for the past 16 years, with no access to any external borders, Israel has now launched an all-out raid on the Gaza Strip.

"Hospitals, Doctors, Nurses and other medical personnel as well as marked ambulances, schools, UN shelters, and refugee camps have been deliberately targeted and completely destroyed," the statement reads. 

"Vital resources like water, food, fuel for generators have run out. In addition, journalists, humanitarian workers, including staff of the United Nations and ICRC have been deliberately targeted."

The leaders also accused the US government of facilitating a "modern-day Holocaust by a terrorist state" by providing fuel, firepower, funds, and diplomatic support.

"We unequivocally condemn this savagery and barbaric behaviour by Israel and her collaborators, which is in stark violation of international law and complicate the search for a just and lasting solution," reads the statement. 

The leaders now demand that Al Agsa Mosque, the third-holiest mosque, have its sanctity upheld at all costs in order to quell the smoldering situation.

They also demand that Israel stop all attacks and open a humanitarian corridor through the Gaza Strip.

Furthermore, the leaders want the forced expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes and the threat of closing hospitals and UN shelters to stop, as well as the restoration of vital supplies such as water, food, medicine, fuel, and other necessities.

"We call for a legitimate, genuine and durable solution to the Palestinian problem," the statement adds. 

"Nothing short of full compliance with numerous past UN resolutions leading to a two state solution within the parameters of the 1967 borders, culminating in the Palestinian state with its capital as East Jerusalem, and the right of return, of all the Palestinian refugees to their free and independent homeland,"