World opinion changing on Palestine crisis: PM.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that with the changing world public opinion, he is hopeful that Israel would soon fall under pressure of the global powers to grant equal rights to the oppressed Palestinian people.

"I am seeing a welcoming change. What is that? The world's public opinion is changing... This is for the first time that the voices were raised from there. Their newspapers criticized it. Their media spoke against it. And politicians also stood against it which I never thought would happen in US and western states," the prime minister said in his televised message to the nation on Palestine situation.

He said having spent plenty of time in West, he never saw their newspapers, media and politicians criticizing Israel as the country had already been attacking Palestinians. Rather they all used to portray Israel as victim, he added.

He said the social media was major reason behind that change of world's public opinion which disseminates all the information which the mainstream media censors.

As Pakistan observed Palestine Solidarity Day on Friday, the prime minister paid gratitude to the countrymen who took to streets in huge number to support the Palestinians and condemn the Israeli aggression. He said since the creation of Israel, Pakistan remained stick to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's stance that it was an injustice to the Palestinian people and supported them at every forum.

Referring to the recent wave of Israeli aggression, the prime minister said he was at Holy Prophet's (Peace Be Upon Him) Mosque (Masjid-e-Nabvi) in Madina Munawara when the Israeli forces attacked worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy night of 27th Ramazan. The Palestinian families were also evicted from their homes and the attack by the 'world's most powerful army' also left the Palestinian children killed, he said. He said while being in Saudi Arabia, he met the OIC Secretary General and called for OIC's stand as well as taking the matter to the United Nations. Later, he said he also talked to Saudi King Salman, received calls from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad who called for taking the matter to the world body.

During his telephonic conversation with him, the prime minister said he assured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of all-out support from Pakistan, the Muslim as well as other right minded world stood by them. The prime minister said he assigned Foreign Minister...