Galloway, Gaza and global conscience

Hasan, Md. Mahmudul (2024) Galloway, Gaza and global conscience. New Age, 12th March 2024 (p.8). p. 8.

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Abstract

George Galloway’s election victory in Rochdale corresponds to the renewed awakening of the global conscience in regards to the question of Palestine. Perhaps, people of Rochdale have realised that politicians who facilitate injustice in other shores are likely to be unjust to those in their own country. They are smart enough to understand that political leaders who support oppression in Gaza have lost their moral compass and should not be entrusted with public office. There are other political leaders who pay only lip service to the Palestinian cause and ostensibly condemn Israel, but oppress their own people and maintain clandestine links with the apartheid regime. These are hypocrites and can be found in many countries. Rochdale by-election results have proved that, in a democratic system, voters have the power to punish unjust politicians and that people cannot be deceived all the time. I hope such a democratic system will be restored in our country and we will be re-empowered to choose leaders who will run our country.

Item Type:	Article (Newspaper)
Additional Information:	6409/111320
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Galloway, Gaza, global conscience
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration J Political Science > JZ International relations
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Mahmudul Hasan
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2024 08:46
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2024 08:46
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/111320

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