Major political parties call to cease Israeli aggression in Gaza

A brutal Israeli assault on the impoverished and constricted Gaza Strip has killed 231 Palestinians so far including 39 children and over 1,700 injured. Civilian homes, mosques, hospitals, a home for the disabled and public infrastructure have been destroyed by aerial attacks by Israel.

Sri Lanka, for over a half a century, with the overwhelming majority of the international community has stood by calls for freedom for the Palestinian people and their right to resist an illegal occupation and oppression. As of 2013, Israel had been condemned in 45 resolutions by United Nations Human Rights Council since its creation in 2006 -the Council had resolved almost more resolutions condemning Israel than on the rest of the world combined.

The Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine has invited representatives of the country's major political parties for public meeting on Tuesday July 22 at 3.30pm at the Library Services Auditorium Colombo to jointly: * Condemn the mass killing of civilians.

* Denounce the double standards of the major powers in the international community in upholding human rights.

* Demand freedom for Palestine and its people from decades of illegal occupation and oppression.

The meeting will be presided by Co-Presidents of the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine, Senior Minister Athauda Seneviratne and Imthiaz Bakeer Markar.