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November 29 is World Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

The 32nd Session of the UN General Assembly in 1977 decided to commemorate November 29 every year as the day of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The 19th emergency meeting of the Palestinian National Council on November 15 1988 declared the founding of the State of Palestine with East al-Quds as its capital and adopted the declaration of independence.

As international solidarity was promoted in support of the Palestinian people's struggle, UNESCO admitted Palestine as its full member in 2011 and the UN General Assembly in November 2012 gave the country observer status.

It was an expression of support for the Palestinian people in their struggle to gain the sovereignty of the country and nation and win back their occupied territories and a reflection of the aspirations of the international community for the early settling of peace over the Middle East, one of the hot spots in the world.

But the Palestinian people are now subjected to the brutal atrocities of Israel hell-bent on realizing its wild ambition for territorial expansion.

Although a ceasefire agreement was concluded to put an end to the two-year-long war in the Gaza Strip and the process for its implementation is being carried out, Israel is running amuck to exterminate the Palestinians, unilaterally scrapping the agreement.

In the past two years, more than 67 000 Palestinians were killed, over 169 000 injured, 1.9 million reduced to refugees and 21 000-odd children disabled.

In addition, about 92% of the total residential buildings were destroyed and 25 of the 38 hospitals were completely shut down, while the rest are partially operating in very difficult conditions.

Many countries around the world and international organizations are raising the voice of solidarity with Palestine, expressing strong resentment at the atrocities of massacre and burning down by the Israeli murderers.

Early this year, the International Court of Justice branded Israel's military action in Gaza as a patent massacre and announced provisional measures to prevent it. The UN General Assembly in September adopted a resolution approving the New York declaration on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and the achievement of the two states solution.

At a recent open debate of the UN Security Council on the Middle East issue, participants strongly asserted that the current ceasefire in the Gaza Strip should be the basis of a complete and permanent cessation of hostilities and that the implementation of the two-state proposal is the only feasible way to resolve the Palestinian issue.

The Palestinian people continue to fight in order to make the ceasefire in Gaza a complete and durable one amid support and solidarity from the international community.