Renewed call for full-fledged State of Palestine resurfaces, as CGP speaks on “Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran”, ceasefire

By BASHIR ADEFAKA

The CGP equally called on world leaders to use the opportunity of the new vista of hope offered by the ceasefire to find a lasting resolution to the age-long Palestine Question, which is central to the instability in the region. “A fully-fledged State of Palestine should become a reality sooner rather than later,” CGP demanded.

Nigeria-based Coalition of Global Peace (CGP) has described the recent Made-in-Israel war as un unprovoked attack that did not just start from recent developments but a Mr Benjamin Netanyau’s agenda that is decades in the making, using the platform provided by the United Nations’ General Assembly, to wipe out several governments in the Middle East.

In a statement jointly signed by Tajudeen Alabede, Lead Facilitator, Coalition for Global Peace (CGP); Disu Kamor, Executive Chairman, Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC), Nigeria; Dr Ahmad Jumba, Secretary General, Da’wah Coordination Council of Nigeria (DCCN), CGP, an amalgamation of more than 30 faith-based and civil society organisations championing the cause of national and global peace, said the conflict simply fulfilled the long-held desire of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to go to war against Iran.

The DEFENDER reports that although Netanyahu fulfilled his decades long ambition of going to war with Iran, the Zionists nation will not forget in a hurry how he pulled out of that war badly bruised and damaged as one-third of its land was gone to the Iran’s retaliatory fire power it never experienced in its 70 years history.

In the statement titled, “ISRAEL-IRAN CEASEFIRE: A TRIUMPH OF DIPLOMACY”, dated June 25, 2025 and sent to The DEFENDER, the Coalition of Global Peace welcomed what it described as the triumph of diplomacy which culminated in the ceasefire that was brokered to put an end to the Israel-Iran war.

“This is a step forward in the world’s desire for a lasting peace in the Middle East,” the CGP said.

According to the Coalition, “The world watched with disbelief how the lingering Middle East crisis escalated with Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran on June 13, 2025, while negotiations were going on between Iran and the US. The situation further got complicated with the US’s bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran on June 22, 2025.

“The conflict fulfilled the long-held desire of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to go to war against Iran. Almost on a yearly basis, Mr Netanyahu had used the platform provided by the United Nations’ General Assembly to push his agenda to see the back of several governments in the Middle East.

“The attack on Iran, thus, had little to do with recent developments in the region as it was decades in the making. It is a sad fact of history that, in spite of the clear signs of an impending conflict, the world did little to save the situation.’

It said, “A ceasefire in a war of this nature should not absolve parties of responsibility for their actions. CGP, therefore, strongly condemns the unprovoked attack on Iran by Israel and the US, and criticises the half-hearted negotiations facilitated by the US prior to the conflict, which appeared to enable Israel’s actions. Furthermore, we question the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency on the eve of Israel’s launch of the war.

“While the ceasefire is relieving to the world, it is important that political leaders take some lessons from the avoidable deaths and destruction that were witnessed in the past twelve days.

“The current international system, as embodied by the United Nations, is broken. A system that ranks some countries as exceptional and elevates them above international law would promote global peace and security only in word, not action. This breeds a sense of immunity from scrutiny. The attendant impunity lies at the heart of the destruction that Israel has visited on Palestine for a long time.

“This reality is an incentive for unilateralism. Wars are declared without regard for international law and conducted without respect for humanitarian law while ceasefires are brokered with limited or no influence of international institutions. The double standards enable a selective application of international law to nations and their leaders.

“Unilateralism defeats whatever pretences powerful nations have about rules-based international order. It is antithetical to the multilateral framework that was architected after the Second World War.”

The CGP urged world leaders to take the Israel-Iran war as a wake-up call to reform and strengthen the United Nations and the international system that flows from it. The potency of the global body, it noted, has been eroded by conflicting interests of global powers.

“The world needs an effective and strong UN,” CGP urged.

“Nations, like humans, must learn from history. No power lasts forever. Global power comes with global responsibility which should be exercised with humility.

“It is an irony of fate to see how successors of global powers of past ages line up behind the new movers and shakers in the global power dynamics,” it said.

In a highly interdependent world, nations should prioritise diplomacy over wars, according to the Coalition’s statement, adding that, “Leaders must muster the political will to put an end to wanton deaths and destruction that conflicts inflict on the world.”

This is because “Human life is sacred and should not be regarded as an expendable piece of statistics,” it said.

The CGP equally called on world leaders to use the opportunity of the new vista of hope offered by the ceasefire to find a lasting resolution to the age-long Palestine Question, which is central to the instability in the region.

“A fully-fledged State of Palestine should become a reality sooner rather than later,” it demanded.

“May this ceasefire mark the beginning of a lasting peace in the Middle East and the world at large,” it prayed.