BNP conspiring against country by joining hands with int'l Israeli lobby: Hasan

Foreign Minister and Joint General Secretary of Awami League Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said BNP, after the failure of their plot in the last election, is conspiring against the country by joining the international Israeli lobby, reports UNB.

"BNP-Jamaat is doing bad politics on religious "sentiments" without making any protest to stop the killing of Palestinians. Instead of standing beside the Palestinians, they have become friends of Israel. They have become friends of Netanyahu. Joining hands with the agents of Israel, they started a conspiracy against Bangladesh. We have the evidence. They have to be unmasked," he said.

The AL leader made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a human chain-cum rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club.

The event was organised by the Bangladesh Swadhinata Parishad demanding an end to genocide in Palestine and against BNP's anti-state conspiracy.

The foreign minister said the whole world has spoken out against Israel's brutality in Gaza. "But we can see that BNP and Jamaat, who try to politicise religion, have not uttered a single word against this crime against humanity because someone might be unhappy.

Hasan also criticised the Islamic parties who remained silent against the Israeli genocide in Palestine.

"There are some Islamic parties in our country which stand in front of Baitul Mukarram for no reason. Now why are you not found? Where are you now? Before the election, you came to Baitul Mukarram to topple the government and demonstrate. On behalf of the Palestinian brothers, we did not see you arrange a big march against Israel," he said