Civil society in Bangladesh is rallying against what they see as a misguided foreign policy shift toward Gaza. The influential Palestine Solidarity Committee has outright rejected the Yunus administration’s flirtation with an international stabilization force, calling it a betrayal of core values.
Citing a press release from the chief adviser’s office, the group spotlighted NSA Khalilur Rahman’s U.S. discussions, where he voiced Bangladesh’s in-principle readiness to participate—much like Pakistan. This has ignited fierce domestic opposition.
Gaza remains a flashpoint of suffering, with civilians enduring siege-like conditions amid violence and deprivation. The committee contends that injecting more troops would fuel conflict, not stability, by targeting Palestinian defenders while shielding aggressors.
Professor MD Harun-or-Rashid minced no words: the force’s agenda is to strip arms from those battling for liberty. Bangladesh, born from its own bloody quest for freedom, cannot side with occupiers, he argued.
From UN assemblies to bilateral forums, Bangladesh has long been a Palestinian ally. This entanglement threatens to reverse decades of principled diplomacy. As global eyes turn to the region, Dhaka’s silence amplifies the activists’ clarion call for restraint.