was the December 27, 2008, Israeli forces when they launched the brutal attack on the Palestinian population. The so-called operation Cast Lead knocked on the head of thousands of citizens of the Gaza Strip tons of explosives. Twenty-two days of the war caused 1,500 deaths in 352 children, more than 5,500 injured and upset the lives of 1.5milioni of people who survived the bombing, causing further spread of cancer from high pollution and white phosphorus weapons chemicals used by the army of Netanyahu. It seems that almost
Israel exploits the Christmas period to act with greater discretion. Two years after the massacre, the sky of Gaza is back to rain bombs. already started the Christmas Eve bombings , but by December 27 intensified with gas bombs and shootings against civilians of the area of \u200b\u200bKhan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
Among the attacks in the area, a tank fired a cannon against a group of boys who were playing, causing one dead and six wounded.
In Gaza City, however, a group of Israeli soldiers opened fire on a group of Palestinians who were picking up debris for recycling as building material, as is usually done in 2008, after destruction of 20 thousand households and the destruction of public buildings, hospitals and the subsequent embargo on building materials ruled by Israel.
citizens of the Gaza Strip under siege, wrote an open letter , on the anniversary of Lead Time, addressed to the international community with the intention of provoking a collective awareness of what is horrible because of the siege. We considered it appropriate to publish the full text of the letter and we strongly urge you to read it carefully, so that we can better understand the real situation in the particle world, forgotten, or rather ignored, the entire world.
The devastation has exceeded all previous cruelty suffered massacres in Gaza, such as the 21 children killed in Jabalia in March 2008 or 19 civilians killed as they sought refuge in their home during the massacre in Beit Hanoun in 2006. The carnage has even exceeded novembre1956 attacks in which Israeli troops have indiscriminately gathered and killed 274 Palestinians in the town of Khan Younis (southern Gaza) and 111 more in Rafah (north).
From Gaza massacre of 2009, citizens of the world have taken the responsibility to put pressure on Israel to respect international law, through a strategy already proven boycott, divestment and sanctions . As was done in the global movement BDS that was so effective in putting an end to the apartheid South African regime , we strongly urge people of conscience to join the movement created by BDS over 170 Palestinian organizations in 2005. As in South Africa the imbalance of forces in the field and representation in this struggle may be offset by a powerful international solidarity movement with the BDS in mind, the attitude of Israel to bring those responsible accountable for their actions, in which the international community has repeatedly failed. Similarly, civilian efforts and imaginative as the ships of the Free Gaza who have broken the siege five times, the Gaza Freedom March, the Freedom Flotilla Gaza, and the many convoys by land must not stop to break the siege, highlighting the inhumanity to hold 1.5 million citizens of Gaza in a open prison .
has now been two years since the most serious acts of Israeli genocide, which should leaving the people without any doubt about the brutal extent of Israel's plans for the Palestinians. The assault murderess to the international activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla Gaza on the Mediterranean Sea made it clear to the world that Israel has little value given to Palestinian lives so far. The world now knows, and now after 2 years nothing has changed for the Palestinians. The
Goldstone has come and past, despite his list one after another contravention of international law, "war crimes" Israel and "possible crimes against humanity" , despite the 'European Union, the United Nations, the Red Cross, and all the biggest human rights groups have made a call for an end to un'assedio medieval and illegal, it continues with the same violence. On 11 November 2010, the UNRWA chief John Ging said "there were no real changes for the people on the ground with regard to their situation, their dependence on aid, the absence of any compensation or reconstruction, the economy ... no presses, as have been described, there were nothing more than an easing in policy to pressure Israel and Egypt "
On December 2, 22 international organizations, including Amnesty, Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid, Medical Aid for Palestinian and produced the report "Dashed Hopes, Continuation of the Gaza Blockade (Hope powder, a continuation of the blockade)," calling for international action that will force Israel to unconditionally abandon the blockade, describing how the Palestinians under the Israeli siege of Gaza continue to live under the same conditions disastrous. Only a week ago, Human Rights Watch published a detailed report "Separate Unequal end (separate and unequal)" complaint that Israeli attitudes like practices of apartheid, making echoes similar statements by the South African anti-apartheid activists. We
Palestinians in Gaza want to live in freedom and Palestinians to meet friends or families from Tulkarem, Jerusalem or Nazareth, we have the right to travel and move freely. We want to live without the fear of another bombing campaign that leaves our children died and many more injured or cancer from pollution from Israeli and white phosphorus chemical weapons. We want to live without being humiliated at Israeli checkpoints or the shame of not being able to provide for our families because of the unemployment brought by economic control and illegal siege. We call for an end to racism which is the foundation of quest'oppressione.
ask: when the countries of the world will act in accordance with the fundamental premise that human beings should be treated equally, without distinction of origin, ethnicity or color - is it an exaggeration to say that Palestinian children have the same rights as any another human being? You will be able one day to look back and say that you were on the right side of the story or have supported the oppressor?
We also call the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and protect the Palestinian people by Israel's ferocious attacks, immediately end the siege with full compensation the destruction of lives and infrastructure that we have been plagued by quest'esplicita practice of collective punishment. Absolutely nothing can justify fierce international practices such as limited access to water and electricity to 1.5 million people. The international silence towards the genocidal war that took place against more than 1.5 million people to reveal the complicity in these crimes. We also
un'appello all groups of solidarity with Palestinian and international civil society organizations to demand:
- The end of the siege that was imposed on the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a result of the exercise of their democratic choice.
- The protection of civilian lives and property, as stipulated by international law umaitaria and international law regarding human rights, like the Fourth of Ginevra.-The immediate release of all political prisoners
- That the Palestinian refugees in the strip Gaza is promptly supplied with material and financial support to address the immense hardships they are experiencing
- End the occupation, apartheid and other war crimes
- immediate compensation and compensation for all the destruction carried out by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza Strip
- Boycott, divestment and sanctions, join many unions around the world, universities, supermarkets, artists and writers who refuse to entertain the Israeli apartheid. Talk of Palestine, Gaza, and especially ACT. The time is now.
December 27, 2010
General Union for Public Services
Workers General Union for Health Services Workers
University Teachers' Association Congregation for Lawyers
Palestinian General Union for Petrochemical and Gas Workers Union for
General Agricultural Workers Union of Women's
Work Committees
Union of Synergies—Women Unit
The One Democratic State Group
Arab Cultural Forum
Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel
Association of Al-Quds Bank for Culture and Info
Palestine Sailing Federation
Palestinian Association for Fishing and Maritime
Palestinian Network of Non-Governmental Organizations
Palestinian Women Committees
Progressive Students’ Union
Medical Relief Society
The General Society for Rehabilitation
General Union of Palestinian Women
Afaq Jadeeda Cultural Centre for Women and Children
Deir Al-Balah Cultural Centre for Women and Children
Maghazi Cultural Centre for Children
Al-Sahel Centre for Women and Youth
Ghassan Kanfanar Kindergartens
Rachel Corrie Centre, Rafah
Olympia Rafah Sister City Centre
Al Awda, Al Awda Hospital
Rafah, Jabaliya
Ajyal Camp Association, General Union of Palestinian Gaza
syndicates
Al Karmel Centre, Nuseirat
Local Initiative, Beit Hanoun
Union of Health Work Committees
Red Crescent Society, Gaza Strip Beit Lahiya
Cultural Centre
Al Awda Centre, Rafah
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