(Inglese below)
besieged Gaza, Palestine
December 27, 2010
We Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under siege, now two years since the genocide of Israel to our families , our homes, our factories and schools, we are just saying liabilities, just discussion just wait - it's time to force Israel to continue to account for his crimes against us. On 27 December 2008, Israel began an indiscriminate shelling of the Gaza Strip. The attack lasted 22 days, killing, according to the main human rights organizations, 1417 of which 352 Palestinian children. Unsettling for 528 hours, the Israeli occupying forces have unleashed the funds from the United States: F15, F16, Merkava tanks, white phosphorus banned throughout the world, bombed and invaded the tiny Palestinian coastal enclave whose population of 1.5 million persons, among which 800,000 are children and more than 80% of registered refugees to the United Nations. About 5,300 wounded sono rimasti invalidi.
La devastazione ha superato in ferocia tutti i precedenti massacri sofferti a Gaza, come per esempio i 21 bambini ammazzati a Jabalia nel marzo 2008 o i 19 civili uccisi mentre si rifugiavano nella loro casa durante il massacro di Beit Hanoun del 2006. La carneficina ha addirittura superato gli attacchi del novembre1956 nei quali le truppe israeliane hanno indiscriminatamente radunato ed ucciso 274 palestinesi nella città di Khan Younis (sud della striscia) ed altri 111 a Rafah (nord).
Fin dal massacro di Gaza del 2009, cittadini del mondo si sono assunti la responsabilità di fare pressione su Israele perchè rispetti la legge internazionale, attraverso la strategia già collaudata del boicottaggio, divestment and sanctions. As was done in the global BDS movement that was so effective in putting an end to the apartheid regime in South Africa, we strongly urge people of conscience to join the BDS movement created by over 170 Palestinian organizations in 2005. As in South Africa the imbalance of forces in the field and representation in this fight 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 community International 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 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and the many convoys by land must not stop to break the siege, showing the inhumanity of keeping 1.5 million citizens of Gaza in a open-air prison.
has now been two years since the most serious acts of genocide the Israelis, who should have left the people without any doubt about the brutal extent of Israel's plans for the Palestinians. The assault murderess to international activists to Gaza aboard the Freedom Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea made it clear to the world the little value that Israel gave the Palestinian lives so far. The world now knows, and now after 2 years nothing has changed for the Palestinians.
The Goldstone report has come and past, despite his list one by one those infringements of international law, "war crimes" Israel and "possible crimes against humanity" despite the European Union, the United Nations, the Red Cross, and all the larger associations Human Rights 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 rehabilitation, not ... presses the economy, as have been described, there were no more than a political détente in pressures to 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 abandon the lock unconditionally, describing how the Palestinians under the Israeli siege of Gaza continue to live in the same dire conditions. Only a week ago, Human Rights Watch published a detailed report "Separate Unequal end (separate and unequal)" denouncing the Israeli attitudes like practices of apartheid, echoing 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 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 other 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 on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and protect the Palestinian people by Israel's ferocious attacks, immediately end the siege with a compensation complete 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 the Strip Gaza 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 refugees Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are immediately 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 forces Israeli occupation in the 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.
besieged Gaza, Palestine
December 27, 2010
List of Signatories:
General Union for Public Services
Workers General Union for Health Services Workers
University Teachers' Association Congregation for Lawyers
Palestinian General Union for Workers and Gas Petrochemical
General Agricultural Workers Union for
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 Kanfani Kindergartens
Rachel Corrie Centre, Rafah
Rafah Olympia City Sister
Al Awda Centre, Rafah
Al Awda Hospital, Jabaliya Camp
Ajyal Association, Gaza
General Union of Palestinian 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
(originale in inglese)
An Open Letter from Gaza: Two Years after the Massacre, a Demand for Justice
Besieged Gaza, Palestine
27. December.2010
We the Palestinians of the Besieged Gaza Strip, on this day, two years on from Israel's genocidal attack on our families, our houses, our roads, our factories and our schools, are saying enough inaction, enough discussion, enough waiting – the time is now to hold Israel to account for its ongoing crimes against us. On the 27th of December 2008, Israel began an indiscriminate bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The assault lasted 22 days, killing 1,417 Palestinians, 352 of them children, according to main-stream Human Rights Organizations. For a staggering 528 hours, Israeli Occupation Forces let loose their US-supplied F15s, F16s, Merkava Tanks, internationally prohibited White Phosphorous, and bombed and invaded the small Palestinian coastal enclave that is home to 1.5 million, of whom 800,000 are children and over 80 percent UN registered refugees. Around 5,300 remain permanently wounded.
This devastation exceeded in savagery all previous massacres suffered in Gaza, such as the 21children killed in Jabalia in March 2008 or the 19 civilians killed sheltering in their house in the Beit Hanoun Massacre of 2006. The carnage even exceeded the attacks in November 1956 in which Israeli troops indiscriminately rounded up and killed 275 Palestinians in the Southern town of Khan Younis and 111 more in Rafah.
Since the Gaza massacre of 2009, world citizens have undertaken the responsibility to pressure Israel to comply with international law, through a proven strategy of boycott, divestment and sanctions. As in the global BDS movement that was so effective in ending the apartheid South African regime, we urge people of conscience to join the BDS call made by over 170 Palestinian organizations in 2005. As in South Africa the imbalance of power and representation in this struggle can be counterbalanced by a powerful international solidarity movement with BDS at the forefront, holding Israeli policy makers to account, something the international governing community has repeatedly failed to do. Similarly, creative civilian efforts such as the Free Gaza boats that broke the siege five times, the Gaza Freedom March, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and the many land convoys must never stop their siege-breaking, highlighting the inhumanity of keeping 1.5 million Gazans in an open-air prison.
Two years have now passed since Israel’s gravest of genocidal acts that should have left people in no doubt of the brutal extent of Israel’s plans for the Palestinians. The murderous navy assault on international activists aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea magnified to the world the cheapness Israel has assigned to Palestinian llife for so long. The world knows now, yet two years on nothing has changed for Palestinians.
The Goldstone Report came and went: despite its listing count after count of international law contraventions, Israeli “war crimes” and “possible crimes against humanity,” the European Union, the United Nations, the Red Cross, and all major Human Rights Organizations have called for an end to the illegal, medieval siege, it carries on unabated. On 11th November 2010 UNRWA head John Ging said, “There's been no material change for the people on the ground here in terms of their status, the aid dependency, the absence of any recovery or reconstruction, no economy…The easing, as it was described, has been nothing more than a political easing of the pressure on Israel and Egypt.”
On the 2nd of December, 22 international organizations including Amnesty, Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid, and Medical Aid for Palestinians produced the report ‘Dashed Hopes, Continuation of the Gaza Blockade’ calling for international action to force Israel to unconditionally lift the blockade, saying the Palestinians of Gaza under Israeli siege continue to live in the same devastating conditions. Only a week ago Human Rights Watch published a comprehensive report "Separate and Unequal" that denounced Israeli policies as Apartheid, echoing similar sentiments by South African anti-apartheid activists.
We Palestinians of Gaza want to live at liberty to meet Palestinian friends or family from Tulkarem, Jerusalem or Nazareth; we want to have the right to travel and move freely. We want to live without fear of another bombing campaign that leaves hundreds of our children dead and many more injured or with cancers from the contamination of Israel’s white phosphorous and chemical warfare. We want to live without the humiliations at Israeli checkpoints or the indignity of not providing for our families because of the unemployment brought about by the economic control and the illegal siege. We are calling for an end to the racism that underpins all this oppression.
We ask: when will the world’s countries act according to the basic premise that people should be treated equally, regardless of their origin, ethnicity or colour – is it so far-fetched that a Palestinian child deserves the same human rights as any other human being? Will you be able to look back and say you stood on the right side of history or will you have sided with the oppressor?
We, therefore, call on the international community to take up its responsibility to protect the Palestinian people from Israel’s heinous aggression, immediately ending the siege with full compensation for the destruction of life and infrastructure visited upon us by this explicit policy of collective punishment. Nothing whatsoever justifies the intentional policies of savagery, including the severing of access to the water and electricity supply to 1.5 million people. The international conspiracy of silence towards the genocidal war taking place against the more than 1.5 million civilians in Gaza indicates complicity in these war crimes.
We also call upon all Palestine solidarity groups and all international civil society organizations to demand:
- An end to the siege that has been imposed on the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a result of their exercise of democratic choice.
- The protection of civilian lives and property, as stipulated in International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law such as The Fourth Geneva Convention.
- The immediate release of all political prisoners.
- That Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip be immediately provided with financial and material support to cope with the immense hardship that they are experiencing
- An end to occupation, Apartheid and other war crimes.
- Immediate reparations and compensation for all destruction carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip.
Boycott Divest and Sanction, join the many International Trade Unions, Universities, Supermarkets and artists and writers who refuse to entertain Apartheid Israel. Speak out for Palestine, for Gaza, and crucially ACT. The time is now.
Besieged Gaza, Palestine
27.December.2010
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