2008 ‘Copyleft’ © Carlos Latuff
Desert Peace / Body On The Line
How far does Israel have to go to prove to the world that they are conducting a holocaust against the people of Gaza? How many deaths, and by what method are required to fit that particular definition?
No, there are no gas chambers in Gaza. No, there are no crematorium in Gaza. But YES, there have been mass murders, targeted assassinations, starvation, deprivation of every essential needed to survive… including food,the lack of water, electricity, medical supplies, medical facilities, heating oil for homes, and diesel for transportation.
The worst possible is happening NOW… Don’t wait to speak out against this holocaust…. don’t wait till the numbers of dead reach the millions… ONE DEATH BY MURDER IS ONE DEATH TOO MANY….
There are things you can do NOW to help the people of Gaza…. here is just a partial list of what/where to start…..ACTION ALERT: END THE CLOSURE OF GAZA NOW! Call (202-895-5400) or email (Embassy@egyptembdc.org) the Egyptian Embassy and demand that Egypt open the Rafah crossing
(1/22/08) Since Friday, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has escalated to previously unimaginable levels. Over the past five days, Gaza has been completely shut off from the rest of the world due to an Israeli - and Egyptian-enforced - closure of all border crossings. By Sunday, approximately 800,000 Gazans were left without electricity as Gaza’s only power plant ran out of fuel. Many of the hospitals and medical clinics were also left with dwindling medical supplies and little to no fuel to power generators. As a result, approximately 75 Palestinians have already died from the closure, and a number of patients in intensive care units have died as their emergency life support equipment cannot function without electricity. Many hospitals are forced to choose which equipment to keep running: dialysis machines, neonatal units, or heart and oxygen machines.
Furthermore, with no fuel or electricity for the water pumps and sewage treatment plants, most Gazans have now lost their running water, with several neighborhoods, including the large Zatoun neighborhood east of Gaza City, flooded with sewage.
The closure has resulted in a deliberate and collective punishment of the entire civilian population of Gaza (nearly 1.5 million Palestinians). Such collective punishment directly contravenes explicit provisions of the 4 th Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signing party.
John Ging, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza said the civilian population was living in “abject misery” and had been stripped of their human dignity.
“People here in Gaza have been living in abject misery and hardship now for a long time,” Ging told Al-Jazeera. “On top of that they are living in darkness… You have to see how miserable the situation is. The civilian population is under occupation. It is collective punishment - they are victims.”
For its part, Egypt has willingly assisted Israel in the closure, preventing any Palestinian from leaving Gaza through the Rafah crossing. In particular, several ambulances carrying critically ill patients have been refused entry by Egyptian authorities. Faced with starvation and death, a group of Palestinian female protesters attempted to leave Gaza, only to be turned away by water cannons, gunfire, and baton-wielding Egyptian soldiers. At least 25 Palestinians have been injured by Egyptian soldiers enforcing Israel’s closure.
Though the media has reported that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to express opposition to the humanitarian crisis, Mubarak has followed these empty words with affirmative acts to enforce the closure. Egypt does have the power to alleviate Palestinian suffering by at least allowing entry of fuel, emergency medicine and medical supplies, and supplies needed by aid agencies to distribute food .
Call the Egyptian Embassy in Washington D.C. and demand that Egypt open the Rafah crossing, and cease enforcing the closure of Gaza now!
Embassy of Egypt
3521 International Ct. NW
Washington, DC 20008
TELEPHONE: (202) 895-5400 – or - (202) 966-6342 –or- (202) 667-3402
Email: Embassy@egyptembdc.org
For example: “As an [Arab/Arab-American/Egyptian/Concerned American], I am concerned with the humanitarian crisis that is currently transpiring in Gaza. I am especially concerned with Egypt’s participation in the closure, and refusal to open the Rafah crossing as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are trapped in life-threatening conditions.”
Call the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. and demand an end to the closure of Gaza now!
Embassy of Israel
3514 International Dr., NW
Washington, DC 20008
TELEPHONE: (202) 364-5500
Emergency Protests
Anaheim, California: Saturday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. 512 S. Brookhurst St. Between Orange Ave. & Broadway)
Washington DC: Friday, Jan. 25 (time tba), at the Israeli Embassy, 3514 International Dr. N.W.
San Francisco, California: Friday, Jan. 25, 4-6 p.m., Israeli Consulate, 456 Montgomery St. (near California)
New York, New York: Saturday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. at the Israeli Embassy, 43rd St. and 2nd Ave.
Chicago, Illinois: Tues., Jan. 29, 5 pm at the Lakeshore Theater, 3175 North Broadway (at benefit for the Friends of the Israeli Defense Force).
Seattle Washington: Friday, January 25, 4 p.m., Westlake Park, 4th & Pine Sts.
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