Poziv na ukidanje opsade Gaze

prosvjed protiv blokade Gaze, lipanj 2010, Sofia, Bugarska

Civilno društvo Gaze poziva građane svijeta i globalno civilno društvo da ukinu izraelsku opsadu Gaze:


Gaza pod opsadom, Palestina, 5. lipanj 2010.

Godinu i 6 mjeseci nakon što je izraelska vojska počinila pokolj nad stanovnicima Gaze, aparthejdski Izrael počinio je još jedan zločin nad pristašama Palestine u međunarodnim vodama. Svijet je ganut patnjom Palestinaca i onih koji ih podržavaju. Svih 7 pograničnih prijelaza između Gaze i Izraela, uključujući prijelaz Rafah – jedini put kroz koji Gaza ima pristup vanjskom svijetu – ostaju hermetički zatvoreni.

Tražimo od građana svijeta da se suprotstave ovoj smrtonosnoj, srednjevjekovnoj blokadi. Više se ne oslanjamo na vlade. To što Ujedinjeni narodi i njihove brojne organizacije nisu uspjeli osuditi takve zločine dokazuje njihovo suučesništvo. Jedino se civilno društvo može mobilizirati i zatražiti primjenu međunarodnog prava i prekid prakse nekažnjavanja izraelskih zločinaca. Intervencija civilnog društva bila je učinkovita u kasnim 1980-tima protiv aparthejdskog režima u Južnoj Africi. Nelson Mandela i nadbiskup Desmond Tutu nazvali su izraelsku ugnjetavačku i nasilnu kontrolu nad Palestincima aparthejdom i pridružili se ovom pozivu globalnom civilnom društvu da ponovo intervenira.

Stoga pozivamo savjesne ljude i organizacije civilnog društva da vrše pritisak na svoje vlade tako dugo dok Izrael ne bude prisiljen poštivati međunarodno pravo i međunarodno humanitarno pravo. Bez intervencije međunarodne zajednice koja se učinkovito usprotivila aparthejdu u Južnoj Africi, Izrael će nastaviti činiti ratne zločine i zločine protiv čovječnosti poput onih opisanih u Goldstoneovom izvještaju.

Pozivamo organizacije civilnog društva u cijelom svijetu da pojačaju kampanju za nametanje sankcija Izraelu kako bi se tu zemlju natjeralo da prekine svoju agresiju.


Organizacije potpisnice:
Grupa za jednu demokratsku državu
Udruženje sveučilišnih nastavnika
Arapski kulturni forum
Kampanja palestinskih studenata za akademski bojkot Izraela
Društvo banke Al-Quds za kulturu i informiranje
Narodni odbor protiv Zida i kolonističkih naselja
Međunarodni pokret solidarnosti
Jedrenjačka federacija Palestine
Palestinsko udruženje za ribarstvo i pomorstvo
Palestinska mreža nevladinih organizacija
Odbori palestinskih žena
Savez progresivnih studenata
Društvo za zdravstvenu skrb
Generalno udruženje za rehabilitaciju
Program za mentalno zdravlje zajednice u Gazi
Generalno udruženje palestinskih žena
Kulturni centar za žene i djecu Afaq Jadeeda
Kulturni centar za žene i djecu Deir Al-Balah
Kulturni centar za djecu Maghazi
Centar za žene i mlade Al-Sahel
Dječji vrtići Ghassan Kanfani
Centar Rachel Corrie u Rafahu
Rafah Olympia sestrinski gradovi
Centar Al Awda u Rafahu
Bolnica Al Awda u izbjegličkom logoru Jabaliya
Udruženje Ajyal u Gazi
Opći savez palestinskih sindikata
Centar Al Karmel u Nuseiratu
Lokalna inicijativa u Beit Hanounu
Udruženje radnih odbora za zdravlje
Društvo Crvenog polumjeseca u Pojasu Gaze
Kulturni centar Beit Lahiya
Centar Al Awda u Rafahu

Izvor: Call From gaza to the citizens of the world to break the siege


Linkovi Palestina/Izrael:
UC Berkeley supporters of divestment from Israeli human rights violations

Irish Call for Justice for Palestine

This statement appeared in The Irish Times, 31st January 2009.

Irish Call for Justice for Palestine

Israel's bombardment of Gaza killed over 1,300 Palestinians, a third of them children. Thousands have been wounded. Many victims had been taking refuge in clearly marked UN facilities.

This assault came in the wake of years of economic blockade by Israel. This blockade, which is illegal under International Humanitarian Law, has destroyed the Gazan economy and condemned its population to poverty. According to a World Bank report last September, "98% of Gaza's industrial operations are now inactive".

The most recent attack on Gaza is only the latest phase in Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people and appropriation of their land.

Israel has never declared its borders. Instead, it has continuously expanded at the expense of the Palestinians. In 1948, it took over 78% of Palestine, an area much larger than that suggested for a Jewish state by the UN General Assembly in 1947. Contrary to International Law, Israel expelled over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. These refugees and their descendants, who now number millions, are still dispersed throughout the region. They have the right, under International Law, to return to their homes. This right has been underlined by the UN General Assembly many times, starting with Resolution 194 in 1948.

In 1967, Israel occupied the remaining 22% of Palestine: the West Bank and Gaza. Contrary to Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel has built, and continues to build, settlements in these occupied territories. Today, nearly 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the illegal settlements in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and the number grows daily as Israel expands its settler programme.

Israel has resisted pressure from the international community to abide by the human rights provisions of International Law. It has refused to comply with UN Security Council demands to cease building settlements and remove those it has built (Resolutions 446, 452 and 465) and to reverse its illegal annexation of East Jerusalem (252, 267, 271, 298, 476 and 478). Since September 2000, over 5,000 Palestinians, almost 1,000 of them minors, have been killed by the Israeli military.

11,000 Palestinians, including hundreds of minors, languish in Israel jails. Hundreds are detained without trial. In addition, Israel is breaking International Law by imprisoning them outside the occupied territories, thereby making it almost impossible for their families to visit them. Every year, hundreds of Palestinian homes are demolished. The Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza lives imprisoned by walls, barriers and checkpoints that prevent or impede access to shops, schools, workplaces, hospitals and places of worship. They are subjected to restrictions of every kind and to daily ritual humiliation at the hands of occupation soldiers and checkpoint guards.

Invasion, occupation and plantation of their land is the reality that Palestinians have faced for decades and still face on a daily basis, as their country is reduced remorselessly. Unless, and until, this Israeli aggression is halted, and the democratic rights of the Palestinian people are vindicated, there will be no justice or peace in the Middle East. Israel's 40-year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza must be ended.

The occupation can end if political and economic pressure is placed on Israel by the international community. Recognizing this, the Palestinian people continually call on the international community to intervene.

We, the signatories, call for the following:
* The Irish Government to cease its purchase of Israeli military products and services and call publicly for an arms embargo against Israel.
* The Irish Government to demand publicly that Israel reverse its settlement construction, illegal occupation and annexation of land in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions and to use its influence in international fora to bring this about.
* The Irish Government to demand publicly that the Euro-Med Agreement under which Israel has privileged access to the EU market be suspended until Israel complies with International Law.
* The Irish Government to veto any proposed upgrade in EU relations with Israel.
* The Irish people to boycott all Israeli goods and services until Israel abides by International Law.