[WCUSP] WILPF Update on Crisis in the Middle East

[C.J. Minster]

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section
"Women Challenge US Policy: Building Peace on Justice in the Middle East"
Campaign
Crisis Update
17 July 2006
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Please circulate widely

*WILPF US Issued an Action Alert:
Demand US Urge Israel Declare a Cease Fire:
http://wilpf.blogspot.com/

WILPF International Issued a Statement:
"WILPF Denounces Escalation of Military Aggression in Lebanon, Israel, and
Gaza":
 http://www.wilpf.int.ch/statements/ME17_07_06.htm
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>From Shirine ElJurdi, member of WILPF Lebanon
* "Lebanon Under Fire"
17 July 2006*
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The Lebanese people feel left out by the world that is turning a blind eye
on the savagery of the Israeli state. Israel does not seem to be capable of
approaching any problem outside the realm of the military power bestowed on
it by the government of the United States of America and other western
governments.

We are writing you this letter in the hope that this massacre is immediately
stopped. It is the universal duty of each individual to defend the innocents
and expose the truth. The numerous civilian victims of the Israeli
operations are increasing by the hour. The viciousness of the attacks has
attained terrifying levels where a child has been cut in three while another
was half burned.

The Israeli war machine, in its blind savagery, is destroying not only our
lives but the foundations that could help the civilians survive beyond their
massacre. The Israeli Defense Forces are destroying in few hours what
Lebanon has spent years and billions of dollars to rebuild.

Up until now more than 100 Lebanese civilians have been killed, hundreds
wounded, bridges and infrastructure destroyed, refugees are leaving Beirut
in droves and worst of all the enforced siege might lead to a human
catastrophe in the next 48 hours. There must be an end to this cycle of
violence and continuous violation of international laws and basic ethical
behavior.
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