[WCUSP] Fwd: [womeninblack] BAY AREA WOMEN IN BLACK ACTION ALERT!!!!
yvonne simmons
roweenayvonne at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 10 06:02:49 CST 2006
] BAY AREA WOMEN IN BLACK
> ACTION ALERT!!!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sandra Butler
>
>
> JOIN US THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH AT 3:00 P.M.
>
> To all Women in Black:
>
> Join with us as we stand in solidarity with
> Israeli activists to end the siege of Gaza.
>
> We will be at the northeast corner of Ashby and
> College Ave in Berkeley every Saturday during the
> month-long campaign on November 11, November 18,
> November 25 and December 2nd from 3 p.m. to 4:00
> p.m. Please wear black and be prepared to stand in
> silent witness. If you are unable to join with us,
> we ask you to wear black on that day and explain to
> those with whom you are in contact why you have done
> so. For further information contact us at
> info at bayareawomeninblack.org.
>
> The situation in Gaza has reached emergency
> levels--inadequate water, electricity and medicine,
> widespread hunger, poverty and unemployment, schools
> and other services out of operation, and constant
> bombardments and attacks by the Israeli military.
>
> The problem is the siege of the Gaza Strip by
> Israel and the sanctions imposed by the
> international community, made worse by ongoing
> Israeli defense forces attacks. If the siege
> continues, there will be spreading disease,
> malnutrition and anarchy.
>
> A community of peace organizations in Israel has
> joined together in a coordinated major campaign to
> end the siege of Gaza and call upon Israel to embark
> upon negotiations with the Palestinian legitimate
> representative. Israel and the international
> community are urged to respect the political choice
> of the Palestinian people.
>
> This campaign was initiated by the Coalition of
> Women for Peace, Gush Shalom, Rabbis for Human
> Rights, Yesh Gvul, Bat Shalom, New Profile and
> Anarchists Against the Wall.The intention is to
> develop an international campaign that will
> galvanize demonstrations in 150 cities around the
> world, to raise awareness and to bring pressure on
> the US and European governments to over turn the
> boycott--sanctions?
>
> Here is a link to images of the demonstrations
> that have begun in Israel and a letter to Kofi Annan
> from the General Union of Palestinian Women.
>
> http://www.yairgil.com/rabin2006/index.htm
>
>
> The General Union of Palestinian Women
>
> Women's Affairs Committee
> gupw at planet.com,gupwp at palnet.com
> watcorg at palnet.com
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Warm greetings to you from our beleaguered
> homeland.
>
>
>
> I guess you are all aware of the terrible
> situation in Palestine. There is no point in
> elaborating on our unspeakable frustration and anger
> at the impotence of the international community in
> putting an end to the ongoing war crimes perpetrated
> by Israel in Gaza and everywhere in Palestine.
> Instead of protecting our people and according them
> their rights and freedom, the international
> community chooses to impose a siege on our national
> authority, thus threatening the fabric of our
> society with total collapse and indeed threatening
> the very survival of our people.
> However, we continue to believe that the voice
> of reason and compassion will eventually overcome
> and that the solidarity of friends and people with
> commitment to justice and human rights will be able
> to effect a change in the near future.
> Are we too optimistic? Women tend to do be able
> to extract hope from amongst the ashes! That is why,
> I suppose, the human race has survived so far.
>
> Attached is an Open Letter to Kofi Annan, the
> Secretary General of the UN, from Palestinian Women.
> Feel free to circulate it.
>
> Rima
>
>
> His Excellency,Mr. Kofi Annan
> Secretary General
> United Nations
>
> Stop the Massacre in Gaza NOW
>
>
>
> Your Excellency,
>
>
>
> We, women of Palestine, are appalled by the
> perpetration of the Israeli onslaught against our
> people which has culminated recently in the
> criminal aerial bombardment of Israel of innocent
> Palestinians in Beit Hanon - Gaza, and of several
> civil infrastructures in Palestine.
> Millions of Arab women wonder when the United
> Nations would assume its responsibility in securing
> and safe guarding human lives in our area. They
> wonder why the UN and the International Community
> remain silent and helpless in the face of the
> present destruction and massacres perpetrated by the
> State of Israel with the blessing of its staunch
> American ally and why they continue to allow the
> state of Israel to contravene International law and
> to violate with impunity all UN resolutions and
> international human rights conventions.
>
>
>
> The women of Palestine wish to reiterate that
> peace and security can only be achieved when justice
> prevails and when the Palestinian people's
> inalienable rights are restored. Military power and
> sieges may succeed in inflicting grievous suffering
> on our people but they will never succeed in
> breaking our spirit and determination to resist the
> occupation and the continued process of
> dispossession to which our people have been
> subjected for over half a century.
>
>
>
> It is about time, Mr. Secretary General, for the
> UN to live up to its declared principles and to take
> a firm stand against the policy of double-standards
> which has been adopted by the Security Council and
> dictated by national interests rather than by moral
> guidelines.
>
>
>
> We, therefore, call upon you to:
>
>
>
> 1. convene the General Assembly immediately and
> to issue a clear cut resolution to put an immediate
> end to the aggression in Gaza.
> 2. protect our people and our children from the
> Israeli killing machine by all means including
> deploying UN forces.
> 3. activate the scores of UN resolutions
> pertaining to Palestine and Palestinian inalienable
> rights of Return, Self determination, and the
> Establishment of a Palestinian Sovereign State,
> Jerusalem as its capital.
>
>
>
> We assure you Mr. Secretary General that until
> the UN assumes its responsibility in bringing real
> peace and justice to our area, the suffering and
> strife in our region will continue.May our
> sacrifices be instrumental in urging the UN to
> restore its credibility amongst the oppressed
> nations of the world by adhering to its proclaimed
> principles and by advocating Human Rights, Justice
> and World Peace and Security.
>
>
>
> We finally call upon our friends and all
> advocates of human rights and justice to raise their
> voices against the war crimes that are taking place
> in Palestine so that Peace will one day prevail in
> our region.
>
>
>
> The General Union of Palestinian Women
> The Women's Affairs Technical Committees
> On behalf of Palestinian women’s organizations
-Palestine>
_______________________________________________
> womeninblack mailing list
> womeninblack at listas.nodo50.org
>
http://listas.nodo50.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninblack
> this is the international WiB mailing-out list, for
> the INTERACTIVE WiB e-list, go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/interactiveWiB
____________________________________________________________________________________
Cheap talk?
Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call
rates.
http://voice.yahoo.com
____________________________________________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
http://new.mail.yahoo.com
-------------- next part --------------
_______________________________________________
womeninblack mailing list
womeninblack at listas.nodo50.org
http://listas.nodo50.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninblack
this is the international WiB mailing-out list, for the INTERACTIVE WiB e-list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/interactiveWiB
More information about the Wcusp
mailing list