[WCUSP] Thousands of Palestinians stuck at Rafah - 31-year old mother of five died under the blazing sun
yvonne simmons
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Mon Jul 2 18:03:10 CDT 2007
> > From: "Gush Shalom" <otherisr at actcom.co.il>
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:35:31 -0700
> > Subject: Thousands of Palestinians stuck at Rafah
> -
> > 31-year old mother of
> > five died under the blazing sun
> > To: intl at mailman.gush-shalom.org
> >
> > International release
> >
> >
> >
> > Thousands of Palestinians stuck under appalling
> > conditions at Rafah - 31-year old mother of five
> > died yesterday under the blazing sun - Gush Shalom
> > demands immediate opening of the Rafah Crossing
> for
> > which the government of Israel and the European
> > Union share responsibility
> >
> >
> >
> > After the translated press release follows a call
> > for action
> >
> >
> > Press Release, July 2, 2007 - Hebrew attached /
> > òáøéú îöåøó
> >
> > Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, today sent a
> > strong protest to Prime Minster Olmert and Defence
> > Minister Barak, and also a letter to
> representatives
> > of the European Union - warning about the extreme
> > suffering of about 6000 Palestinians stuck on the
> > Egyptian side of the closed Rafah Border crossing
> > and unable to return to their homes: "This
> shameful
> > and unacceptable situation must be ended
> forthwith".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The Rafah Border crossing has been closed ever
> since
> > the eruption of confrontations between the
> > Palestinian militias in the Gaza strip, which
> > culminated with the Hamas takeover. Some six
> > thousands of residents who found themselves at the
> > time on the Egyptian side - among them a
> > considerable number returning from medical
> treatment
> > at Egyptian hospitals - have been stranded ever
> > since: waiting, sleeping, and living in the
> streets
> > under the hot sun, unable to wash, and with no
> idea
> > how long they would still have to wait. The money
> > most of them had on them already ran out. And
> since
> > last week the services of Western Union and DHL in
> > the Gaza Strip were discontinued under Israeli and
> > American pressure, making it impossible for
> families
> > to send money to their trapped relatives.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yesterday, July 1, Taghreed Abeaed, a 31 years
> old
> > Palestinian woman, mother of five children - died
> > while waiting in the very bad conditions at Rafah
> > Crossing. Even her body is not allowed to be
> brought
> > back into the Gaza Strip.
> >
> >
> > "These stranded Gaza Strip residents have no part
> in
> > the internecine conflict between Fatah and Hamas;
> it
> > is not at their expense that the complicated
> > problems of the Gaza Strip's legal and political
> > status should be solved. They are innocent
> civilians
> > caught cruelly in an unpredictable trap, and it is
> > your duty to provide them the elementary right of
> > going home" wrote Gush Shalom to the Israeli PM
> and
> > Defence Minister.
> >
> > Also the EU representatives were approached. "We
> > place part of the responsibility and blame on the
> > European. Since 2005, the armed forces of Israel
> are
> > not in direct control of the Rafah Border
> Crossing.
> > However, its opening was made conditional upon the
> > presence of European monitors. The EU however has
> > given the Government of Israel a complete power of
> > veto. It is in practice the Defence Minster of
> > Israel who decides whether or not there will be
> > European monitors at Rafah, and thus whether the
> > crossing will be open or closed . Now, the absence
> > of European monitors at Rafah serves the
> > encirclement and siege of Gaza, shortsightedly and
>
> > cruelly decreed by the Government of Israel. In
> this
> > way, the EU has abdicated its own often proclaimed
> > responsibility to promote the welfare and peaceful
> > future of all peoples in the Middle East.
> >
> > Gush Shalom calls upon the Europeans to emancipate
> > themselves, form an independent policy and exert
> > their influence to the reopening of the Rafah
> > Crossing.
> >
> >
> >
> > Further details: Adam Keller adam at gush-shalom.org
> >
> > =====================
> >
> > What can and should be done:
> >
> > Send a Rafah protest mail - a short one or a
> longer
> > one*- to:
> >
> > lTo the P
> >
> > 1) To the Prime Minister through the PM's Press
> > office:
> >
> > E-Mail: gpo at pmo.gov.il Fax: +972-2-6233388
> >
> > (You can personalize your letter making use of
> these
> > data: The Director of the GPO is Daniel Seaman.
> The
> > Director's direct telephone number is 02-5007502,
> > and his direct fax is 02- 6257886. The Director's
> > secretary is Noa Arazi )
> >
> >
> >
> > 2) To the Israeli government via the embassy in
> your
> > country - for the Israeli embassy in your country
> > look in:
> >
> >
>
http://www.learn4good.com/travel/israel_embassies.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.travelguru.net/html/consulates/israel.html
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/about%20the%20ministry/diplomatic%20missions/
> >
> >
> >
> > 3) To the Delegation of the European Commission,
> > delegation head Ramiro Cibrian -
> > delegation-israel at ec.europa.eu
> >
> > 4) To the highest-ranking politician in your
> country
> > whose address you can get.
> >
> >
> >
> > cc to: MEP Luisa Morgantini
> > luisa.morgantini at europarl.europa.eu
> >
> > and also cc to: info at gush-shalom.org
> >
> >
> >
> > *You may use the press release and add as subject
> > line "The closed Rafah border is a shame to all
> the
> > world"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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