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Fri Sep 21 06:43:56 CDT 2007

Jewish Voice for PeaceHi all,  This is an awful situation.  Try to write a letter to some newspaper or call in to a call-in show or at least sign on to letter below and forward to friends.  This isn't just for Jewish people because it comes from Jewish Voice for Peace.  Many other groups are calling for action, as well.

Libby

      Do Not Withhold Electricity, Water, and Goods from the People of Gaza!
            Send a letter of protest condemning the decision of the Israeli government to begin withholding electricity, water and goods from the Gaza Strip. These actions are inhumane and illegal under international law.

            In a Cabinet decision announced Tuesday, the Israeli government responded to ongoing rocket attacks from Hamas militants in Gaza into northern Israel by declaring all of Gaza a 'hostile territory'. This opens the door to cutting off all passage into Gaza and to halting the supply of services on which Gaza depends. An Israeli government official said, "We will reduce the amount of megawattage we provide to the Strip, and Hamas will have to decide whether to provide electricity to hospitals or weapons lathes."

            U.S. Secretary of State, Ms. Condoleezza Rice, refused to condemn the Israeli move, despite her pronouncement that the U.S. "will not abandon the innocent Palestinians in Gaza, and indeed will make every effort to deal with their humanitarian needs." Remind her that cutting the utilities to the whole civilian population in the Gaza Strip makes a mockery of her promise.

            Remind Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, that these measures amount to collective punishment, and instead of making the citizens of southern Israel safer, will only increase the frequency of the firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel.

                        September 21, 2007 

                         Subject:
                        Say NO to Collective Punishment in Gaza 

                         Ms. Condoleezza Rice and Mr. Ehud Olmert

We are writing to condemn the Israeli government's decision to begin withholding electricity, water and goods from the Gaza Strip. These actions are inhumane and illegal under international law. These measures amount to collective punishment, and instead of making the citizens of southern Israel safer, will only increase the frequency of the firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel.

Secretary Rice, you have stated that the U.S. "will not abandon the innocent Palestinians in Gaza, and indeed will make every effort to deal with their humanitarian needs." Cutting the utilities to the whole civilian population in the Gaza Strip makes a mockery of your promise. You should follow the lead of the European Union and the United Nations, who have already condemned this Israeli action openly and unequivocally.

Prime Minister Olmert, you should reverse course immediately. Please heed the words of Knesset member Ran Cohen who said, "this decision does nothing to enhance the security of residents of the Israeli communities near Gaza and only serves to push the residents of Gaza into the arms of terrorism, violence and despair. Israel has repeatedly used the tactic of punishing civilians in the hope that they will blame their own leaders rather than Israel for their suffering. The tactic has always backfired, and the only result is more death, despair and hatred. It will be no different this time."

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