[WCUSP] Fwd: Letter to Congress - Gaza Sanctions

[Barbara Taft]

Sounds good to me.

Barb T.

--- "C.J. Minster" <cjminster at gmail.com> wrote:

> For those who did not receive this message directly from Joan.
> 
> I would suggested adding a sentence like "As a constituent and a
> member of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, I
> believe these actions are imperative for peace and security in
> Palestine, Israel, and the United States."
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: JoanWDrake at aol.com <JoanWDrake at aol.com>
> Date: Sep 28, 2007 8:04 AM
> Subject: Letter to Congress - Gaza Sanctions
> 
> Please feel free to use this or parts of it to write to your Congress person.
> 
>  Dear :
>  I beg you to speak out against the decision by the Israeli cabinet to
> impose sanctions on supplies of electricity, fuel and other basic
> goods and services to the civilian population of Gaza.  It is
> essential that the international community prevent this crime against
> humanity from being carried out.
>  The legal framework invoked by Israel to carry out this illegal and
> immoral act - declaring Gaza a "hostile entity" within a "conflict
> short of war" - has absolutely no standing in international law under
> which the collective punishment of an entire civilian population is
> explicitly prohibited.
> 
>  Please urge Secretary General of the UN, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, to urgently
> convene the Security Council in order to tell the Israeli government
> that this step must be rescinded.
> 
>  Please call upon President Bush to censure this decision, especially
> in light of his recent attempts to revive the diplomatic process.
> 
>  Many of the world's religious leaders have condemned this violation
> of human rights and the most fundamental assault on human life and
> dignity, made especially poignant as it is being implemented during
> the holy month of Ramadan. Many Israeli Jews have called upon Jewish
> leaders to speak out unequivocally against this offense against Jewish
> values on the eve of Yom Kippur.
> 
>  Israel's decision to punish Gaza's civilian population, with all the
> human suffering that entails, constitutes an instance of State
> Terrorism against innocent people. Only when Israel is held
> accountable and international law is upheld will a just peace be
> possible in the Middle East.
>  Yours sincerely,
>  Joan W. Drake
>  September 27, 2007
> 
> 
> 
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