[WCUSP] Fw: Israel threatens to cut electricity, etc to Gaza

[Libby or Mort Frank]

I sent this to our local Philly paper, so far, I haven't seen it in print.  But thought I'd add it to Joan Drake's contribution.

I add WILPF's name sometimes and sometimes not.  It doesn't seem to matter -- they are rarely published.  
Our branch has a low-key campaign to get a letter written once a week by one of us.  Some have been published.  We keep at it.

Libby

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Libby or Mort Frank 
To: inquirer.letters at phillynews.com 
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:52 AM
Subject: Israel threatens to cut electricity, etc to Gaza


To the Editor:

Israel's threats to cut off electricity, water and goods to Gaza is the most cruel and unusual punishment. Gaza already suffers extreme poverty.  Cutting off vital services violates international law and causes even more hardship to people living in what is called the largest open-air prison in the world.

Perhaps such actions will expose the myth that Israel has "withdrawn" from Gaza.  It still controls all entry points as well as water, fuel and electricity.  The U.S. should strongly object to these anti-human acts by Israel.   But Condoleeza Rice has refused to condemn the Israeli threats.

Can we be surprised at resistance to such actions?  And we wonder, "Why do 'they' hate us?"

Libby Frank
201 W. Evergreen Ave. #810
Philadelphia, PA  19118-3831

215/242-4103


 
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