OPERATION CAST LEAD OR NAZI HOLOCAUST

NOVANEWS

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Operation Cast Lead  December 27, 2008 (2008-12-27) – January 18, 2009

Operation Cast Lead

 
Casualties
 
1,166 and 1,417 Palestinian and 13 Israeli deaths.

During the operation Cast Lead United Nations schools were attacked, hospitals and many houses and other civilian buildings were destroyed. Israel used White Phosphorus during the operation. Israel admits to the use of white phosphorus but asserts that Phosphorus was used legally.

 

A West Midlands restaurateur lost thirteen members of her family during the Operation Cast Lead. Yet today at the city’s University we have a person speaking in defence of those who executed these crimes against a part of our humanity.

 

The Israeli Human Rights Organisation, B’Tselem wrote “the extremely heavy civilian casualties and the massive damage to civilian property require serious introspection on the part of Israeli society.”

 

We need to do everything possible to ensure that those responsible for violation of international should be brought to justice.

 

What can you do:

 

1. Write to your MP to demand that Britain raises the Goldstone report at the United Nations and gets its recommendations implemented.

2. Ensure you become part of the campaign to boycott Israel as consumer.

3. Join the Palestine Solidarity campaign to highlight the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

4. Some of the multinationals are assisting Israel in their illegal construction of settlements in occupied Palestine. Some of our public bodies have contracts with these companies. In particular, most of our councils, including Birmingham Council, uses Veolia for waste management. Write to your councillors why this is happening.

5. Visit our website for more details on the various things you can do to assist the Palestinians and bring peace to the region

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As citizens of this city we are appalled that the University has allowed its premises to be used for the purpose of the defence of war crimes in our times.

 

Some facts about Gaza that contradict Colonel Kemp’s assertion that Israel did everything to protect the civilian population of Gaza during its Cast Lead operation.

 

1. Gaza is one of the most densely populated place on earth with over 1.5 million people living in a area no larger 360 sq Km  – as a comparison Metropolitan Birmingham with 600 sq Km has a population of 2.2 million.

2. One million of the 1.5 million Gazans are refugees from areas of Palestine that now constitute Israel.

3. According to B’Tselem, the Israelis killed 1397 Palestinians, 345 of these were minors, 110 were women and 117 were men over the age of 50.

4. Over 70% of Gazans live below the poverty line.

5. IDF’s own enquiry admits that the UN Building was bombed, two  UN vehicle was attacked. The IDF also admits attacking a child and mother clinic.

6. IDF report admits to using Phosphorus at least until the 7th Januarry 2009. for details of the statistics check the website

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/IDFrelease042209.html

 

1. A member of the West Midland Palestinian community lost 15 members of her extended family during operation cast lead.

2. According to the Goldstone report IDF used Human Shields in violation of an earlier

 

Colonel Kemp claims that Israel, defence forces did everything to protect civilian life while bombing Gaza. Facts tell a very different story.  Following are some of the key findings of the Goldstone report:

 

1. That the IDF caused civilian casualties when attacking the UNRWA building.

2. The IDF attacked Al-Quds hospital and used Phosphorus shells against the hospital. In particular the attack led to the death of a young girl only eight years old.

3. The report finds the IDF in contravention of international law in not safeguarding the civilians when attacking targets.

4. The report finds the IDF  of wilful killings causing great suffering to protected persons and such give rise to individual criminal responsibility.

 

Those who defend Israel’s illegal occupation, like Colonel Kemp, its illegal behavior and its continued violation of international law are only prolonging the suffering of the part of our humanity. We need to accept the findings of the Goldstone report and ensure the implement it recommends to bring about peace.

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