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We, member groups of the International Jewish Collective for Justice in Palestine, are filled with sorrow and outrage at Israel’s unprovoked aerial bombardment of the community of Gaza, Palestine. We condemn it and its dishonest rhetoric.
This is not a dispute between two sides. An occupying military is attacking an occupied, blockaded community. Israel called this a ‘pre-emptive’ assault, although it provided no evidence for its just-in-case bombardment of crowded cities. Israel has no legal right to military aggression to bolster a blockade which is, itself, in violation of law. This has nothing to do with Israel’s self-defense. We saw with our eyes that it is occupied Gaza that needs defense, and has the right to defend itself.
By the time this statement came out, even Palestinians knew quite well that many of the dead came from Islamic Jihad rockets. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights counts 27 dead, because it knows that most of the children killed were killed by the terror groups. And many of those 27 were killed by terrorist rockets as well that PCHR doesn't admit.In three days, Israel killed 44 Palestinians including 15 children, and wounded 350. Scores of Gazan families are homeless and 650 homes were damaged in just the first 24 hours. No Israelis were killed.
Israel chose to attack a besieged community on Tisha B’Av – a day when Jews lament our losses by siege, two thousand years ago. This choice shames the religion that Israel appropriates to launder the image of its settler colonialist project.
As I wrote, USAID programs are supposed to be officially joint Israeli-Palestinian initiatives, but if Palestinians are meant to reap the benefits, why not place them where the Palestinians mostly live?Israeli Channel 14 said, on Wednesday, that US President Joe Biden gave oral approval to a request submitted by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish a Palestinian university in an area classified as C according to the Oslo Accords.
She added, that a senior official in (USAID) confirmed to her the news, and that the agency recently held a closed meeting to discuss this file after Biden's approval, and an informal tour is expected in the coming weeks to choose the land that will be allocated to the university buildings.
She noted that USAID officials presented the idea to Biden during his recent visit to Jerusalem.
Nablusi must be an admirable human rights activist to be invited to speak by Amnesty, right?Join us for a special screening of ‘My Love Awaits Me by the Sea’. We have invited Muhib Nabulsi, a representative of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement Australia and programmer for the Palestinian Film Festival to speak.
Independent Jewish Voices – Canada
Jewish Voice for Just Peace – Ireland
Boycott from Within (Israeli citizens for BDS)
Jews Say No! – US
Jews against the Occupation – Sydney, Australia
Jewish Voice for Labour – UK
Jewish Voice for Peace – US
Independent Australian Jewish Voices – Australia
Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East – Germany
Sh’ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand
Tzedek Collective Sydney – Australia
South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) – South Africa