The latest massacre committed by the Israeli Occupation Forces in Jabalia and Beit Hanoun, Gaza today has so far resulted in the brutal killings of 12 Palestinians, including 3 children, two brothers, and a father and his son as they slept in their own houses. Ambulances have also been targeted and the injured are trapped. Since Wednesday 27. February. 2007, the Israeli Occupation Forces have killed more than 43 Palestinians, most of whom are civilians and children. Toddlers have become the favorite target of Israeli soldiers and pilots. Mitan Vilnaii, Israeli Deputy Minister of War, made it clear yesterday that the Palestinians of Gaza will witness a “Holocaust.” The One Democratic State Group, with many other civil society organizations and solidarity groups, have been warning of a slow genocide that has been conducted against the Palestinian people of Gaza under the nose of an extremely indifferent international community.

The One Democratic State Group condemns in the strongest possible terms these heinous crimes and calls upon all civil society organizations and freedom loving people to act immediately in any possible way to put pressure on their governments to end diplomatic ties with Apartheid Israel and institute sanctions against it.

UN, EU, Arab League and the international community by and large have failed the Palestinian people. We, therefore, address the civil society organizations to act immediately and show their support for Palestine and rejection of Israeli genocidal war crimes. Silence is complicity.

We also call on all Arab non-governmental organizations and political parties to boycott American embassies and compel their governments to sever their diplomatic ties with Apartheid Israel. We ask: What more do the Arab peoples need to see to translate their words of support into action? What more do they need to see to convince them to act than the dozens of dead corpses of children in Gaza?

We call on all other freedom loving people to join hand with us in besieged Gaza and demand :

• that Israel immediately withdraws all Israeli Occupation Forces from Gaza and ends the occupation of Palestinian land;
• that Israel abides by international humanitarian and human rights law, and refrains from imposing collective punishment on Palestinian civilians (as per the UN Human Rights Council declaration issued on 6 July 2006);
• that Israel releases all detained Palestinian ministers and legislators and releases all Palestinian political prisoners – including hundreds of women and children;
• that the United Nations implements the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on Israel’s Apartheid wall;
• that the United Nations ensures that Israel fulfils its obligations in terms of international law;
• international protection of Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian Territory

Let the blood of the toddler, Mohammed Al Buarai, and the children of Jabalia and Beit Hanoun be the torch that will set alight an international movement of solidarity that will lead to the liberation of Palestine.

One Democratic State Group
Gaza

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