4. March. 2008

U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who remained silent while Israel slaughtered 122 Gazans with all the force of its army, the 4th largest army in the world, is once again visiting while we, Palestinians, bury and mourn our dead. She and her government have nothing to offer Palestinians except more empty words and bloodshed. Hers is a colonial and racist agenda which must not be allowed to flourish in Palestine.

Her unwelcome visit comes at a time when Israel is launching its genocidal war against the Palestinian people. American sources announced today that the US had been informed of Israel’s plan to attack Gaza in advance. The American official position vis-à-vis the Gaza massacre is to blame the victim.

This visit must be boycotted by Palestinians as a protest against Israel’s wanton destruction in the Gaza Strip - and as a protest against the ongoing collusion and support of the United States. These visits have brought nothing but suffering to Palestinians, with over 300 Palestinians being killed since these Annapolis-sponsored talks began in November 2007.

Those who remember the children of Gaza who perished at the hands of Israeli missiles, American-made helicopter gunships, F16 and artillery fire, cannot allow these meetings to continue. This visit must be boycotted because it will lead Palestinians nowhere. We call on all Palestinians to show Rice, and the intransigent US and Israeli governments that we will not stand idly by while they commit a holocaust. We demand that they stop now and we say to them: We shall overcome.

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