{"article":{"id":110660,"heading":"Protest Israeli War Crimes in GAZA","author":"sjp","created":"2004-05-20 08:47:09","modified":"2007-02-12 05:11:24","last_modified":"Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:11:24","article":"

EMERGENCY PROTEST AGAINST ISRAELI WAR CRIMES IN GAZA

LOCATION:

Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles

6380 Wilshire Blvd (between San Vicente and Fairfax)

Los Angeles, CA 90048

DATE & TIME:

Thursday, May 20th, 2004

4:00 - 6:00 pm



The Israeli Occupation Forces are committing war crimes throughout Gaza, killing

civilians and demolishing homes. This month alone, at least 30 Palestinians have

been killed already in Gaza, 21 of them civilians. A UN report issued on 5\/11\/04

states that, in the last ten days, at least 131 residential buildings in the Gaza

Strip have been demolished or damaged beyond repair by the Israeli Occupation

Forces. The recent demolitions have left more than 1,100 Palestinians homeless,

bringing the total number of people to have lost their homes in the Gaza Strip to

17,594. The deliberate and wanton practice by the Israeli army of destroying homes

and civilian property is a grave violation of international human rights and

humanitarian law, as per the Fourth Geneva Convention, and constitutes a war crime.

The Israeli government has promised that more homes will be demolished in the coming

days.

What is happening today is nothing less than ethnic cleansing. Rafah - indeed much

of Palestine - is becoming a wasteland of destitution. Silence is complicity, and

tears are not enough. Let us not sit silently while those atrocious crimes against

humanity go unchecked. We appeal to all supporters of human rights to stand up and

protest this loudly by all available means: contacting representatives, writing to

the media, sending donations for humanitarian relief, and joining this emergency

protest on Thursday.

See www.alaqsaintifada.org\/la for more information.

Stop the home demolitions in Gaza!

Stop Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people!

Stop U.S. funding to Israel now!

Women In Black - Los Angeles & Palestine Aid Society

www.wib-la.org \/ www.palestine-aid-society.org

Tel. (323) 993-3322 \/ E-mail haithem@solidaritydesign.com<\/a>

Endorsed by: American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee LA\/OC, Americans for a Just

Peace in the Middle East, Al-Awda Los Angeles, Cafe Intifada, CodePink LA, Free

Palestine Alliance, Palestinian American Congress, So. Cal. International Solidarity

Movement, Students for Justice in Palestine - UCLA, Union of Palestinian American

Women, and the Writing Empowerment Project.<\/p>\n","contact":"sjpucla@riseup.net","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Emergency protest against Israeli war crimes in Gaza Thursday, 4-6pm, @ the Israeli Consulate.","numcomment":7,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/05\/110660.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}