This is the worst of the worst. We spoke to our friends in Lebanon. They are trapped in their house with bombs falling all around them. Israel and the US have been planning this destabilization for years as part of their plan to control the Middle East. Israel has held 9000 Palestinian prisoners, many of them young children and women, for years without charges. This snatching of 2 soldiers while unfortunate is not grounds for destroying a peaceful and developing country and its people. The US hold hundreds of prisoners, many of them innocent of any crime, without charges. Should all their countries have the right to bomb us?
Diane
Please spread these pictures around to all your lists, this is the ugly face of Israeli war crimes.
Israeli children sends gifts to Lebanese children:
Israeli girls write messages on a shell at a heavy artillery position near Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel, next to the Lebanese border, Monday, July 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Lebanese children receive them:
(AP)
To send our prewritten letter click here:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/CFLWeb/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4650
7/18/06-CFL ALERT: STOP ISRAELI WAR CRIMES IN LEBANON AND
GAZA.
*In the past few days Israel has killed
hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinian civilians—in many cases wiping out entire
families—in clear violation of international law. I am incredibly dismayed that
despite the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas that the U.S. has stifled
any attempts to bring the matter to the United Nations for a speedy resolution.
I demand that my representatives speak out against the war crimes taking place
in the Middle East right now.
*It is nothing short of barbaric that Israel would bomb civilian areas in
response to the capture of two soldiers who are serving in a military that is
illegally occupying millions of people. It is outrageous to suggest that the
bombing of Lebanon and Gaza are in response to the capture of three Israeli
soldiers; this is an attempt to overthrow Palestine's democratically elected
government and to remove any pockets of resistance from Israel's borders while
the Israelis attempt to carry out their largest land grab since 1967 in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories. Tell your representatives that you support
an end to aid to apartheid Israel until it learns to live in peace with its
neighbors.
*Remind your representatives that while they continue to applaud Israel for
carrying these attacks out against civilian Arab populations, that they remember
that the real hostages in the Middle East are 9,000 political prisoners women
and children ranging from 9 years old to 18 years old who have never been
charged with a crime and have in some cases been sitting in Israeli prisons for
years.
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Citizens for Fair Legislation
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Diane LeBow,
Ph.D.
Travel Writer, Photo-Journalist
Treasurer, Bay
Area Travel Writers
3006 Pierce Street, San Francisco, CA 94123
www.dianelebow.com