COURAGE: Id like to think that both Netanyahu and Obama will pause and consider the words of 40 Holocaust survivors who call the killing of Palestinian civilians a massacre - and condemn the U.S. for their involvement. HERE IS THE LETTER that the 40 Holocaust survivors published in an ad in the New York Times: Here is the letter: As Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of the Nazi genocide we unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and the ongoing occupation and colonization of historic Palestine. We further condemn the United States for providing Israel with the funding to carry out the attack, and Western states more generally for using their diplomatic muscle to protect Israel from condemnation. Genocide begins with the silence of the world. _____ We are alarmed by the extreme, racist dehumanization of Palestinians in Israeli society, which has reached a fever-pitch. In Israel, politicians and pundits in The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post have called openly for genocide of Palestinians and right-wing Israelis are adopting Neo-Nazi insignia. _____ Furthermore, we are disgusted and outraged by Elie Wiesel’s abuse of our history in these pages to justify the unjustifiable: Israel’s wholesale effort to destroy Gaza and the murder of more than 2,000 Palestinians, including many hundreds of children. Nothing can justify bombing UN shelters, homes, hospitals and universities. Nothing can justify depriving people of electricity and water. _____ We must raise our voices and use our collective power to bring about an end to all forms of racism, including the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people. We call for an immediate end to the siege against and blockade of Gaza. We call for the full economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel. “Never again” must mean NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE! Hedy XXX (‘Hedy’ is Hedy Epstein, the outspoken 90-year old human rights activist who was recently arrested protesting the militarized police in Ferguson.)
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:56:37 +0000