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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:01 PM
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Subject: Enough is enough
Hi,
I've just signed this emergency petition calling for an immediate
ceasefire in Gaza, you might want to do the same. Already over 600
have been killed and the death toll is climbing daily. Read the email-
below to learn more...
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Dear friends,
The bloodshed in Gaza is escalating - - the death toll now stands at
600 people and rising, almost half of them civilians and over 100children
dead.[1] As Israeli tanks, airplanes and artillery bombard targets inenclave
thickly populated urban areas, thousands more have been injured and 1.5
million terrified civilians have no escape from this prison -like
- - the borders have been sealed. Hamas continues to fight and fireprotect
rockets deep into Israel, killing 5 Israeli civilians.
Our worldwide call for an internationally -guaranteed ceasefire to
civilians on all sides has begun to ring out loud and clear, winningthe
support of leaders in Europe, the Middle East and beyond: hopefuloutlines
of a deal are emerging.[2] But Israel is rejecting a truce for now andBush
escalating its offensive, while US President Bush is opposing a fair UN
ceasefire, trying instead to impose a skewed alternative that could
legitimize Israel's suffocating isolation of Gaza.[3]
Enough is enough: these civilian deaths can't go on, and we can't let
and co block a fair, negotiated ceasefire. 250,000 of us have signedthe
ceasefire petition, let's make it half a million - - we'll publish itin
a hard -hitting ad in the Washington Post and deliver it in meetingswith
UN Security Council members - - follow the link below to see the ad,sign
the petition, and forward this message to all your friends and family:"There's
http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_time_for_peace/98.php?cl_tf_sign=1
Our efforts really can make a difference - - Israel's own foreign
minister admits that international pressure, if intense enough, could
ensure a ceasefire. As the international community debates and delays,
civilians are dying by the day. The top UN official in Gaza says,
nowhere safe in Gaza. Everyone here is terrorized and traumatized."exclude
Opposing a United Nations resolution, Bush reportedly proposes to
Hamas from any ceasefire deal and leave Israel a free hand, somethingthat
would guarantee that the violence continues. That's why we're targetingEuropean
incoming President Obama and US decision -makers, as well as the
Union and other international leaders, to pursue a fair and stable- -
resolution.
To be lasting, a ceasefire must protect civilians and end all attacks
Israeli bombings and incursions as well as the rockets Palestiniancrossings
factions fire into southern Israel. International supervision is
desperately needed at the borders, to reopen Gaza's borders and
for food, fuel, medicine and goods, to prevent weapon -smuggling whichhas
only grown under the blockade, and to monitor and enforce the ceasefireon
both sides.[4]-
Hamas, which won elections in 2006 and now runs Gaza, suggests it will
agree to such a ceasefire.[5] It should be challenged to live up to its
word just like Israel. There is no military solution for either side -
it's time for world powers to step in, advancing a fair deal to protectto
civilians on all sides and let them live their lives in peace and
security. Sign the petition now at the link below and send this message
everyone you know - - we'll publish it in The Washington Post andwith
elsewhere, and seek face -to -face meetings to deliver the petition
the Obama team, the UN Security Council and European leaders:Veronique,
http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_time_for_peace/98.php?cl_tf_sign=1
With hope and determination,
Paul, Graziela, Ricken, Luis, Alice, Brett, Ben, Iain, Paula,
Milena and the whole Avaaz teamthe
P.S. We wrote to European, US and Arab leaders last week about our
campaign, and received several responses - - now we need to escalate
pressure. For a report on many of Avaaz's other campaigns so far, see:30"
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/report_back_2
Sources:
1. Associated Press: "Israel Shells Near UN School, killing at least
)5 January 2009(http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq
gD95HTJE00http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/01/20091522052418539.html
2. "Gaza: outlines of an endgame", Ghassan Khatib )6 January 2009(
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/gaza -outlines -of -an -endgame
Al -Jazeera: "Arab ministers hold UN ceasefire talks" )6 January 2009(:
January
Associated Press: "Diplomats seek truce as civilian toll rises" )5
2009(:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq
gD95HCD4G3Hamas"
3. Israel Today: "Israel rejects European, UN efforts for immediate
ceasefire" )5 January 2009(:
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=17938
Yediot Aharonot: "Israel examining international treaty to isolate
)5 January 2009(War
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L -3650522,00.html
4. These parameters are advocated by a broad range of experts and
policymakers. See for example International Crisis Group's Ending the
in Gaza report )5 January 2009(:January
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5838&l=1
5. Reuters: "Hamas seeks truce but says lifting siege a must" )5
2009( http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L5111105.htmreport
Strikingly, the US Army War College has just released a substantial
supporting the view that Hamas can and must be brought intonegotiations
and is capable of sustaining a long -term truce, or even peace withBush
Israel. Linked via:
http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/node/10703
The inside story of the civil strife between Fatah and Hamas and the
administration's involvement in this debacle is best -told in The Gazamagazine
Bombshell, an investigative article published in the leading US
Vanity Fair in April 2008:of
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/gaza200804
This news item from November 2008 provides more background to the story
how the Israel -Hamas truce collapsed:further
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/israelandthepalestinians
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