STOP THE AGGRESSION AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE! - Karapatan
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Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights-Philippines vehemently condemns the heightening and continuing aggression against the people of Palestine through the intensifying indiscriminate aerial attacks the Israeli forces have launched in the Gaza strip, with the support of the United States government.
A repeat of the “Operation Cast Lead”(2008-2009) and the “Operation Pillar of Defense” (2012), “Operation Protective Edge” now has committed atrocious human rights violations as they systematically targeted civilians and their properties. According to Lt. Col Peter Lerner of the Israeli forces, 750 Hamas targets were hit over the past three days of the operation.
Reports from human rights NGO Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Palestine said homes of the Kaware family in Khan Younis in Southern Gaza Strip and the Mohammed Ahmed Hamad family in Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza Strip were among those bombarded. In the Kaware home, 7 civilians, including 5 children, were killed; while 28 others who were around the house were injured. In the Hamad home, 6 members of the family, including 3 women were killed. There were also reports that a missile fired at a café in Khan Younis, where people were gathered watching the World Cup game, killed 6 people and injured 15. Ashraf al-Qidra reported that 77 Palestinians were killed and over 500 people were injured in the three days of aerial offensive in the Gaza strip. According to the Gazan health ministry spokesman most of the dead were children. It is reprehensible that such atrocious acts of aggression, violence and impunity are brought on the Palestinian people.
We are one with the calls of human rights organizations on the international community to immediately act to stop the Israeli offensive and protect Palestinian civilians. We also call for the prosecution of those who are accountable for their war crimes against Palestinian civilians.
We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle for sovereignty and for their homeland. We believe that it is the right of the Palestinian people to defend their lives and rights, amid the various violations of international humanitarian law and brutal aggression against their nation and their people.
We strongly condemn the vicious support of the US government, particularly the Barack Obama administration, for the aggression against the Palestinian people. It continuously egged on and justified these latest attacks against the Palestinian people. By its strong political and military support to the Israeli government, the US is equally guilty of the atrocities committed against Palestine. We call on Israel to stop all its offensives against Palestine.
We call on all freedom-loving peoples of the world to stand with people of Palestine in their just aspirations for liberation and against all forms of aggression. ###
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