Monday, I participated in a discussion led by Alan Goodman of
revcom.us (Revolution Newspaper), whose most recent article on the bombing of a schoolyard in Gaza
last weekend, where 16 children were killed, concludes:
If systematically murdering desperate
women, children, and other refugees who have taken shelter at UN schools isn’t a
war crime, what is?!The whole world is watching. Last
week, I wrote: “There is a basic question of right and wrong here. Everyone
needs to be challenged to confront reality and struggle to stop the “incremental
genocide” and ongoing ethnic cleansing being implemented in an extreme way right
now against the Palestinian people in Gaza.” The Israeli assault
on Gaza must STOP NOW!
Read more...
 Alan described the conditions the Nazis created
in 1943 in the Warsaw ghetto where Jews were locked in, systematically killed,
and most critically, where the world's governments, mostly, said and did nothing
to stop it. Many people see a strong historical parallel with Gaza now, most
importantly, people living there, including children.
Even NBC News has
featured the live tweets of 16 year old Farah Baker on the
bombardment breaking windows and injuring her mother in her house opposite
al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
Monday, 150 international law experts,
including Richard Falk, released a statement drawing it out further, citing the
Geneva Convention on warfare in their Joint Declaration by International Law Experts on
Israel’s Gaza Offensive:
The indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks,
the targeting of objectives providing no effective military advantage, and the
intentional targeting of civilians and civilian houses have been persistent
features of Israel’s long-standing policy of punishing the entire population of
the Gaza Strip, which, for over seven years, has been virtually imprisoned by
Israeli imposed closure. Such a regime amounts to a form of collective punishment, which violates the unconditional
prohibition set forth in Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and has been
internationally condemned for its illegality. However, far from being
effectively opposed international actors, Israel’s illegal policy of absolute
closure imposed on the Gaza Strip has relentlessly continued, under the
complicit gaze of the international community of States.
Protests against the "Protective Edge" attack on Gaza have been large around
the world; and not large enough here in the U.S. IF YOU NEED assistance
organizing a presence, write us.
If you're attending the Saturday, August 2 protest at The White House, 1pm, join with World Can't Wait there. We are co-sponsoring and
calling people to join however you can.
DOWNLOAD and PRINT fliers and posters.
American University Professor Asks:
Why has Obama rejected a more
humane response to the hunger strike at Gitmo?
Jeff
Bachman writes:
Everyone from those who administer the
force-feeding to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to President Obama share
responsibility for the torture and abuse of prisoners on hunger strike. As has
been demonstrated by the Navy medical officer, those being asked to torture the
prisoners can choose whether to participate. As established during the Nuremberg Trials, following orders is not a legitimate
defense. Secretary Hagel is responsible for the torture because he is
responsible for DoD policies. And President Obama is responsible because, as
Commander-in-Chief, he has the ultimate authority to dictate DoD policies.
President Obama could have ordered the DoD to accept Dhiab’s compromise, but
instead he permits the ongoing torture.
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Two Webcasts Tonight:
LIVE 8pm EDT "Peoples' Hearing" via
livestream from Houston TX — part of the Abortion Rights
Freedom Ride.
LIVE 8:30pm EDT View the new feature film
"DRONES." From the Center for
Constitutional Rights:
Want to
know who U.S. drones are killing in the global so-called “War on Terror”?
RSVP now for a free online
screening of the feature film DRONES, Wednesday, July 30th at 8:30 PM EDT. The film
explores the U.S. government's drone killing program through the experience of
two drone pilots.
Afterwards, join a live Q&A online with the film’s
director Rick Rosenthal, CCR Senior Staff
Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei, and other human
rights experts.
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