Defend The Palestinian People! No U.S. Aid To Israel -VFP
Statement Against Israeli Assault on Gaza

VFP
Statement Against Israeli Assault on Gaza
2014
Veterans For Peace National Convention
Asheville, North
Carolina
July 26, 2014
As
veterans who have witnessed the horror of war, we are deeply outraged by
the State of Israel's slaughter of many innocent civilians in Gaza.
The military assault against children, women and men, by air, by sea
and now by land, is a clear violation of international laws of war
and of human rights. Nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been murdered,
almost all of them civilians, nearly a quarter of them children. Over
5,000 are wounded.
Veterans
For Peace joins millions of people all around the globewho are shocked by this vicious, one-sided slaughter. We understand
the huge injustice of the Israeli occupation. Palestinians have been
ethnically cleansed from their homes and forced to live in the
Occupied West Bank, or in the open-air prison that is Gaza.
We
call on Israel to stop the massacre now! There
should be an immediate end to all bombing and an immediate withdrawal
of all Israeli military from Gaza. We join with the international
community in calling for a cease-fire.
Veterans
For Peace calls for an end to the inhumane 8-year siege of Gaza, so
that normal trade and travel can occur, and so that residents of Gaza
may have the basic necessities of life.
Veterans
For Peace will push for an end to all military aid to Israel.
Veterans
For Peace recommits itself to participating in the international
campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and
Israeli products.
We
encourage all parties to search for a nonviolent path to peace.
It
is time to recognize the human rights of the Palestinian people,including their right to return to the homes from which they were
forced to flee in 1948.
Veterans
For Peace applauds the courage of over 50 Israeli reservists who
have publicly refused to fight in Gaza, or to serve in any military
support roles whatsoever. We will attempt to make contact with these
Israeli war resisters in order to help spread their message of peace
and we will join in international efforts to protect them from
repression by the Israeli government.
We
encourage all Israeli soldiers to avoid becoming party to war
crimes against innocent Palestinian civilians, and to consider
all their options for standing on the side of humanity.
The
peoples of Palestine, Israel and the world deserve to live in peace
and harmony. The ultimate goal of Veterans For Peace is to
abolish war. In the meantime, we stand ready to assist those Israelis
and Palestinians who seek peace and reconciliation.

Approved
overwhelmingly at 2014 VFP National Convention
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