We Condemn the Zionist Massacre in Gaza
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Statement from the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity
We Condemn the Zionist Massacre in Gaza
March 31, 2018.
Fort
the last 42 years, every March 30 Land Day is commemorated by the
Palestinian people. It is the day in which 6 demonstrators were
assassinated for opposing the occupation in 1976. This Friday
hundreds of thousands of their children, youth, elderly and the people
in general peacefully demonstrated in the great March of Return.
They
gathered by setting up tents as close as possible to the dividing line
of the Gaza Strip and other Palestine territories occupied since 1948.
In the demonstration only Palestinian flags were displayed; the unifying
symbol reaffirming their commitment of struggle for the return of all
refugees to their homes and their lands. At the same time the people
gathered in different zones and occupied regions of the West Bank, which
were repressed by the Zionist Israeli army.
In
a unanimous decision of the heroic Palestinian people, in consensus
expressed by the National Coordination Committee for the commemorative
marches of Land Day and the Return, they decided to organize all of them
starting the same day that would extend until May 15
with the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Al Nakba
catastrophe that marked the beginning of the Zionist occupation in 1948,
where 800,000 Palestinians were expelled from their own lands and 450
homes were destroyed.
On
the first day of the demonstration as the size grew the fascist Israeli
government and its army of occupation (IDF), opened fire committing
what can only be considered a massacre against civilians. According to
the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 16 Palestinians were assassinated
and more than 1400 were wounded, many of whom are now struggling for
their lives, given the precarious situation of the hospitals, that lack
medicine and basic medical supplies due to the occupation and the
blockade of the Gaza Strip. A situation that has converted it into the
world's largest open air prison.
The Palestinians
assassinated were between 20 and 35 years of age. They are: Bader
Alsabagh, Omar Samur, Muhamad Abu Omar, Ahmad Abu Awda, Yihad Farina,
Ibrahim Abu Shaar, Abdelfatah Abdelnabi, Mahmud Rahmi, Abdelcader
Alhawagri, Sari Abu Awda, Hamdan Abu Amsha, Yihad Abu Gamuz, Naji Abu
Hagir, Muhamad Al Najar, Amin Abu Moamar.
The
International Committee denounces the complicit silence of the United
States and the European Union of the Passover massacre by Israel against
the Palestinian people. We know it would of never taken place without
the OK from the Trump Administration making the U.S. just as guilty as
Israel in this massacre. We reiterate the strongest condemnation to the
occupation and the ferocious repression that the people of Gaza face and
we call on all social movements, political, judicial and human rights
organizations to express a public outcry and stand in solidarity with
the mourning families and the Palestinian people.
Please share this video showing IDF snipers firing on men praying and drones dropping nerve gas on the demonstrators.
International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity, March 31, 2018
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International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity
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