The murderers of the Qana mass murder must be tried!
The war between Israel and Hezbollah is a reactionary war. Kidnapping of the two Israeli soldiers gave an excuse to the
Israeli government to launch yet another premeditated assault. Israeli government and Hezbollah claim that they are in
war. However civilians are the targets of both terrorist forces. The victims of this reactionary war are the innocent
people of Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. So far more than 700 people in Lebanon and 50 in Israel have been killed. More
than 800 thousand people of Lebanon, equivalent to one fifth of the population of the country have become homeless and
refugees. One third of the people killed as a result of Israeli attacks have been children. Extensive areas of southern
Lebanon and Beirut have completely been ruined. Bombardment of residential areas is an anti humane policy carried out by
both sides of the war.
The extend of the destruction created by Israel is unprecedented. Using chemical bombs containing white Phosphorus is
yet another criminal act of the Israeli government against the Lebanese people. The Israeli government on the 18th day
of its attack on Lebanon using air strikes, murdered more than 60 people of the village of Qana in one day. Half of the
people murdered by Israel are children. This is a huge human tragedy. It is a scar on the civilized humanity. The
murderers must be tried for war crimes against people. The governments supporting this war, either directly or by
providing materials and military equipment and artillery (US government and Islamic Republic of Iran) must also be tried
for participating in mass murder of people.
Organization for Women's Liberation, while sympathizing with the people of Lebanon and sharing their grief, declares
that both poles of terrorism and mass murder in this war must be tried for criminal acts. The civilized humanity must
rid itself of militarism and Islamic terrorism. This war must stop unconditionally. The forces behind the crimes against
the people of Palestine, Lebanon and Israel must be tried at international courts of justice. The governments that
provide the material for this murders are also part of this crime. We must rid ourselves and our lives of these forces.
To achieve this we can only rely on the protest of the civilized humanity.
Organization for Women's Liberation
1 August, 2006
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