Stop the Killings – Return to the Ceasefire!
Turn on the Lights in Gaza – no to Collective Punishment!
The Siege of Gaza is a Continuation of the Occupation – it Must End!
Protest Vigil Opposite the Defense Ministry Gates:
The ceasefire on the Gaza Strip border has lasted five months and provided a measure of calm to the suffering
inhabitants, This ceasefire was violated with a provocative invasion of the Strip's territory and the killing of six
Palestinians, on the night of November 4, while the world's attention was focused on the historic US presidential
elections. The government of Israel flagrantly violated the ceasefire, with its own hands bringing salvos of Quassam
missiles upon the heads of the inhabitants of Sderot, Ashkelon and the Western Negev.
During the past two weeks, whenever a chance arises for resuming the calm and ceasefire, the government hastily
authorizes the army to carry out additional "liquidations" of Palestinians, which inevitably provoke a further shooting
of missiles and a further escalation of the situation. When Ismail Haniya, Palestinian Prime Minister on behalf of
Hamas, declared his willingness to accept Israel in its pre-1967 borders, there was no reaction of any kind from
official Israel. Instead, there is a veritable chorus of demagogues of all kinds, calling for an intensification of the
Gaza fire and seeking to transform it into a full-scale war.
On top of all that, since the morning of last Thursday the government of Israel refuses to allow industrial oil, needed
for running the Gaza Strip's sole power station, to be passed through the birder crossings. The majority of the Gaza
Strip's population suffers, due to that, power cuts lasting 16 hours per day. The government also prevents the passing
of cooking gas, foodstuffs and additional vital goods. The continuation of collective punishments can cause the final
collapse of health, education and welfare in the Gaza Strip.
Tomorrow, Tuesday Nov. 18, at 18.00, we will stand opposite the David Gate at the entrance to the Ministry of Defense
and light canldes and torches, as a protest against the darkness which the government's policy of occupation,
suffocation and "liquidation" bring upon the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million people, upon the inhabitants of Sderot and
Ashkelon and the entire population of Israel, and upon the entire region. The lights we will light are also a sign of
hope – the hope that dialogue with all representatives of the Palestinian People can secure a true, well-founded calm
and facilitate the reaching of peace and security for all inhabitants of the region.
Together we will call:
The policy of Occupation, Malnutrition and "Liquidation" is a war crime!
Stop the collective punishment of the Gaza inhabitants!
Only dialogue can bring peace in the Middle East
ENDS