Coalición Internacional para Detener el Genocidio en Palestina promulga carta para su adhesión
La Coalición Internacional para Detener el Genocidio en Palestina (ICGSP por sus siglas en inglés) hace un llamado a los partidos políticos progresistas, sindicatos y movimientos populares de todo el mundo a tomar medidas urgentes para detener la hambruna intencional de la población en la Franja de Gaza.
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The International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICGSP) calls on progressive political parties, trade unions, and people’s movements worldwide to take urgent action to stop the intentional starvation of people in the Gaza Strip.
PLEASE SIGN: Organizational letter denouncing starvation as genocide (March 8 deadline for signatures).
Mark your calendars for the following dates:
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Saturday, March 9: Global Day of Fasting and Action in Solidarity with Gaza, initiated by ICSGP member Union of Agricultural Work Committees (Palestine), which is providing aid to Gazans. We encourage you to use the fast to educate others about the genocide being committed in Palestine in defiance of international law and the World Court order to cease all genocidal acts. Donate what you would spend on food to the UAWC-Pal.
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Sunday, March 17: ICSGP Organizing Webinar: International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine Global Call for Action at 11:00 am Eastern Time (USA)/6:00 pm Palestine. Register HERE for the link.
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Sunday, March 24: ICSGP member organization Palestinian Assembly for Liberation Panel “Unpacking the ICJ”—Register HERE for link.
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Saturday, March 30: Global Day of Action for Palestinian Land Day (stay tuned for actions!)
In defiance of international law, the state of Israel, with the direct aid of Washington and other Western imperialist nations, continues unabated to wage its campaign of complete elimination of the Palestinian people. The United States has repeatedly vetoed a ceasefire resolution in the United Nations Security Council, and has also led the effort to strip the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) of its funding, impeding the agency’s vital work to bring aid to Palestinians. UNRWA reports that it is currently unable to reach people in Northern Gaza where one in six children under age five are suffering acute malnutrition. Families report eating plants and animal feed to stay alive.
The starvation of Palestinians is a tool of genocide that is completely preventable. Hundreds of trucks filled with life-saving supplies are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel at the Rafah border crossing. Trucks that are allowed in, struggle to reach their destination due to Israel’s destruction of the roads and shortages of fuel. Palestinians who attempt to pick up supplies in the rare moments when they are available are targeted and killed by Israeli Occupying Forces.
Last week, ICSGP launched a campaign, spearheaded by Coalition member organization the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, the Palestinian member organization of La Vía Campesina, to bring an end to the use of starvation as genocide in Palestine. The UAWC/ICSGP campaign calls on social movements around the world to:
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Sign onto our organizational sign-on letter by March 8 to “call on all states and international institutions to undertake any and all action possible including sanctions and arms embargoes to bring an immediate end to the obstruction of humanitarian, life sustaining, and life-saving supplies to Palestinians in Gaza.”
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Organize events for the Global Day of Fasting in Solidarity with Gaza on Saturday, March 9, and encourage your members to donate money that they would have spent on food that day to support Palestinian-led anti-starvation efforts.
In Solidarity,
The International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine
