[Peace-discuss] Israeli massacre in Gaza

[C. G. Estabrook]

[Using US-provided F-16s against home-made rockets, Israel today with US
permission killed hundreds of people in Gaza and injured hundreds more.  The US
NSC spokesman said that Hamas must first stop the rocket attacks before the
Israeli assault ceases. CAIR "calls on President-elect Obama to demonstrate his
commitment to change our nation’s current one-sided Mideast policy by speaking
out now in favor of peace and justice for all parties."  Bet he won't. --CGE]

	December 27, 2008
	CAIR Condemns Israeli ‘Massacre’ in Gaza
	Obama urged to speak ‘in favor of peace and justice for all parties’

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/27/08) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and
advocacy group today condemned Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that left more
than 200 people dead and called the death toll a “massacre carried out using
U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons.” More than 700 people, including women and
children, were injured in the attacks.

SEE: Israeli Strikes Kill 229 in Gaza (Reuters)

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a
statement:

“Despite the public ‘green light’ given to the Israeli military by the Bush
administration, American Muslims join our fellow citizens who respect
international law and the sanctity of human life in repudiating this massacre
carried out using U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons.

“It must be clear by now that the only future offered to the Palestinian people
by the outgoing administration was one of perpetual subjugation and humiliation
at the hands of the Israeli occupiers. Unfortunately, our nation’s timid
response to this tragic episode will only serve to fuel anti-American sentiments
in the Muslim world.

“We therefore call on President-elect Obama to demonstrate his commitment to
change our nation’s current one-sided Mideast policy by speaking out now in
favor of peace and justice for all parties to this decades-long conflict.

“We also call on world leaders to take direct action to end Israel’s
counterproductive and wildly disproportionate attacks and to end the
humanitarian siege of Gaza, which led to the recent breakdown of the ceasefire.”

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