[Peace] Fwd: ICAHD-USA: Urgent Appeal for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

[Belden Fields]

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> From: ICAHD-USA <campaign at icahdusa.org>
> Date: January 19, 2009 7:02:22 AM CST
> To: a-fields at uiuc.edu
> Subject: ICAHD-USA: Urgent Appeal for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
> Reply-To: campaign at icahdusa.org
>
>
>
> United Palestinian Appeal is providing humanitarian aid to Gaza
>
> "One shell landed outside the building about 10 yards from the  
> incubators for new babies. We were putting fires out with buckets  
> of water. The shrapnel seems to burn for a long time and it starts  
> fires if it is not put out. We were just dealing with that when we  
> heard shooting from the front steps of the hospital and my  
> colleague Mohammed came to me covered with blood. 'Israelis are  
> shooting at people who are leaving their houses,' he said. --  
> Sharon Lock, human rights activist in Gaza
>
> Dear Belden,
>
> Despite international outrage, the Israeli military continues to  
> attack Gaza in the third week of "Operation Cast Lead."  Well over  
> 1,000 Palestinians have been killed, too many of them children.
>
> ICAHD-USA renews our call for an immediate end to the attacks.  The  
> wholesale slaughtering of a largely defenseless civilian population  
> will not lead to peace - and offers security to no one.  We also  
> join the growing calls for investigations into possible war crimes  
> committed by Israel with the use of massively disproportionate  
> force and white phosphorus weapons used in densely populated  
> civilian areas.
>
> Below we offer information on two humanitarian relief efforts we  
> hope you will support.  Both are providing desperately needed  
> medical relief to Gazans under extraordinarily difficult conditions.
>
> Many of us will spend the next few days contemplating the historic  
> change taking place in our country on January 20th.  Let us  
> recommit ourselves to pushing hard for change in Palestine in 2009.
>
> The ICAHD-USA family
>
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> United Palestinian Appeal
> United Palestinian Appeal was founded in 1978 to provide emergency  
> humanitarian relief and long-term development programs to  
> Palestinian communities striving for economic and social  
> development in the wake of ongoing conflict.   They are a highly  
> respected organization with a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator  
> and overhead costs of only 2.45%.
>
> UPA has helped train first-responder teams in Gaza and is providing  
> the weakened medical systems there with much needed aid.  Please  
> consider giving to their efforts.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza
> The Coalition for Peace and Justice in North Carolina is raising  
> funds for the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza.  Al Ahli, under the  
> direction of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, provides emergency  
> care to Gaza residents, many of whom have no means or access to  
> medical care.  The hospital is located in a community in which 60%  
> of the residents live in refugee camps.
>
> The current Gaza conflict has brought large numbers of wounded to  
> the hospital and stretched it's abilities to meet demand.  Your  
> assistance will enable the dedicated staff to continue their  
> humanitarian work.
> ----------------------------------------
> Resources:
> The International Solidarity Movement is one of the few  
> international activist groups with volunteers on the ground in  
> Gaza.  They are assisting medical teams in Gaza City and Jabaliya  
> refugee camp, as well as reporting on the situation in Rafah.
>
> Al Jazeera is the only major international news agency with  
> journalists in Gaza.  Al Jazeera English can be streamed for free  
> on the internet at Livestation.com.
>
> Israeli human rights group launch group blog on the events in Gaza.
>
> Naomi Klein issues a strong call for divestment, boycott, and  
> sanctions against Israel in The Nation.
>
> Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask
>
> Global Voices offers overviews of blogging from Israel and Palestine.
>
> Independent Palestinian journalist Sameh Habeeb maintains a blog  
> with daily updates from Gaza.
>
> Laila el-Haddad is a mother and journalist from Gaza who writes a  
> well known blog, A Mother From Gaza.
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