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| January 31, 2008 Concerned Jewish Canadians Demand that the Siege on Gaza be Broken The Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians (ACJC) is a pan-Canadian umbrella of Jewish anti-Occupation groups. We wish to join Palestinian Canadian groups, and other concerned Canadians, in expressing our outrage at the siege of the Gaza Strip. Gaza City was plunged into darkness this past month after Israel blocked the shipment of fuel that powers its only electrical plant. 1.5 million Palestinians civilians who live in Gaza are besieged and are suffering from severe food, medicine and life essentials, shortages imposed on them by the inhumane Israeli aggression. Israel, which occupies the Palestinian territories, is starving and killing Palestinians in hopes of forcing them into submission and into accepting its illegal occupation and to forgo the right of return. We the Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians (ACJC) join the Palestinian Canadian community and other Canadians of conscience in demanding that the Canadian government, politicians, and MPs:
We ask MPs and other elected representatives to join the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and international human rights groups who have warned that the blockade will cause a health catastrophe, will drastically affect hospitals, sewage treatment and water facilities and to condemn the Israel government actions and force it to lift these inhumane measures which defy basic humanitarian standards.
ACJC Spokesperson; Diana Ralph, Cell: 613-314-2805/Office 613-321-2765 dianar@magma.ca Montréal; Communiqué en français disponible de la part de Abraham Weizfeld 514.284.66.42 cellulaire 514.833.2974 saalaha@fokus.name Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians *********************************** |