Report from Palestine
Global Exchange Delegation
8/14-26/2004
Her home sits between two
fences, between two
worlds.
The answer isn't in walls that disguise land grabs.
The oppression of the Palestinian people, and the occupation of their land is
wrong.
The international community has condemned this situation, but the United States
has used its seat on the U.N. Security Council to veto any actions that would
help the Palestinians.
Palestinian home destroyed
by the Israeli Defense Forces at the Dheisheh Refugee Camp.
Israeli collective punishment is a violation of the Geneva Convention, yet it
continues with U.S. leadership support and U.S. foreign aid.
No
protected person may be punished for an
offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective
penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are
prohibited [...]
Article
33, Fourth Geneva Convention 1949
Our eight person Global
Exchange delegation spent ten days in Israel and in Palestine / West Bank.
We met with and/or went to;
8/31/04
The report of the bombings of the two buses in Beerseba, Israel, and the loss of
innocent Israeli lives is another terrible act of violence that cannot be
condoned by Palestinians or Israelis.
Violence perpetrated against civilians by either side, Israeli or
Palestinian, cannot be justified, and will not bring peace any closer.
Those who desire peace can't allow the radical fringe to put peace out of their
reach.
Violence reciprocated
with violence will only spiral into eventual disaster.
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