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<b>Stop the U.S.-Israeli Assault on the People of Palestine!<br><br>
EMERGENCY PROTEST – MONDAY, JULY 3, 4:30 P.M.<br><br>
</font><font size=4>CONSULATE OF ISRAEL, 456 MONTGOMERY ST.,
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</font><font size=4>End the Siege of Gaza / End All U.S. Aid to Israel /
Boycott Israeli Goods<br><br>
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The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched a brutal assault on the
entire population of Gaza in the early morning hours of June 28.
U.S.-supplied F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed the main power station in
Gaza and destroyed bridges on the only major roads linking the northern
and southern sections of the region. Round-the-clock Israeli artillery
shelling is taking place. <b>Most of the people of Gaza are now without
water and electricity – Palestinians are dying.</b> The use of U.S.
planes and other military equipment against illegally occupied land is a
violation of both international and U.S. law. In a further act of act of
colonial aggression, the IOF has arrested a third of the members of the
Palestinian Authority governing body.<br><br>
<b>While a great outcry is heard in the mass media about one
captured Israeli soldier, the same media pays no attention whatsoever to
the 9,000 Palestinian political prisoners</b> being held illegally under
terrible conditions in Israeli prisons. All of them were abducted by the
IOF. <b>At least 335 of these prisoners are children.</b> Palestinian
prisoners are systematically tortured by Israel, the only country in the
world that has legalized torture.<br><br>
<b>Deliberately attacking the civilian population, with the intent of
causing maximum suffering, is clearly a crime against humanity</b>. What
we are witnessing today in Gaza is <b>collective punishment -- a war
crime under international law -- </b>against the entire
population.<br><br>
Israel's racist apartheid system and the latest assault on Gaza is
supported by the Bush regime, Congress and the corporate media, because
of Israel's vital role in Washington's project of Middle East domination.
Israel receives more military and economic aid from the U.S. -- over $3
billion annually -- than any other country. Without that aid and support
it receives from Washington, Israel could not carry out its crimes
against the Palestinian people.<br><br>
<b>Sponsored by Al-Awda<br><br>
<a href="http://www.al-awda.org/">www.al-awda.org</a><br><br>
</b><i>The Palestine Right to Return Coalition<br><br>
</i>To endorse please send an email to:
<a href="mailto:host@al-awda.org">host@al-awda.org</a><br>
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