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Khalid Amayreh
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Salute You For Brave Endeavour:
Saluting Tony Blair 81-year-old Sister
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Posted By Khalid Amayreh August 22, 2008
As I write these words, two boats with some 46
peace activists from many nationalities
onboard are sailing from Cyprus to the Gaza
Strip in a symbolic effort to break Israel's
cruel blockade of the coastal Palestinian
territory.
The Free Gaza Movement, the organizer of the
bold mission, includes people from various
religious and cultural backgrounds who are
united in their dedication to the cause of
freedom for the estimated 1.5 million Gazans,
thoroughly tormented by a nearly hermetic
blockade that has effectively reduced the
originally impoverished enclave to a virtual
concentration camp.
Among the people taking part in this brave
endeavor are an 81-year-old Catholic nun and
the sister of former British Prime Minister
Tony Blair as well as Muslim, Jewish and
Christian activists.
If all goes well, the two boats, "SS Liberty"
and 'SS Free Gaza' will deliver
urgently-needed medicine and other
humanitarian aid to the children of Gaza.
Hundreds of Gaza children and other civilians
have died due to the acute shortage of
medicine and food resulting from the year-long
siege.
Israel, which is obviously embarrassed by the
publicity surrounding the humanitarian
mission, has threatened to violently prevent
the two boats from reaching Gaza.
Some Israeli officials have even hinted at the
possibility of using violence against the two
boats.
Israel has not stopped telling the world that
it no longer occupies Gaza. However, this
claim is obviously a scandalous lie since the
Israeli occupation continues to exercise tight
control over the Gaza Strip’s sea, air and
border crossings.
There is no doubt that the continuation of the
Gaza siege is a stigma of shame on the
conscience of humanity as a whole.
It is a stigma of shame upon the United States
which shamelessly conspires with Israel to
savage and torment these innocent Palestinians
whose only 'crime' is their audacity to elect
a government that rulers of Tel Aviv and
Washington don't like.
It is also a stigma of shame upon the states
of Europe who are watching passively a
predator state gang up on helpless civilians
very much like the Nazi Third Reich did nearly
seven decades ago.
But the greatest shame falls upon Arab
countries, especially Egypt, which is
effectively complementing the Israeli siege of
the shut-in Gazans by refusing to open the
Rafah border crossing to allow them to buy
food and medicine as well as travel abroad.
I really can't understand how we, Arabs and
Muslims, can blame Israel, a cruel and
criminal state that would like to see
Palestinians wiped off from the face of earth,
while a so-called brotherly Arab country is
closing the borders in the face of thousands
of desperate Palestinians seeking urgently
needed health care.
Indeed, I want to ask the Egyptian leadership
how many Palestinians must die before Egypt
will listen to the helpless cries of the
starving and dying Gazans?. Shame on you.
We salute you
To these brave men and women onboard 'SS
Liberty' and 'Free Gaza', I would like to say
the following.
I salute you for your courage, humanness and
self-abnegation. You undoubtedly represent a
point of light in a world overwhelmed by
darkness. Your selfless efforts on behalf of
the oppressed men, women and children of Gaza
show that there are still brave men and women
in this world who wouldn't give in to brut
power.
I salute that elderly nun, Anne Montgomery, of
the religious Order of the Sacred Heart, for
her brave determination to take part in this
challenging and dangerous mission, despite her
old age.
I salute broadcaster and journalist Lauren
Booth for demonstrating that journalism is not
a 'morally neutral job' and that true
journalists must also be true human beings who
should take a pro-active stance for justice.
I salute Jeff Halper the Professor of
Anthropology and Coordinator of the Israeli
Committee Against House Demolitions (ICHAD)
who by taking part in this sublime endeavor is
making an important statement, namely that
there are Jews in this world who don't support
Israel's Nazi-like repression of the
Palestinian people and that starving and
savaging innocent civilians for political
reasons is incompatible with true Jewish
morality.
I salute Greek MP Tasos Kourakis who has
voiced a determination 'to break the wall of
silence surrounding Gaza' by exposing the
scandalous siege of a people Israel is trying
to crush for wanting to be free.
I salute Dr. Paul Larudee, a co-founder of the
Free Gaza mission for his fearless,
unflinching determination to carry out this
daunting task despite all the threats and
intimidation coming from Israel.
I salute Yvonne Ridley, TV Presenter, author
and peace activist, for her tireless
dedication to the cause of justice in
Palestine, Afghanistan and around the world.
I salute all of you, one by one, for your
moral commitment on behalf of humanity.
May God bless you all.
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