Statement from American U.S. Nationals in Azza Refugee Camp
by sf-imc posting for u.s. nationals
Tuesday April 02, 2002 at 02:31 AM
http://jerusalem.indymedia.org/news/2002/04/2700.php
Statement from American U.S. Nationals in Azza Refugee Camp
The U.S. citizens now in Beit Jalla refugee camp (Azza) have been
informed of the U.S. consulate's offer to evacuate us during the
early hours of the seige on this city. We have chosen to stay here
but we feel it is important to explain the reasons for turning down
this offer.
We wish to demonstrate our solidarity with the Palestinian people who
do not share the choice we have to go to safety. We are here to act
as witnesses to the persecution of the Palestinians and to provide an
accurate and reliable source of information for the rest of the world
and to represent the support of the international community. It is
important to realize that our presence is known and is a concern to
our ambassadors. The U.S. consulate's offer is an indication to the
danger we are in. We hope the United States' commitment to our safety
extends to that of the Palestinian people. Our demands on the U.S.
government are clear:
1) to increase pressure on the Israeli government to withdraw from
the occupied territories, beginning with the immediate and
unconditioinal withdrawal of military force from the west bank.
2) To initiate sanctions against Israel for its repeated violations
of the 4th Geneva Convention, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and its own national laws.
3) To stop blocking the implementation of the U.N Security council
and general assembly resolutions
4) To cease U.S. financial support of the Israeli military
5) and to promote the accurate unbiased reporting that has yet to be
seen from the U.S. press.
We are neither eager or prepared to die, however, we will not turn
our backs on the complicity of the U.S. and Israeli governments in
their attempts to destroy the Palestinaian people.
In Truth, Jacob A. Mundy, Jordan Flaherty, Kristin Schurr, Maia
Ramnath, Zaid Khalil, Josina Manu
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